Ulster Team Talk Thread III: Les Miserables SEE MOD WARNING POST #1924 + #2755

Buer · 24-02-2018 09:22PM

Oh sweet Jesus. That is utterly embarrassing by Timoney regardless of how good an effort it was from Beirne.

mfceiling · 24-02-2018 09:23PM

I think the weights machines in Ulster are used to hang wet jerseys on.

molloyjh · 24-02-2018 09:24PM

That’s one of the worst tries I’ve ever seen conceded. Gibbs would be better off heading to Australia. There’s nothing he can do here. You can’t fix the utter lack of depth in the squad in a year or two.

Burkie1203 · 24-02-2018 09:25PM

Kiss has to go after this shambles ......

24-02-2018 09:26PM

Every parent of a rugby player, coach of a rugby player and rugby player should watch that try by Tadgh Beirne. That is template of what every coach has meant when they've talked about working hard in defence.

Buer · 24-02-2018 09:29PM

Ulster spirit completely broken. Guys looked like they didn't want to be out there. The pack was absolutely battered by a largely second string Scarlets pack.

The backs actually looked sharp enough and threatened when given clean ball but the forwards were utterly trounced.

Ulster are in real trouble for European qualification at this stage.

molloyjh · 24-02-2018 09:32PM

Just watching that again. Getting stripped on your own line off your own scrum is just nowhere near good enough from a pro flanker. The backs in general looked good, although McCloskey and Bowe has mixed bags I thought. But Ulster are going nowhere with that pack. And how do you fix that if there aren’t guys coming through the ranks?

bilston · 24-02-2018 09:34PM

molloyjh wrote: »

That’s one of the worst tries I’ve ever seen conceded. Gibbs would be better off heading to Australia. There’s nothing he can do here. You can’t fix the utter lack of depth in the squad in a year or two.

To be fair he has been forwards coach of that lot for almost a year now so he has to take his share of the blame.

Anyway I didn't watch it tonight as I could see us getting smashed a mile off and I'm on a rugby high today after the earlier 6Ns game.

Ulster rugby will not bring me down

bilston · 24-02-2018 09:36PM

Buer wrote: »

Ulster spirit completely broken. Guys looked like they didn't want to be out there. The pack was absolutely battered by a largely second string Scarlets pack.

The backs actually looked sharp enough and threatened when given clean ball but the forwards were utterly trounced.

Ulster are in real trouble for European qualification at this stage.

I sort of hope we don't qualify for the Champions Cup as it will a lead to a root branch review.

The downside if the loss of finance and it will affect our ability to sign a decent out half and back 3 player.

thomond2006 · 24-02-2018 11:30PM

Edinburgh 51 points:

Munster H
Connacht A
Ulster H
Scarlets H
Glasgow H

Ulster 46 points:

Glasgow H
Cardiff A
Edinburgh A
Ospreys H
Munster A

Ulster have to win at Edinburgh.

It's fortunate that Benetton lost to Connacht today as they were creeping up behind Ulster.

Tigerandahalf · 24-02-2018 11:45PM

That Scarlets 2nd side is not bad.
Dan Jones at 10 is a real talent. They have plenty of strength of depth and like Leinster all the back up players have the skills to play a quick offloading game. Beirne and James Davies in the backrow could match anyone.

Ulster may be better off out of the CC as a big rebuild is needed.

It would be nice to have a Connacht Ulster playoff though.

awec · 26-02-2018 04:23PM

I give up.

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molloyjh · 26-02-2018 05:42PM

awec wrote: »

I give up.

I don’t know whether the pic itself or your comment is funnier awec.....sorry....

stephen_n · 26-02-2018 06:21PM

awec wrote: »

I give up.

:pac::pac::pac: and that just about sums up the joys of being an Ulster fan.

awec · 28-02-2018 04:41PM

Match called off on Friday.

vienne86 · 28-02-2018 04:44PM

awec wrote: »

Match called off on Friday.

