Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Saw the following on Leinsterfans:

"Interesting side note, but we were at the players tunnel and JS and Mack H were having a right go at each other coming off the pitch at half time. One thing I heard, clear as a bell was JS shouted at him " Yeah....well, put it on Instagram"."

Doesn't sound like an attack.

Kudos to Tiernan. Decent game by him. That said he looks incredibly like Rob Kearney in his last moments. Just catch it and take it into contact. When you consider how good he was at drawing players before finally making the offload it is a bit sad to see a player regress so much.

From the point of view of the two Leinster games, I thought the most appropriate comment was made by one of the commentators prior to the second game where he suggested that Leinster looked enormous. And they did

Ahh sexton is at the end of a good career but maybe can't relate to a easy going personality who also performs. Sexton is just highly strung don't think it's any more than that.

In what has been a bad run of posts post game this is actually up there with one of the most stupid bad faith argument I've witnessed here. At certain points both TOH and Farrell have played to a level where the arguments have warranted consideration with the Irish team. But apparently things like injury or passing of time don't occur in your world. Must be nice

Wonder if this is also a hint that TOH will be in the squad next season so

Tbh I wouldn’t be against him being in the squad next season, he’s a local lad with a wealth of experience. He shouldn’t be first choice though and I’d be limiting his game time behind porch, mcnulty and fitz At 15

This is a truly bizarre line of commenting.

By the very nature of sport fans of a team will want recognition for their players when they do well. Fans are biased and that’s just life, it’s the same for every other province.

Connscht have played top level European rugby not even a week ago, so don’t know what that comments about? Okay there wasn’t a competition after 15 minutes but the week before they were very competitive against probably the favourites for the whole competition. Earlier in the year they ran the the English leaders close both home and away, should have one at least one of those matches. Last season went toe to toe with racing in Paris. So to say they haven’t played top level rugby is absurd.

Yes Connacht are infuriatingly inconsistent but consistency will come with squad depth. I’d expect next season should be another step forward with some smart signings coming in. You just have to look at the financial and geographical obstacles Connacht have in front of them to see how far they have come on in recent years.

Prendergast is a great prospect. I think Forde will be a top level player also.

Sounds like sentimentality, I think Connacht need to ditch this mentality. If you're not performing consistently, there's the door, our budget is too tight for this type of indulgence. TOH has won silverware, caps for Ireland, and 200+ appearances for Connacht, but he's also over 31 and not going to get any better, it time for Connacht to say thanks and we look forward to the relationship continuing in another capacity.

Butler can't be IQ until he gets capped IIRC which isn't gonna happen so he takes up a NIQ slot. Tuimauga is going to D2 apparently.