Leinster Team Talk Thread (Love you Furlong time)

That's the second time I've seen it and it's actually much worse the second time.

This guy is not a serious manager. He should be absolutely spitting fire at a performance like that.

Leinster are not winning another ECC with this cod in charge.

I don't think speed of ruck ball was the problem. I think JGP has started standing over the ball when it's available. I think this season he has become a bit ponderous over the ball.

Lucu was such a contrast. He just got to the ruck and passed the ball as quickly as possible. No waiting around. I think JGP used to be quicker to get the ball away.

100% it did. They got hands on the ball a lot before being cleared out (when they didn’t get a turnover). They did a great job. Have to give them huge credit for that.

Very deflating altogether. Not much to say beyond congrats UBB.

I think we have to acknowledge the fact that it wasn't for the easy draw, Leinster would have been nowhere near Bilbao this weekend. After the "real final" win over Toulouse, UBB already had one hand on the trophy.

Considering how poorly they were playing last Nov/Dec, they've done pretty well.

Unfortunately we got what we deserved today, the game was an accurate reflection of our season. We've rode our luck at times, benefited from a great draw and other teams doing us favors. All this business regarding Lions and Ireland caps in the squad really don't hold water when the opposition players are simply better on the field, and have better coaching. Of our five finals that's the only won we lost inside the first half, a sign we're going backward. The coaching set up isn't working. Scott Robertson is available..

Spot on, and unfortunately it's very obvious we didn't learn much from our round of 16 game against Edinburgh. Intecepts and floaty passes were being plucked out of the air all day today. We were 100% found out today.

Let's face it, Gunne is not and likely will never be a replacement for JGP. Just haven't seen anything that remotely indicates a stellar career ahead.

Time was up for Leo and Nienaber 12 months ago, time to be ruthless now, I'd give McNamara a shot, bring back a better style of rugby than the Nienaber model.

McNamara is contracted with Bordeaux until 2029. He signed a new contract a few weeks ago. That's a no go.

Besides, we won't get anyone half decent until after the World Cup anyway. Cullen and Nienaber are here until the end of next season at least.

Still only wearing old Leinster Canterbury stuff, it's well past it's best now but still going strong . Adidas and Castore absolute pants and that garbage the players were in today was totally embarrassing.

It was a very handy run, to say otherwise is mad stuff. And the fact they nearly blew it on the way, with Leo laughing at a missed conversion, should have been massive alarm bells.

Leinster improved a bit in recent weeks and looked more cohesive, but looking at the season as a whole they can't be happy with how they've played. No point being 'generational' against Ospreys seconds if you can't turn it on in a final when it counts. At one point before the yellow Bordeaux were on course to be setting a record defeat in a European final.

It'll be interesting to see how the URC pans out, a lot of those players will have to go to the well again