First of many for this weekend, I suspect.

prawnsambo · 28-02-2018 04:44PM

awec wrote: »

Match called off on Friday.

The one against Cardiff?

MJohnston · 28-02-2018 04:52PM

awec wrote: »

Match called off on Friday.

No surprise. They were a bit too proud of that 'wrapped up' photo, which is unlikely to do much about closed roads and airports!

MJohnston · 28-02-2018 04:55PM

Turns that fixture into a much tougher one btw, presumably it'll be rearranged to a time when they have their Six Nations players back.

bilston · 28-02-2018 04:58PM

The snow isn't really lying that much in Belfast at the moment, but I think the forecast from Thursday night through to Saturday morning is brutal. I'm a bit surprised they didn't leave it another 12 hours before making the call. But maybe that would be delaying the inevitable.

bilston · 28-02-2018 04:58PM

The snow isn't really lying that much in Belfast at the moment, but I think the forecast from Thursday night through to Saturday morning is brutal. I'm a bit surprised they didn't leave it another 12 hours before making the call. But maybe that would be delaying the inevitable.

BeardySi · 28-02-2018 05:43PM

bilston wrote: »

The snow isn't really lying that much in Belfast at the moment, but I think the forecast from Thursday night through to Saturday morning is brutal. I'm a bit surprised they didn't leave it another 12 hours before making the call. But maybe that would be delaying the inevitable.

The forecast was pretty bad yesterday, but it's gotten much better for Belfast. Looks like we'll dodge the worst of it. I imagine the scrubbing is in consideration of folks travelling from the more afflicted parts...

phog · 28-02-2018 07:29PM

MJohnston wrote: »

Turns that fixture into a much tougher one btw, presumably it'll be rearranged to a time when they have their Six Nations players back.

Already rescheduled to the weekend of 20th -22nd April

Ardillaun · 28-02-2018 07:33PM

What happened to McCloskey? He seemed like the coming man for Ulster and Ireland a while back.

bilston · 28-02-2018 08:06PM

Ardillaun wrote: »

What happened to McCloskey? He seemed like the coming man for Ulster and Ireland a while back.

Nothing really. Schmidt doesn't fancy him much for whatever reason. He still does well for Ulster, although he has become a bit one dimensional, possibly down to some grim coaching.

stephen_n · 28-02-2018 09:58PM

bilston wrote: »

Nothing really. Schmidt doesn't fancy him much for whatever reason. He still does well for Ulster, although he has become a bit one dimensional, possibly down to some grim coaching.

Is Peel the backs coach? Hard to tell if it’s coaching or just a general malaise with Ulster at this stage.

irishfan9 · 28-02-2018 10:10PM

Ardillaun wrote: »

What happened to McCloskey? He seemed like the coming man for Ulster and Ireland a while back.

One dimensional bosher who can only play 12 and continues to make the same mistakes

mfceiling · 28-02-2018 11:16PM

irishfan9 wrote: »

One dimensional bosher who can only play 12 and continues to make the same mistakes

Continually gets over the gain line taking at least 2 defenders to stop him. Great at getting his hands free in a tackle to give the ball on. Good at holding an opposition player upright in a choke tackle.
Along with Ludik he's been one of Ulster's most consistent performers this season.
What's the same mistakes he continually makes?

$ausage$ · 01-03-2018 08:22AM

[font=Open Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ludik???? I swear he gets on my nerves watching him. If i see him or any other back 3 shepherding a ball into touch instead of picking it up ill rip out what little hair I have left. [/font]

bilston · 01-03-2018 08:26AM

bilston wrote: »

The snow isn't really lying that much in Belfast at the moment, but I think the forecast from Thursday night through to Saturday morning is brutal. I'm a bit surprised they didn't leave it another 12 hours before making the call. But maybe that would be delaying the inevitable.

What do I know? East Belfast has had a decent dose of snow this morning. Ulster rugby have done well to call it early.

Ulster Team Talk Thread III: Les Miserables SEE MOD WARNING POST #1924 + #2755

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