Ireland Scotland match thread

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Mango Joe

Anyone know why Finn Russell isn't playing?

Burkie1203

Mango Joe wrote: »

Anyone know why Finn Russell isn't playing?

Injured

mfceiling

Murray ball watching at that ruck.

Paul Weller

Mango Joe wrote: »

Anyone know why Finn Russell isn't playing?

Injured isn't he?

Harpon

Idiotic of sexton to go for points, even if he got it now is the time to be working on our attack play, if we don’t practice and get this stuff right now when are we going to?

Clegg

We've started well but yet again we've nothing to show for it. POM shouldn't have kicked in Scotland's 22 and Sexton should've kicked a relatively straightforward penalty.

vienne86

These penalties will kill us.

bilston

Harpon wrote: »

Idiotic of sexton to go for points, even if he got it now is the time to be working on our attack play, if we don’t practice and get this stuff right now when are we going to?

Personally think it was the right call. Ireland need to win the match. It was a poor kick. Also disturbed to hear Shane Horgan (on Amazon Prime) say it was at the outer limit of Sexton's range!

vienne86

The lion's share of possession......and we're down on the scoreboard....again.

theVersatile

It's 15 minutes in and 3 - 0 lads calm down

Clumsydale

fitz

More fuel for the Stockdale-not-a-fullback fire.

Clegg

Poor from Stockdale. Under no real pressure but forced the turnover unnecessarily.

That was as much a turnover by Earls as the last one was.

Harpon

bilston wrote: »

Personally think it was the right call. Ireland need to win the match. It was a poor kick. Also disturbed to hear Shane Horgan (on Amazon Prime) say it was at the outer limit of Sexton's range!

We don’t need to win this match as it’s a meaningless game. And you don’t win matches by kicking penalties. Maybe against Mickey Mouse teams you can, but you think that would work against the likes of nz and South Africa?

Clegg

Kelleher isn't the problem lads.

Something has gone drastically wrong with coaching at set piece.

Subpopulus

I am not overly optimistic about the prospects for this game.

vienne86

Lineout!!! Disappointing, but we've escaped.

sydthebeat

Execution of simple basic skills letting us down.

Doris ruck, Stockdale pass, and that lineout looked over cooked

beggars_bush

Clegg wrote: »

Kelleher isn't the problem lads.

Something has gone drastically wrong with coaching at set piece.

That was abysmal

theVersatile

Harpon wrote: »

We don’t need to win this match as it’s a meaningless game. And you don’t win matches by kicking penalties. Maybe against Mickey Mouse teams you can, but you think that would work against the likes of nz and South Africa?

Taking your points is almost certainly how you win against Big teams. Would you be making this argument if we kicked to the corner and got turned over?

eastie17

We probably can’t afford to get rid of Farrell can we?
I mean financially obviously
This should always have been Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster as backs coach. Different gravy

UAEguy2020

Our opposition are more dangerous on our lineout than we are...

Happy4all

Is it only rte
showing it?

theVersatile

sydthebeat wrote: »

Execution of simple basic skills letting us down.

Doris ruck, Stockdale pass, and that lineout looked over cooked

You mean Healy pass? Stockdale catch?

Burkie1203

Take him off......

Kraftwerk

Happy4all wrote: »

Is it only rte
showing it?

Channel 4 too I think.

Edit. Nope, apparently not

Faugheen

Clegg wrote: »

Kelleher isn't the problem lads.

Something has gone drastically wrong with coaching at set piece.

That last one they barely lifted Henderson. The entire set piece is ****e and it’s not just on the thrower.

beggars_bush

Sexton gone again

TomsOnTheRoof

Awful game so far

Paul Smeenus

One overthrow. Let's see whether it's a one-off

Jump_In_Jack

Sexton injured yet again, how he thinks he’ll make it to the next World Cup, delusional.

The Lost Sheep

Harpon wrote: »

We don’t need to win this match as it’s a meaningless game. And you don’t win matches by kicking penalties. Maybe against Mickey Mouse teams you can, but you think that would work against the likes of nz and South Africa?

We do need to win this considering how year has went and you most certainly do win games by kicking penalties.

Clegg wrote: »

Kelleher isn't the problem lads.

Something has gone drastically wrong with coaching at set piece.

He certainly is a major part of the problem. Coaching may be an issue but his throwing is terrible.

Happy4all

Kraftwerk wrote: »

Channel 4 too I think

I thought that but it's four in a bed

Maybe more entertaining be the sound of things so far

PhlegmyMoses

This is a coaching issue for set piece.

Really poor stuff all over the park from Ireland so far. Don't know if any element of our game is working.

mfceiling

Healy with about 4 mistakes in the first 18 minutes. He's having a nightmare.

Paul Smeenus

Healy is having an awful day

sydthebeat

theVersatile wrote: »

You mean Healy pass? Stockdale catch?

Yep, both

Dog Botherer

Dog Botherer’s First Quarter Breakdown:

both teams are cack

duskyjoe

Its akin to watching a bunch of journey men - we are at sea and look utterly down trodden in our body language so far

UAEguy2020

Is anything done on set pieces at training? Our set piece is a complete and utter crap shoot.

D.Q

That whole coaching ticket needs to go.

Somehow we've become a team that can't ruck can't scrum and can't get our own ball back on our lineouts.

Dog Botherer

Healy is insanely lucky Kilcoyne is injured

sydthebeat

Not sure there was any pulling down by healy there

Subpopulus

Harpon wrote: »

And you don’t win matches by kicking penalties. Maybe against Mickey Mouse teams you can, but you think that would work against the likes of nz and South Africa?

Right now it's looking like Scotland will beat us by kicking penalties.

sydthebeat

Murrays box kicks have lost a half second hang time, they seem to die quickly

Piehead

How long do we have to persist with Farrell before the IRFU dump him? Surely we need to be building to the next WC not having to wonder why the head coach is seriously below par. Just admit it was a monumental F up appoint a rugby league man with no experience at Head Coach and get rid

accensi0n

The ball went straight to the back of the scrum, why not just whip it out to Sexton instead of waiting around to see which way a 50/50 penalty goes?

eastie17

Why just boot it away with pen advantage?