That was nice
We really don’t take the line out seriously in this country…
It’s not even funny anymore…
Again that’s why Connacht are 14th in the table…
Side to side play, no protect at the ruck and then give away the softest tries imaginable…recipe for disaster.
How does he score from there. Very very poor by numerous defenders again especially Treacy. I thought he picked it without being the last man though so maybe could have been offside. But ya can't defend like that and hope to win games
So let’s highlight
No Scrum
No lineout
Little penetration in attack
None existent defence
No discipline.
That Is exactly why Connacht are where they are as a team…
bundee flucking aki. what a waste of space
Pretty pathetic. We had more than enough chances to get a win there but there is some amount of work to be done by whatever coaching ticket we have for next season.
time and again I have said it and time and again he delivers Nothing
Such a dip ****. The sooner he is gone the better for Connacht
Simply weak. It seems lack (or too little) of training time. There was too many amature-level mistakes..
Oh well, rotten game to end a rotten season at home.
3 of that starting 15 on their way out the door too with only one coming in..... doesn't fill one with hope.
Thought Santi was pretty good today, hopefully he has something lined up for next year, same for Oliver who always gives his all.
There should be a complete clearout of all the coaches now....
Wilkins was not the full problem.
Best of luck to the players leaving.
Disappointing effort tonight..
Worst season in a long time. A complete shitshow really although probably won't get the media coverage as it's only Connacht. New stadium on the way but the product on the pitch is probably the worst it's been for a long time.
There needs to be a major review internally at Connacht which needs to involve the IRFU coming to the table and reviewing how to maximise the potential of Connacht. That doesn't necessarily involve more funding but does require organisation and accountability for the position Connacht are in.
In some ways there is a lot of things being done well in bringing through players and identifying players that might have fallen through the cracks otherwise but these players are then thrown into a chaotic poorly coached team and there's a risk of careers being ruined by playing in this team.
We are definitely short in a few areas of the pitch but we have the basis of a good team if we have the right structures in place. There's been so many games this year where we have caused our own downfall. 14th should be regarded as completely unacceptable given the squad we have.
Millard coming in is a start but there is huge work to be done in all aspects and not just on the field. Off the field it feels like the supporters are now largely indifferent to the team. Castlebar was a good one off success but week to week there is no real connection between the supporters and team like there would have been even when we were completely hopeless.
Its very frustrating being in this position because most of our problems are self inflicted.
Could end up quite a bit better than 14th, Connacht should be getting a 5-pointer next week against Zebre, which should put Connacht in a finishing place around 11th.
That’s not so bad really, considering how congested the league table is from 6th to 14th right now.
We should have been getting quite a few 5 pointers this year but didn't so I'd rather you than me put any money on us getting a five pointer in Zebre. Id expect us to lose on current form but in any case whether we finish 14th or as high as 11th is for cosmetic purposes only. It might improve our challenge cup seeding slightly but that's about it.
The table might have been congested a few weeks ago but we aren't in that congested area now. We are 11 points off 8th place and considering 50 points is the usual target for Top 8 we are even further away than what our pre season expectations should have been.
Think I'd be tipping Zebre to get up over Connacht. Connacht could well get four tries, but could easily concede as many or more.
Zebre are much improved and i wouldn't back us against them currently, although their Leinster experience yesterday will have deflated them. I actually thought of travelling as Parma is a nice city, the food is spectacular, and I've enjoyed my interactions with Zebre/Benetton fans on Reddit.
We're a hames, our coaching ticket has been such a disaster - attack excepted - that it's difficult even to know where to lay the blame.
Seib is our Attack Coach…
Connacht need a Head Coach and Defence coach for next season…
This could be an actual advantage as a Head Coach could want to have one or two coaches he likes to work with……
I think we can fix our problems pretty quickly if we get the proper coaching ticket…
Comapred to Ulster we are ina better position, we have a better squad..
That's a huge if. Id expect max one more addition to the coaching team. Let's hope it's a good one and that the roles get clearly defined.
What will be John Muldoon's roll in next season?
At the moment he is Lineout and Maul Coach, don't see that changing unless new coach has views….
At the moment Coaches leaving is:
Pete Wilkins (Head)
Mark Sexton (Attack)
Scott Fardy (Defence)
We have only one new coach announced
Rod Seib (Attack)
That means we need a Head Coach and Defence Coach…. That is why we would expect two more coaches to be added…
Billy Millard is joining Connacht not as a coach, but as the General Manager of Performance, a new role with no matchday duties…
Colm tucker (Scrum & Contact) and John Muldoon (Lineout and Maul) are staying, I believe…
Pete Wilkins confirmed as the new attack coach for Treviso
Bit surprised to read that this morning but best of luck to him and his family, unfortunately the succession planning after Friend left just hasn't worked out and I think a lot of the blame for that lays higher up in the organisation.
hopefully none
You know he's area of the team is the one part thats actually functioning?
Agreed… I am not really that surprised… Pete is is pretty highly regarded as a technical coach… Being a Head Coach is a totally different animal to assistant coach. Andy Friend (as I was told) didn't take one training session directly while in charge of Connacht… That is the assistant coach's' job, Andy job was to manage them and of be source of escalation… Andy's other big job was communication with the players…
Pete in all fairness was given a pretty bad hand in a coaching set up… Very hard to be Defence coach(which it was rumoured he was doing) and Head Coach at the same time… Communication suffered… Stress levels go thru the roof (this is very understandable, there is no one to turn too…) while you have to also concentrate in the nitty gritty of assistant coach…
It was madness and there was a lot that saw it happening and nobody stepped in… Sorry that isn't good enough.
Connacht Management, IRFU…. none stepped in and called an audible and helped the guy out… He might not be asking for it, because he would have gone into bunker mode (it happens). But someone from outside could just ask simple common sense questions…
"Have we a Head Coach on first job, does he have the assistant coaching team setup in place for him to succeed?"
And BTW I would ask the same thing for Richie Murphy in Ulster but he started swapping his team already, he got Jimmy Duffy, Willie Faloon and Mark Sexton in… Pete didn't see that as an option..
At least Richie is picking his team, with Pete it always felt they were assigned…
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