Ireland Team Talk XII: Farrell's First Fifteen

Becoming clear that what we saw against Wales and France weren't one offs. Looking very elderly. Henshaw is frightfully slow. Probably a good time for a refresh anyway.

wtf is going on? Like they have never played together before

We are absolutely shocking. Confidence is completely gone.

An awful lot of very poor mistakes again already. Guys running the same lines poor handling etc. Not sure what kind of system Goodman is trying to bed in but it isn't looking great so far

Farrell must be fuming at home watching this.

We have been absolutely shocking.

Struggling against a side that's conceded 18 tries in their last 2 games. Our attack relies on rapid ruck speed, which we had at our peak but not anymore.

Ringrose missing a raft of tackles, he's been poor so far

Probably our worst half of the tournament. Forwards are taking on far too much themselves and not allowing the ball to go past 9. Then when it actually goes wider we have very little shape in attack. It gets flung wide to one support player with nobody around

not many coming out if this tournament in credit but I’d say Easterby is the man whose prospects have been damaged most. The team looks sloppy, frankly. They’ve had 2 or 3 decent periods in the whole comp, failing to score early or put teams away, multiple cards and totally predictable. I’m not looking forward to the ABs in November, that could be a long day for us.