Ireland v France 2021 6n

Piehead

Who will win? Farrell and Burns under immense pressure - last chance saloon?

UAEguy2020

What ever happens in the match I atleast plan to have a drinking game

Every time the commentary team or panel mention 3 sentences or similar I shall take a drink

- Shaun Edwards
- France won the u20s World Cup in 2018-2019
- France are building for the 2023 World Cup that they are hosting

I should get nice and drunk by half time!

yerrahbah

Not sure what it is but I enjoy listening to ROG

Zzippy

Piehead wrote: »

Who will win? Farrell and Burns under immense pressure -

If you're going to start a match thread at least put some effort into it :rolleyes:

Piehead

Eoin Reddan as a pundit ? Don’t think I have seen him doing that before ?

kilns

Piehead wrote: »

Eoin Reddan as a pundit ? Don’t think I have seen him doing that before ?

He uses to be on second captains or off the ball alot and was quite good

thomond2006

Zzippy wrote: »

If you're going to start a match thread at least put some effort into it :rolleyes:

This is awec's fault.

PTH2009

Come on Ireland, a win today would make things very interesting

France are a different animal then the one we faced the past few years

I don't think we'll win but hope to be surprised.

Farrell will be under pressure but unless we lose to Italy or Scotland he'll be fine. Even a loss to Scotland would probably not be enough.

He'll get a pass for last week as the blame for that loss rests squarely with Mr. O'Mahony, and France are in serious form. We've also been struck with an injury / suspension crisis which has occurred in the space of a week.

Scratchly

Zzippy wrote: »

If you're going to start a match thread at least put some effort into it :rolleyes:

If only there was someone who had already volunteered to run the forum that could create a thread.

bilston

Piehead wrote: »

Who will win? Farrell and Burns under immense pressure - last chance saloon?

No...its not the last chance saloon for anyone.

All players are under immense pressure to perform, not just the 4 times capped Billy Burns.

France by 11

prawnsambo

UAEguy2020 wrote: »

What ever happens in the match I atleast plan to have a drinking game

Every time the commentary team or panel mention 3 sentences or similar I shall take a drink

- Shaun Edwards
- France won the u20s World Cup in 2018-2019
- France are building for the 2023 World Cup that they are hosting

I should get nice and drunk by half time!

I'm going with Alan Quinlan ending a sentence with 'there'. Bet I get drunk quickest.

Ah lads, give Piehead a break. Heart is in the right place. No one else got cracking, so why crucify him for starting a thread less than an hour before the game.

hahashake

Didn't realise Farrell and Edwards played together at Wigan. Jason Robinson, Inga Tuigamala, Martin Offiah, Henry Paul and Scott Quinnel in that team too. What a team.

tgdaly

France by about 10 I think

We definitely need a bit of luck now today, a bounce of a ball to go our way or something. We've done well against France the last few games in Dublin, but this is a much better French team than previous years. Proper team now.

France are expecting us to kick a lot of ball, they've picked Penaud instead of Thomas on the wing. I dunno like, Gibson-Park wouldn't really be known as a great kicker, and Cooney takes a lot of the kicking responsibility from Burns in Ulster. I think we'll really be inviting trouble if we kick all our ball to them. I mean if you're talking about one thing GP + Burns might be able to do better than Sexton + Murray it's quicker distribution of the ball, GP from rucks and Burns will probably play a bit flatter to the line than Sexton would. I mean it's unlikely that we'll suddenly open the play book and play a running game, but if you're talking about playing to the strength of your players and weakness of the opposition team, that to me is the way we might have a chance.

The Inbetween is mine

ROG more or less intimating that Catt..and to a lesser extent Farrell aren't up to the job at the highest level

Zzippy

Scratchly wrote: »

If only there was someone who had already volunteered to run the forum that could create a thread.

You don't volunteer. You are sentenced.

France to eat us alive.

