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

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  • #10682
    Utah_Saint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭Utah_Saint


    I'm surprised Murphy kept Bell on when setting up his coaching team. He hasn't been successful anywhere.

    Any chance we could beg the IRFU to get us Felix Jones….i'm sure the fans could organise a whip-round.



  • #10683
    launish116
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭launish116


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122938390#Comment_122938390

    At one stage it was 5 v 2 on our try line whilst the remainder of the team still on the half way line.



  • #10684
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,703 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Didn't watch it but sounds like a humping.

    We have to win at the weekend though to make amends.



  • #10685
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    Didn't get to see the game, doesn't sound like I should watch the recording.

    Any idea how bad Carson's injury is? We're already missing Cooney, Stockdale, Baloucoune, Hume, McIlroy and Moxham in the backs.

    It's a humiliating score but all I care about is where we are in the table at the end of the URC season. We're not going terribly far in Europe, and Murphy has inherited McFarland's coaching team. Bell needs replaced and possibly Soper. I think our previous loss away to Cardiff will be more important in the overall story of the season.



  • #10686
    awec
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122939177#Comment_122939177

    Yea Murphy should be judged on the league and the league alone, the ERC is an irrelevance.

    I do think it's important we win this weekend though, not so much for progressing in Europe but more making sure that mentally we are in the right place. Getting humped in France and then beaten in Belfast would knock the stuffing out of us a bit I think.



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  • #10687
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 44,156 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122939264#Comment_122939264

    Bordeaux are currently 11 point favourites.



  • #10688
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,703 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122939277#Comment_122939277

    Yea they are in fairness, and also 2nd in Top14 only 2 points behind Toulouse, so they're a serious outfit.

    But we've toppled big teams in Belfast before.



  • #10689
    Utah_Saint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭Utah_Saint


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122939366#Comment_122939366

    Yeah i just can't see it unless Bordeaux want to focus on Top14 and send a weaker side. Even at that, a weaker Bordeaux seems beyond us right now.
    We can't seem to do the basics right, like be fit, strong, catch a ball. Even if you have none of those attribute, at least show a little desire.

    Especially when they are looking £36.75 for a ticket on the Prom.



  • #10690
    Paul Smeenus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,114 ✭✭✭Paul Smeenus


    Moxham confirmed out for the rest of the season.



  • #10691
    Scythica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Scythica


    Well Toulouse itself was good fun even if the game wasn't. Some great rugby on show mind - if nothing else, it may stand to 1 or 2 of ours to drive further.

    From some Bordeaux investigations, seems Jalibert and Buros are being rested / out. However their fans seem to think more of us than we do. Pretty much a "if we don't take this seriously, they'll beat us". Both sides expecting a different Ulster team out.

    Boniface Sa Sadie / Grey Petti / Swinton Samu BVT

    Lucu Carberry / Van Rensburg Depoortere / Uberti Penaud LBB

    Will need a big shift from our returning intls, perhaps Izzy or Sheridan in the lock to aid in some abrasion. Will assume a 15 of..

    EOS Herring TOT

    Sheridan Hendo

    Izzy Timoney McCann

    Whichever of Doak/Cooney is fitter, Morgan

    McCloskey Postlewaite

    Lowry Moore Kok

    God we need some more back 3 back..



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  • #10692
    FtD v2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭FtD v2


    Interesting Ulster side to face a stacked Bordeaux team, with a big start for Zac Ward on the left wing (no pressure, just opposite Damian Penaud):

    15. Mike Lowry, 14. Werner Kok, 13. Jude Postlethwaite, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. Zac Ward, 10. Aidan Morgan, 9. Nathan Doak, 1. Eric O'Sullivan, 2. Rob Herring, 3. Tom O'Toole, 4. Iain Henderson (c), 5. Kieran Treadwell, 6. Cormac Izuchukwu, 7. Nick Timoney, 8. Dave McCann

    Replacements:

    16. John Andrew, 17. Andrew Warwick, 18. Scott Wilson, 19. Harry Sheridan, 20. Marcus Rea, 21. Dave Shanahan, 22. James Humphreys, 23. Rory Telfer

    Rory Telfer also amongst the subs for potentially his debut I think?

    Union Bordeaux-Bègles

    15. Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 14. Damian Penaud, 13. Nicolas Depoortere, 12. Yoram Moefana, 11. Arthur Retiere, 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Maxime Lucu (c), 1. Jefferson Poirot, 2. Romain Latterrade, 3. Carlü Sadie, 4. Guido Petti, 5. Jonny Gray, 6. Marko Gazzotti, 7. Lachie Swinton, 8. Tevita Tatafu

    Replacements:

    16. Maxime Lamothe, 17. Ugo Boniface, 18. Ben Tameifuna, 19. Adam Coleman, 20. Alexandre Ricard, 21. Bastien Vergnes, 22. Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23. Matéo Garcia



  • #10693
    Scythica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Scythica


    I'm almost cautiously optimistic, somehow



  • #10694
    Ben Bailey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Ben Bailey


    Not a good start



  • #10695
    niallm77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭niallm77


    GReat response from.ulster



  • #10696
    Ben Bailey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Ben Bailey


    That's better. Good ball retention and patience.



  • #10697
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 31,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    scrum and maul is a massive concern for Ulster.
    Big Stu is having some game.



  • #10698
    fitz
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,170 ✭✭✭fitz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956022#Comment_122956022

    Izuchukwu going well too.



  • #10699
    niallm77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭niallm77


    THats a red card. Anything less is a joke



  • #10700
    fitz
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,170 ✭✭✭fitz


    That's going to be a yellow at least.



  • #10701
    niallm77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭niallm77


    Mitigation is bullsh1t. That was deliberate



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  • #10702
    realhorrorshow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭realhorrorshow


    I would have said that was a tucked arm and mitigation shouldn't have been applied.



  • #10703
    Podge_irl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956044#Comment_122956044

    He is. It’s exactly the kind of player we’re missing in the back row.



  • #10704
    Podge_irl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956054#Comment_122956054

    agreed. Should have been red.



  • #10705
    Ben Bailey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Ben Bailey


    RC for me. Gnecchi doesn't signal for Bunker review ??



  • #10706
    fitz
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,170 ✭✭✭fitz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956060#Comment_122956060

    Was just about to say the same. Tucked arm, always illegal, when he said high degree of danger, I thought he was going to give red cause that should have discounted mitigation.



  • #10707
    Podge_irl
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956066#Comment_122956066

    no bunker



  • #10708
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,902 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    Doak is killing ulster with his slow service.



  • #10709
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 31,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    Ulster desperately need to take advantage of the two man advantage for the next couple min.



  • #10710
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 31,560 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122956079#Comment_122956079

    And after getting the ball back they kick it away. The mind boggles.



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  • #10711
    niallm77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,567 ✭✭✭niallm77


    HInt of 2018 stockdale about zac ward



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