Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Euphoriasean · 26-02-2021 08:22PM

Stupidity from Treviso there. Big chance for Connach AGAIN!

Bridge93 · 26-02-2021 08:22PM

Extraordinarily stupid from Treviso. Every game. It’s as if they don’t want to win

macslash · 26-02-2021 08:23PM

Bundee!!

Euphoriasean · 26-02-2021 08:23PM

Some finish to salvage that. Treviso were so naive tho.

theVersatile · 26-02-2021 08:23PM

Wow. Playing inside your 22 with two minutes on the clock, launch the f****ng thing

hold my beer · 26-02-2021 08:24PM

At the death, fair play Connacht

OldRio · 26-02-2021 08:24PM

Some ending.

razorblunt · 26-02-2021 08:24PM

razorblunt wrote: »

Ive only watched from the 50th minute on but Connacht have been very poor.
No idea what Aki was thinking.

Some man to make up for it!

Euphoriasean · 26-02-2021 08:24PM

Bridge93 wrote: »

Extraordinarily stupid from Treviso. Every game. It’s as if they don’t want to win

Particularly with a ref that wasted no time all game blowing for holding on.

MayoForSam · 26-02-2021 08:25PM

Feel for Treviso but we'll take it

thomond2006 · 26-02-2021 08:25PM

Connacht are lucky that Benetton are incompetent, just like Munster were lucky a few weeks back.

I'm biased because I've a Connacht win in the bets this weekend but a draw would have been absolutely useless. Win or bust.

connachta · 26-02-2021 08:27PM

How we manage to sort it out...

Now we're very close to Europe.

Aki was decisive

testtech05 · 26-02-2021 08:27PM

MayoForSam wrote: »

Feel for Treviso but we'll take it

Ya same here. That's twice in a row now for them. Same against Munster a few weeks back.

We should not have made such hard work of that with the team we had out.

ElisaAtWar · 26-02-2021 08:29PM

An undeserving win. Game was all over the place. Most frustrating was kicking the ball away all game long. Is this the new Connacht style. If so it doesn't work so stop doing it and play a bit of rugby. That performance was hard to watch

Bazzo · 26-02-2021 08:31PM

I blame FFF, I thought we were doomed from the minute this was posted:

Former Former Former wrote: »

Treviso have played 11, lost 11, and they have 12 players in the Italian squad this weekend. I wouldn't worry about it.

I mean this is the team that Zebre used to beat up for a few points every year when they were beyond hopeless

serfboard · 26-02-2021 08:44PM

Former Former Former wrote: »

Treviso have played 11, lost 11, and they have 12 players in the Italian squad this weekend. I wouldn't worry about it.

And yet with two minutes to go they were three points up. I wonder if the Connacht team took a lackadaisical attitude towards the game as well.

I echo what others have said, you’d feel sorry for Treviso. Good teams win even when they’re playing badly sums up what happened tonight. And in fairness, Connacht were brave enough to go for the lineout twice at the end.

thomond2006 · 26-02-2021 08:45PM

serfboard wrote: »

And yet with two minutes to go they were three points up. I wonder if the Connacht team took a lackadaisical attitude towards the game as well.

I echo what others have said, you’d feel sorry for Treviso. Good teams win even when they’re playing badly sums up what happened tonight. And in fairness, Connacht were brave enough to go for the lineout twice at the end.

I don't think there was any choice but to go for the lineout.

Former Former Former · 26-02-2021 08:47PM

Bazzo wrote: »

I blame FFF, I thought we were doomed from the minute this was posted:

Hey, I told yiz not to worry.

Totally vindicated.

ElisaAtWar · 26-02-2021 08:49PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

I don't think there was any choice but to go for the lineout.

Absolutely right. A draw would have been useless. They had to try and stay in touch with Munster

its_phil · 26-02-2021 08:50PM

That was like watching Connacht Rugby 15 years ago with Benetton going through the phases in their 22.

You just knew we were going to the corner and getting out with the W there.

Fair play to Bundee after giving away the penalty.

