Munster Team Talk Thread VI - Stander Up and Fight

20-10-2018 08:47AM

John Hayes Ligind

Munster obviously have the capability to score tries but we've seen a couple of times in recent seasons now (against Saracens for example, Leinster a couple of times, Racing while the game was a contest) that when Stander and the other carriers in the pack get shut down then the team struggles to create anything through the backline. It's at the sharp end of the competitions though against the better teams where it's an issue.

coco0981 · 20-10-2018 01:54PM

Scannell, Arnold, Farrell, Taute and Goggin.
Is this Munsters best ever lineup of centre's in professional era? (Once Farrell and Taute get back fit)

Obviously there's been better individual centres before (Tipoki, Halstead, De Villiers) but the quality the current lineup is very even throughout I think?

sydthebeat · 20-10-2018 01:57PM

Nuts from archer, completely unwarranted

Clegg · 20-10-2018 02:15PM

Goggin looked in a very bad way at full time. Was holding his knee and had physios surrounding him.

Mookie Blaylock · 20-10-2018 02:19PM

Yep, both TOD and Goggin out for quite a while it seems... Marshall hurt his ankle, hopefully only a week or 2 though.

Clareman · 20-10-2018 02:22PM

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ToD brought to hospital already

Mookie Blaylock · 20-10-2018 02:28PM

Clareman wrote: »

ToD brought to hospital already

Def looked broken on one of the replays after the incident .

coco0981 · 20-10-2018 02:56PM

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1053660372262178818?s=19

razorblunt · 20-10-2018 02:58PM

Archer would drive you mental an absolute brain fart on the pitch.,

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:01PM

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razorblunt wrote: »

Archer would drive you mental an absolute brain fart on the pitch.,

Himself and Killer are liable to do anything at any stage

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:02PM

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coco0981 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1053660372262178818?s=19

I don't want to thank the post cause of the terrible news it contains but thanks for the update

Burkie1203 · 20-10-2018 03:04PM

Clareman wrote: »

I don't want to thank the post cause of the terrible news it contains but thanks for the update

So which Leinster back row, centre and hooker would Munster like ......

20-10-2018 03:06PM

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Burkie1203 wrote: »

So which Leinster back row, centre and hooker would Munster like ......

Joking aside but if Connors hadn't have gotten injured at the start of the season I'd have said him or Dorris heading south would be a win win given today's injury news.

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:06PM

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Burkie1203 wrote: »

So which Leinster back row, centre and hooker would Munster like ......

It's alright, according to Leo we've already rang who we want

Burkie1203 · 20-10-2018 03:08PM

coco0981 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/patmccarry/status/1053660372262178818?s=19

Dave Kelly on Twitter says Marshall has a serious upper leg injury. Hamstring perhaps?

That's a pretty bad injury list from a game like that.

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:08PM

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[Deleted User] wrote: »

Joking aside but if Connors hand't have gotten injured at the start of the season I'd have said him or Dorris heading south would be a win win given today's injury news.

In my opinion if any province has 3 players for 1 position and other provinces are struggling in that position then 1 of them should move on

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:09PM

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Burkie1203 wrote: »

Dave Kelly on Twitter says Marshall has a serious upper leg injury. Hamstring perhaps?

That's a pretty bad injury list from a game like that.

The way the game has gone 3 injuries from a match isn't that surprising, all pansies I suppose

Clegg · 20-10-2018 03:10PM

Awful for ToD. Didn't he break his leg just before the 15 world cup? Goggin will be out for some time too be the sounds of it.

There are capable replacements for both but Munster at restarting to look thin at 7 and 13.

Clareman · 20-10-2018 03:12PM

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Clegg wrote: »

Awful for ToD. Didn't he break his leg just before the 15 world cup? Goggin will be out for some time too be the sounds of it.

There are capable replacements for both but Munster at restarting to look thin at 7 and 13.

I think that was a hip dislocation

razorblunt · 20-10-2018 03:21PM

Clareman wrote: »

Himself and Killer are liable to do anything at any stage

Cronin too.

LuckyGent88 · 20-10-2018 03:24PM

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razorblunt wrote: »

Cronin too.

Yeah our props are fair penalty machines. And stupid penalties at that. Archer twice this year and Cronin last week with a few brain farts

Burkie1203 · 20-10-2018 04:29PM

Pat McCarry quoting JVG saying all 3 injuries today are "trauma injuries"

shootermacg · 20-10-2018 04:58PM

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Exeter lost to a 14 man Castres, so that makes things really really interesting.

aloooof · 20-10-2018 08:59PM

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shootermacg wrote: »

Exeter lost to a 14 man Castres, so that makes things really really interesting.

Pretty happy we've Castres at home first in the head-to-head games.

Buer · 20-10-2018 09:06PM

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shootermacg wrote: »

Exeter lost to a 14 man Castres, so that makes things really really interesting.

It's very significant that Munster get Castres to Limerick first. A win there (as expected) and Castres will be disinterested to an extent. If Munster had to go out there first of all, it would be a very different kettle of fish.

Exeter have come up short yet again. No wins from the opening rounds; they're a really good side to watch and have come very far but they're miles from being in contention in Europe still. They lack the top end class in their squad.

I can now see Munster finishing on 22/23 points which should be enough for a home semi final.

budhabob · 20-10-2018 09:49PM

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What's the story with JOD? Long term injured?

thomond2006 · 20-10-2018 10:03PM

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budhabob wrote: »

What's the story with JOD? Long term injured?

I don't think we'll see him until 2019.

I hope Conor Oliver can get back on the field as he would get opportunities behind Cloete.

Cookiemunster · 20-10-2018 10:06PM

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budhabob wrote: »

What's the story with JOD? Long term injured?

Did his ACL in the Pro14 semi final in the RDS. Your looking at 2019 before we see him back.

PTH2009 · 20-10-2018 10:13PM

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a BP win is always fantastic but we need a better performance if we want too go further. This group is very hard tbh

so todays squad may not play together again til Dec as the internationals will now turn there attention too Irish matters

Sat 27th Oct- Glasgow (H)
Sun 5th Nov- Cheetahs (A)- Ireland play Italy in the USA on the 4th Nov. Not bad choice for some of the players that weekend South Africa or the USA
Mid season break then for the other Ireland games with Munster returning to action on the 25th Nov away to Zebre

blackdog1 · 20-10-2018 10:20PM

thomond2006 wrote:

I hope Conor Oliver can get back on the field as he would get opportunities behind Cloete.

TOD is a big loss. I know people love Cloete but when he's not effective at the breakdown I feel he's a bit anonymous. He's not a great tackler or carrier and he's ineffective at line out. Exeter shut him down and it was quite obvious Tod was far more effective when he came on.

Munster Team Talk Thread VI - Stander Up and Fight

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