Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Yeah it was a poor decision imo. We were in their 22, had a man advantage, and momentum. Even if we turned it over, Ospreys would have to go the length of the field into the wind. Sean O'Brien kicked it out, he should have left the decision to the halfbacks.

SHL deserved man of the match, i hope he's staying. Ben Murphy's performances continue to be mixed thought he mixed the good with the bad today. A few others werent great either, It's a huge ask to get 3 points in SA

Seven points up, well inside the opposition half, on the front foot and they're down to 14 men. Whoever's decision it was, it was a bad one.

Three thoughts after the game

Ref was a disgrace. If not literally getting in the way his interpretation of the ball being available at the ruck was its available for the Welsh lads but nobody else.

The 6-2 split on the bench hurts us way more than it has ever benefited us. Just stop with it now.

I dont know if O'brien was told to kick it out or did so on his own but it was absolutely the wrong decision. Sometimes I have to question if players have any sense of the game/season circumstances. The whole stadium knew that 5 points were needed. They were attacking with a strong wind against 14 players. Such a stupid decision. Nobody in the stand celebrated the win initially because we all were flabbergasted by the decision to kick it out. Someone explain it to me.

you were very much proved right typhoony. was happy to just get the win. Ospreys had so much possession it was hard to see us even winning the game in the second half. as for kicking the ball out at the end of the game, I think Connacht had really enough. Thought again Connachts defense was good and the attack positioning and passing was slick. The huge issue was lack of possession. The Ospreys supporters were very loud in the South stand. Was wondering what the Ole Ole Ole was about. Figured it was Irish soccer supporters initially.

And as pointed out there is an issue with vacant seats in the Clan stand. Surely Connacht could offer STHs the option to put their unused tickets back into use at let's say a Euro 20 discount each time for the following year's season ticket and the resell them at EUR 45 so everyone wins

Good tough game, we battled hard and deserved the win. Felt like keeping the winning run became more important than the battle for 8th place in the last couple of minutes. It was worth at least one more phase. Happy to win, disappointed that with Cardiff, Munster and Benneton losing we didn't take full advantage.

and if we're to be compare Murphy to Devine , well Murphy plays a lob pass which allows the offload while Devine plays the low pass which allows the receiver to crash the defense. Each to themselves on that one

Very different, those lads have been around for years and there is a real connection, everyone likes Ben but it's like getting to know you period you can't compare. When Ben gets the appreciation it will be 100% genuine.

Munster picking up two bonus points probably puts them out of range imo. I see it playing out roughly like this:

Looking like the games vs Lions could be a shootout for 8th, unless Cardiff drop points, most likely against Stormers.

I was looking at the SA games this weekend… They are not unbeatable.

Stormers took a long time to put away a Edinburgh team that is struggling, was 7 - 7 at half time.. Lions were pretty even with Dragons for 50 min…

All three team have won there last 3 games but it isn't as crazy as it normally feels..

Now I haven't seen the game on TV yet but I thought defense and attack looked really fluid. Lineout on our ball I believe was 100%. Scrum was steady if not incredible. Looking at Ospreys I thought their defense was solid while their attack was the linear attack we have suffered with for years. So things we need to look at. Much of our kicking out of hand was shocking in the second half when we had the wind advantage. And questions have to be asked as why we really seemed to have very little possession throughout the game.

Where have you seen that? Frustrating if true.

Whatever about him leaving id be absolutely raging if they hadn't offered him a deal. He showed 1st game back at the weekend what he has been doing since he joined pretty much

Don't like that at all, assuming it's not due to NIQ restrictions. He's one of our best players when fit.

One of the other provinces should pick him up if we let him go.