Faugheen

Hoping for something positive.

Despite what was portrayed here, I think we played well against Wales even after the red card.

UAEguy2020

UAEguy2020 wrote: »

What ever happens in the match I atleast plan to have a drinking game

Every time the commentary team or panel mention 3 sentences or similar I shall take a drink

- Shaun Edwards
- France won the u20s World Cup in 2018-2019
- France are building for the 2023 World Cup that they are hosting

I should get nice and drunk by half time!

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

Benny Cake

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

Will you tell him or will I?

Rocko

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

You'll die of the thirst as Murray ain't playing!!

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

Murray isn't on the field today to fulfil your prophecy. GP might show more invention...

PokeHerKing

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

Always do your research before trying to be funny

Zzippy

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm gonna take a swig every time Murray box kicks.

I'll be passed out by 3.15

Your contribution might make more sense if you researched who was actually playying.

thomas 123

A team picked at random seemingly( or maybe international promises).

France by 15, pace, power and great back up on the bench.

Faugheen

Faugheen wrote: »

Hoping for something positive.

Despite what was portrayed here, I think we played well against Wales even after the red card.

We played well when we kept the ball in hand and established a run game.

As soon as we resorted to kicking the ball, we were flatter than a plateful of piss.

thomas 123

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Murray isn't on the field today to fulfil your prophecy. GP might show more invention...

Be great if Luke McGrath was on the team, a classic scrum half and a great servant as Murray’s back up when arguably he should have started. GP parachuted into his position though.

Burkie1203

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1360963110228615176?s=19

France are going to hammer out of the blocks I suspect and try to play all the rugby the first 30 mins. We are susceptible to getting a bit rattled but need to keep with them and try do a Munster Clermont on it.

The Inbetween is mine

Ross Byrne not in good shape either

Can the cuboid phenom be prevented from wrecking havoc?

Serious player. On the "great" trajectory.

lawrencesummers

I predict
Freddie burns not lasting 40 mins. He is not able for the physical side.
France coming from behind to win by 15-20.
Penaud to score a try.

thomas 123

On a positive note - wishing Billy burns all the best, I hope he performs for all our sakes!

WoollyRedHat

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

ROG more or less intimating that Catt..and to a lesser extent Farrell aren't up to the job at the highest level

ROG next Ireland manager confirmed:

AMKC

Ireland to win by 5 points.

All My Stars Aligned

lawrencesummers wrote: »

I predict
Freddie burns not lasting 40 mins. He is not able for the physical side.
France coming from behind to win by 15-20.

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Akrasia

Please turn off the awful fake crowd sounds! Nobody likes them

almostover

Really hope for both Irelands sake and Billy B's sake that he has a strong performance

Natterjack from Kerry

Church certainly looking confused that the meagre crowd can muster such good voice.

Burns execution last week both in terms of passing and kicking were poor. If he brings a bit more composure and does the basics well he'll be fine.

Scratchly

Henderson looks like he means business.

Faugheen

There’s something very satisfying with Rhys and Stander singing Amhran na bhFiann

Macdarack

Akrasia wrote: »

Please turn off the awful fake crowd sounds! Nobody likes them

No problem my end, would like to axe Irelands ridiculous Call

Sanjuro

I know Craig Casey is small, but next to Beirne he looks like a mascot.

lawrencesummers

All My Stars Aligned wrote: »

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Apologies Long night. Was at a big party in longford. I meant Owen burns

shootermacg

Power and the glory. 2006 Jersey selected. Let's play!

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Burns execution last week both in terms of passing and kicking were poor. If he brings a bit more composure and does the basics well he'll be fine.

Deserved a proper crack at it. Ten minutes wasn't enough to cast judgment last week, if he flops today then the knives are out.

Macdarack

James Lowe is going to get torn apart today.

Cluedo Monopoly

I am nervous for Billy Burns. Hope he does well.

Nice to see different half backs all the same.