Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

I thought Illo and Dooley added a bit too. Blade needs to be dropped for a few games. Leadership still an issue.

Pathetic

On the plus side we won and it would be pretty hard to ever play that badly again

Would just like to correct grammatical issues with your post. Connacht as an entity is as such referred to as an 'is' and not an 'are'

Good man eagle eye. 🤔

If you want your opinion taken seriously, it should at least be grammatically correct!

The only good thing was the 4 points.

The final play was one of the dumbest passages of play I've ever seen; great burst by Illo with the clock going red our options then are to play it fast and look to score, or slow it down and kick it out when the click goes red. What did we do? Slow it down just enough so we've lost all momentum then knock it on with a few seconds left on the clock. Clueless stuff.

Not a lot of positives but Murray and TOH were decent, Smith is still making some mistakes but you've got to love his work ethic and how much he gets involved, could grow into a really excellent player for us.

Hope Shane is OK because he took an awful blow to the head.

100% agreed, I'm sure he's an important part of the leadership group but should be kept a mile away from referees. He's not good at managing the relationship and has had to be told to shut up a couple of times this year. Great player for us but the playacting and moaning is painful to watch at times.

Table prediction based on likely outcomes

Assuming Treviso, Stormers and Munster (slightly above in both level and easier schedule in theory), pull ahead

Connacht 51

Edinburgh 51

Ulster 50

Ospreys 49

Will be VERY close and this ugly win yesterday moved us from very unlikely to make it through to 50/50 for a Top8 position.

1st WE of March game to follow closely for Connacht, more than ours, is Embra vs Spreys. Losing part will make it a trio, 3 for 2 spots

Money would be on Ulster at the minute. Connacht still have 4 very winnable games.

To be fair ospreys is the only decent Welsh team and it is rubbish

True but if we play like we did against Cardiff I think we are favorites to finish in 9th position

Distribution of minutes so far this season, quite an even spread with a few mainstays and a few who are seemingly not rated and will presumably leave this summer (Burke, McCormack, and Cordero not shown). McElroy and Darragh Murray probably the big winners so far, while injuries and good performances have probably cleared a path for Andrew Smith to have a strong debut season.