Ulster Team Talk Thread IV... Go On My Henderson...

I did hear O'Connor on the Left Wing Podcast say something in passing about Payne coming back. Anyone heard anything?

Some insight

That's interesting.

He saw exactly the same picture as I think a lot of us did - the loss to Leinster was a catalyst for implosion.

And, if as he says, a large part of the case for a 3G pitch was to be able to host more schools and club games there, that's a good, solid grassroots reason for it (obviously that was before his two weeks in the job, regardless).

He's obviously a supporter first and foremost, which is good, and I like the cut of his jib, but then I initially thought Petrie was a good appointment.

Yea, I think it's generally important not to take too much from interviews and other media because corporate jobs like these are very political. I can almost guarantee he has thought long and hard about how best to present himself to us and has possibly had meetings with people on strategies for answering certain questions. Obviously it's always good to see what our leadership thinks - what they think are problems our and how they want to go about fixing them - but at the end of the day it's all a play and we need to be entertained to keep the money flowing.

People in these roles need to be judged on nothing other than the results they achieve.

Polypropylene/polyethylene roots doesn't quite roll of the tongue in the same way…

Find it unlikely Ulster will win this game?

Bad injury to Hume. Looked like his knee went in the tackle.

Looking at the replay, I think Hume's knee went before the contact occurred.

Faletau off injured. Looks like a broken arm.

Hasn't played in six months since breaking his arm at the World Cup then picking up a calf injury in training for the Six Nations.

This would be funny if it wasn't so depressing. We're playing better stuff now and winning more collisions but just can't get that try

That no arms tackle needs to be a YC.