Now can we just say Kieran and Dowling were the only positives from that game and never speak about it again.

connachta · 26-02-2021 08:55PM

ElisaAtWar wrote: »

Absolutely right. A draw would have been useless. They had to try and stay in touch with Munster

It would have mattered for Europe
but now it's better with 4 points.

The gap with cardiff seems important but is (was) not

Cardiff may take between 15 and 20 points in their last 4
we have a very hard schedule (Munster and Scarlets away)
So this 15 point-gap is a breath. Win vs Edinburgh WILL be enough, 2 BP without wins in the last 3 MAY be enough

Bazzo · 26-02-2021 09:18PM

In all seriousness that was a ****e performance, but my god does it feel good to be on the other end of a mugging at the death for once.

Why in **** was Carty not brought on? Fitzgerald was good at some things and pedestrian to ok at others but he was miles off Carty. The absolutely woeful kicking for most of the second half(Treviso came off better in a true cripple fight there) was painful to watch.

gally74 · 26-02-2021 09:19PM

its_phil wrote: »

That was like watching Connacht Rugby 15 years ago with Benetton going through the phases in their 22.

You just knew we were going to the corner and getting out with the W there.

Fair play to Bundee after giving away the penalty.

Now can we just say Kieran and Dowling were the only positives from that game and never speak about it again.

Dowling showed lots tonight, felt marmion and toh did well, thought daly did a lot

connachta · 26-02-2021 09:25PM

gally74 wrote: »

Dowling showed lots tonight, felt marmion and toh did well, thought daly did a lot

Murray was decent when he came in too

These too are great for our future when we could have worried with Roux ageing/injuring himself constantly

ElisaAtWar · 26-02-2021 09:27PM

Bazzo wrote: »

In all seriousness that was a ****e performance, but my god does it feel good to be on the other end of a mugging at the death for once.

Why in **** was Carty not brought on? Fitzgerald was good at some things and pedestrian to ok at others but he was miles off Carty. The absolutely woeful kicking for most of the second half(Treviso came off better in a true cripple fight there) was painful to watch.

You could only surmise that the reason Carty wasn't used was a late scare for Sexton which will see him on the bench tomorrow?

I just didn't get Wooten today at all. He just continued to kick away possession all day rather than use his teammates.

connachta · 26-02-2021 09:51PM

ElisaAtWar wrote: »

You could only surmise that the reason Carty wasn't used was a late scare for Sexton which will see him on the bench tomorrow?

I just didn't get Wooten today at all. He just continued to kick away possession all day rather than use his teammates.

For once I'm ok with Wootton, made two good tackles which is nearly a 1st for my sight...
He can be a complete winger!

P.Sulivan outpaced most of the game though. Really slow pace. Can't see him re-signed losing 3 meters on a Trevisio winger in a short run twice or thrice...

connachta · 26-02-2021 10:44PM

No BP for Cardiff Blues

We are in Europe next season!!

Achievement per se!!!

KBurke85 · 26-02-2021 11:10PM

connachta wrote: »

No BP for Cardiff Blues

We are in Europe next season!!

Achievement per se!!!

Wouldn’t celebrate yet. No guarantee the rainbow cup will go ahead. Season could get extended yet

its_phil · 26-02-2021 11:13PM

connachta wrote: »

For once I'm ok with Wootton, made two good tackles which is nearly a 1st for my sight...
He can be a complete winger!

P.Sulivan outpaced most of the game though. Really slow pace. Can't see him re-signed losing 3 meters on a Trevisio winger in a short run twice or thrice...

He’s first year out of AIL and had a great start to this season. Can’t toss baby out of the bath water like that on players.

connachta · 26-02-2021 11:19PM

its_phil wrote: »

He’s first year out of AIL and had a great start to this season. Can’t toss baby out of the bath water like that on players.

I think "pure speed" is not, like tackling or other technical/physical points, smth you can improve a lot.

Maybe he was in a bad day, hope so, let's see him again, in March. But I remember he was outsped in his own video highlights.
He can bacome "Trimble-like-profile", maybe...

Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

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