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Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread III

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  • #3542
    awec
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    Can Stander play 7?


  • #3543
    Fireball07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    awec wrote: »
    Can Stander play 7?

    Apparently he played there in South Africa...... and has played there a couple of times for us. Not sure if it's a long-term option or not, when he has played there it's been for limited periods or against weak opposition.


  • #3544
    No, you're a...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭No, you're a...


    Does anyone know what happened to www.redscarerugby.com? Really enjoyed there match reviews and banter.


  • #3545
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,954 ✭✭✭✭phog


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Speaking of number eights: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/cardiff-blues-star-robin-copeland-6386236

    I'm going to call it and say that this means CJ won't be kept on. Both Butler and Coughlan are contracted till 2015.

    Swapping Copeland for CJ is hardly an improvement other than Copeland being IQ.


    Injury news:
    Colm Kinsella ‏@ckSportLeader 1h
    Luke O’Dea likely to miss 8 weeks after he fractured bone in a thumb in Munster A's B&I Cup defeat to Plymouth #munster #shannonrfc

    He's going to slip down the pecking order very quickly if he cant get a run of games


  • #3546
    PlayerTrader13
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭PlayerTrader13


    No, you're a... wrote: »
    Does anyone know what happened to www.redscarerugby.com? Really enjoyed there match reviews and banter.

    couldnt have happened to better men


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  • #3547
    No, you're a...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭No, you're a...


    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    bunch of bitter men, finally caught up with them

    Care to elaborate on that? My only experience is just from reading the blog that didn't come across to me.


  • #3548
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    phog wrote: »
    Swapping Copeland for CJ is hardly an improvement other than Copeland being IQ.


    Injury news:



    He's going to slip down the pecking order very quickly if he cant get a run of games

    I'm not saying it is an improvement or it isn't, but Stander is going to make way for Copeland if someone does have to make way. It's a shame for CJ but I'd rather invest time in guys like Butler.

    Poor LOD, he is really becoming the forgotten man this season. With the others injured he might have got a game or two over the Christmas period.


  • #3549
    The Lost Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,967 ✭✭✭✭The Lost Sheep


    No, you're a... wrote: »
    Does anyone know what happened to www.redscarerugby.com? Really enjoyed there match reviews and banter.
    Illness afaik. will be back soon
    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    bunch of bitter men, finally caught up with them
    what are you on about?

    Shame to see LOD out again. Will really struggle to get game time if constantly out injured. Interesting to see we've signed Copeland. Good player but do we really need him?
    Covers 4/6/8 but we'll only really see him as 8 wont we??


  • #3550
    Ugo Monye spacecraft experience
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭Ugo Monye spacecraft experience


    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    couldnt have happened to better men

    illness.....

    classy...

    Thought the RedScare was a bit militant but still enjoyed reading it


  • #3551
    PlayerTrader13
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭PlayerTrader13


    the site says nothing about illness.. either way they are a bunch of horrendously biased and bitter individuals.

    the less of provincal bickering they promote the better.

    compare their blog to whiffofcordite or dementedmole and it doesn't stand up.


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  • #3552
    jamiedav2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭jamiedav2011


    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    the site says nothing about illness.. either way they are a bunch of horrendously biased and bitter individuals.

    the less of provincal bickering they promote the better.

    compare their blog to whiffofcordite or dementedmole and it doesn't stand up.

    It's a personal blog ffs, not the Irish Times, they can be as bitter or twisted as they want.
    WOC and Demented Mole are hardly completely unbiased.


  • #3553
    PlayerTrader13
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭PlayerTrader13


    jamiedav2011 wrote: »
    It's a personal blog ffs, not the Irish Times, they can be as bitter or twisted as they want.
    WOC and Demented Mole are hardly completely unbiased.

    not claiming either are unbiased but neither are so bluntly bitter...

    they did some good video analysis but some of their stuff about current leinster players was shameful.. thankfully all their content is gone.


  • #3554
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Bitter?

    You may not look like what they produced but like WoC or DM they put a lot of time and effort into that blog because they enjoy the rugby, like us. I didn't read all their stuff but I didn't notice anything outrageously biased or bitter.


