Dubinusa wrote: » We will never really know! But losing to Japan was telling..Struggling against Russia was worse, imo. They looked lost at sea! So. I think that J.S and his gameplan were the problem. Why? The 6nations and our inability to play with England and Wales. We were 2nd best by a long way! But, nothing changed, except Marmipn and Toner where dropped. In comes Luke and Kleyn. Kleyn looked way off the pace and offered zero, imo. The one out runners ! The static receivers and the dependance on Sexton and Murray. The script was old and tired, imo. Opponents knew our game plan and it wasn't hard to defend.
Flat Ireland fail to ignite in bonus-point win over Russia
Ireland got the bonus-point win they needed to stay on course for the quarter-finals but were made to work hard by a determined Russian side in difficult conditions
Ireland remain on course for a World Cup quarter-final after easing to an uninspiring 35-0 win over a toothless Russia in Kobe.
That's that then. Ireland get the bonus point but there's probably more questions than answers that have arisen from that 80 minutes. They lacked spark in attack and struggled for control at times against a stoical Russian effort.
Ireland make heavy weather of Russia win. Joe Schmidt’s side secure their bonus point in imperfect victory over minnows in Kobe
Riskymove wrote: » I know people can have differing views of a game but here are some media reactions while Ireland never struggled, they never took off either
The Lost Sheep wrote: » they didnt struggle against Russia. The script wasnt old or tired.
Eoin wrote: » 35 - 0 is not the scoreline it should have been, but scraping past Georgia 14–10 in 2007 is "struggling". The Russian game was mostly sh1te, but there's a fair amount of hyperbole being thrown about.
tryagain wrote: » Promising signs that Irish rugby’s healing process has begun the headline from the Irishtimes . So the great build up starts already how can these guys keep writing this stuff we need more constructive criticism of players do they understand we have just been beaten by Japan scraped past Italy in 2015 same with Georgia in 2007. We have to stop building up our players they are good but we need 10 percent more from them and as all our world cup performances prove they dont have it. We need to stop praising them so much they need to want it bad this World cup to put it bluntly hurt a nation .Rugby is becoming ingrained in our sporting hearts the players need to fight for us NZ or Wales even Japan for that matter fight for their lives when they pull on that jersey our guys dont do it no more excuses they needs a culture change and fight for jersey and fight like hell.
tryagain wrote: » Write why Japan kicked or ass when it mattered and any game that matters since 1987 which is a world cup QTR every 4 years we lose why How can we fix because it aint good enough the world cup groups in all fairness are BS most of the time so in 32 years of knockout rugby we have won a big fat Zero games why .
Shefwedfan wrote: » Who cares? We have four years of the 6 nations/Pro 14 and HC rugby without having to listen to the drama over the bloody WC.....It will be pure bliss... Then in 4 years time we will have 2-3 months of this standard posts and then back to pure bliss again,.....happy days
awec wrote: » Pretending like we don't care about the WC is so childish.
Shefwedfan wrote: » Who said I didn't care about the WC? my "who cares" comment is in regards to the poster talking about the press Pages and pages of the same moan about the WC is fairly boring at this stage as well We crashed out, lost at another qtr final. Get over it, it's nearly a month ago....time to maybe move on. Imagine been from Scotland? someone always has it worse If we have 4 cracking years of 6 nations win, HC and Pro 14 wins and crash out in another qtr so be it....
awec wrote: » Meh, seems like a bit of a small time attitude to me. We were humiliated on the world stage and crashed out again at the quarter final stages. Unsurprisingly, people are still a bit miffed after only a month. We really are a bunch of absolute losers in this competition and plenty of people seem tired of it. A laughing stock. If we have another 4 years and the same outcome at the end of it we can just chalk that one up to yet another coach failing to deliver the goods at the pinnacle competition in the sport. And yes, Irish Rugby gets an easy ride in the press.
awec wrote: » If people keep this backseat moderation stuff up they are going to find themselves infracted. If you are not interested in discussing Ireland then I suggest you stay out of the Ireland thread. If all you want to talk about is provincial rugby, there are other threads for that.
blinding wrote: » Perhaps our Rugby Players are too molly-coddled . When you consistently fail then questions have to be asked . That or they are just not good enough .
Burkie1203 wrote: » I think Standers wife gave a small insight into the mentality maybe. Criticising media coverage of their performances after a pretty abysmal RWC on the back of a very poor 6n.
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