Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

Sooner this season is over the better.

I know I've had plenty of run-ins with some of ye here over time but I do come in peace!

It feels like there is something really rotten in Munster at the moment. With Ulster and Connacht, they're hardly world-beating sides but you can feel there is some form of conveyor belt of good, solid, hard-working players in positive culture settings under their respective coaching setups.

Munster it just feels like the opposite. They clearly have good players, and some really good young talent coming through (I genuinely believe Gleeson is the real deal and there isn't a more talented backrower around his age in Ireland at the moment). However there is something there that just stinks. It was suggested McMillan should go for everyone's sakes, but who do you get in? How will that change everything bad going on behind the scenes?

I know players will say they can't pay attention to that but it's no coincidence that performances have been below-par over the last few weeks when the entire club has come under the microscope, even without the Randle nonsense.

I'm not saying any of this out of glee or malice, for the record. Despite everything, even I can acknowledge that Irish Rugby needs a performing Munster.

Squad is mediocre to its core. But rather than do something about it and invest in youth, we play JJ at 10 for what? To help us win games? He played exactly as youd expect him to play. Get minutes into the next player up. See if Wood can kick on.

Abrahams selected when daly pulled out. Surely next one in should be Ben o connor. Get minutes into him.

We need to move on. I was bitterly disappointed with the renewal of JOD. Tries his best but we are stocked in the backrow with youth. Move on. Stop wasting opportunities.

Anyone care to Explain to me what the point of JJ was over Butler or Tom Wood.

This is the second season after Billy Burns that we have chosen a proven failure at 10 over potential and development.

When JJ made a kick in the first half for touch I had to laugh from a connacht point of view it was an awful kick bot probably the best he everybdid in galway

Agree re butler. But i honestly see zero merit in playing jj over Wood. Lets see if Wood improves with minutes. He might or might not. But id far prefer to see him get the investment. Its not like jj is contributing anything worthwhile. He isnt winning games for Munster.

I struggle to say where else jj would be playing professional rugby

a carrier that promised so much early days but he never lived up to the hype …no consistency to his game and bounced around to few different clubs …extremely lucky we took him back ,really shows the ambition of the province …agree in that we should be exposing Tom wood more and butler has been giving virtually no look in under McMillan for whatever reason .

Like, for example, Billy Bohan, Sam Illo, Sean Naughton, Harry West at Connacht? It has broken my heart over the years watching our international team and provinces hiding behind the diatribe you propound.

Tom Wood I watched recently. His place kicking is excellent, his distribution is excellent. But he is not good enough. And JJ is better because you know he will be shite and therefore you know what you are getting.

This mentality has always puzzled me.The shite that you know is better than the kids that you refuse to acknowledge.

I think any honest supporter would wish to acknowledge their future generations over the muck that is today. Or at least that is what I wish to believe.

When Andy Farrell leaves Ireland it will not be a day too soon.