  • #3555
    jamiedav2011
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭jamiedav2011


    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    not claiming either are unbiased but neither are so bluntly bitter...

    they did some good video analysis but some of their stuff about current leinster players was shameful.. thankfully all their content is gone.

    Again, it's a personal, non monetised blog, go read something else if you don't like it tbh, that's the beauty (or ugliness) of the internet, anyone can start a blog.


  • #3556
    Ugo Monye spacecraft experience
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,221 ✭✭✭Ugo Monye spacecraft experience


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    Bitter?

    You may not look like what they produced but like WoC or DM they put a lot of time and effort into that blog because they enjoy the rugby, like us. I didn't read all their stuff so I didn't notice anything outrageously biased or bitter.

    It wasn't bitter at all, thought they were very good but slightly one eyed in their few of some of our players


    Sad that they've had to pull the blog


  • #3557
    No, you're a...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭No, you're a...


    PlayerTrader13 wrote: »
    the site says nothing about illness.. either way they are a bunch of horrendously biased and bitter individuals.

    It seems you are the bitter one! I enjoyed the blog, it was munster blog and not focused on other teams.


  • #3558
    phog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,954 ✭✭✭✭phog


    Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »
    illness.....

    classy...

    Thought the RedScare was a bit militant but still enjoyed reading it

    Probably couldn't have put it better myslef.

    I enjoyed their analysis and predictions but didn't like some of their wumming but at times I get the same feeling when reading WOC and Dementedmole.


  • #3559
    shaka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭shaka


    awec wrote: »
    Can Stander play 7?

    From what I've seen of him definitely not, 8 is his place


  • #3560
    shaka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭shaka


    By the way Dougall should of got man of the match in my opinion, did some class stuff in tight. Don't know if he can progress beyond rabo/ squad for hc but definitely got good attitude


  • #3561
    former legend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,309 ✭✭✭former legend


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    I'm not saying it is an improvement or it isn't, but Stander is going to make way for Copeland if someone does have to make way. It's a shame for CJ but I'd rather invest time in guys like Butler.

    OK I don't particularly rate Copeland, he's decent but no improvement on what Munster already have IMO.

    However, Munster do need squad depth, they always seem to be just an injury or two away from a full-blown crisis so if Copeland can challenge for a first-team spot and improve the overall options available, then great.

    If it's a case of him coming in to replace someone on the way out, then the squad depth doesn't improve at all.


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  • #3562
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,090 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    Stander would want to stay in Ireland, no? He's a project player right, and must not be a million miles away from eligibility?


  • #3563
    former legend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,309 ✭✭✭former legend


    awec wrote: »
    Stander would want to stay in Ireland, no? He's a project player right, and must not be a million miles away from eligibility?

    He only arrived 12 months ago afaik


  • #3564
    thomond2006
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    More or less confirmed here by a family member!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87920331&postcount=8359


  • #3565
    PlayerTrader13
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 603 ✭✭✭PlayerTrader13


    thomond2006 wrote: »
    More or less confirmed here by a family member!

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87920331&postcount=8359

    that's his younger brother


  • #3566
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 55,090 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    former legend wrote: »
    He only arrived 12 months ago afaik

    Oh, I thought it was 24 months ago.

    How would he been seen by SA were he to return there?


  • #3567
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    awec wrote: »
    Oh, I thought it was 24 months ago.

    How would he been seen by SA were he to return there?

    This is his second season, if he signs on for another year he's IQ


  • #3568
    Foxtrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,288 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Would have to guess Stander has to be leaving or this signing makes very little sense to me. Similar to GVDH it seems to be taking a punt on a guy that doesn't seem to be a step up from what you have in a position of depth rather than targeting an area where you are weaker.


  • #3569
    Howard Juneau
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,901 ✭✭✭Howard Juneau


    Coughlan is 33, has had a few injuries recently, perhaps he's thinking about hanging up his boots?


  • #3570
    Fireball07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,264 ✭✭✭✭Fireball07


    I would prefer to keep Stander than to sign Copeland tbh.


    Copeland has certain qualities that make him very useful, but I'm not sure he's exactly what we need at the moment. Long-term, I'd like to see Butler grow in the 8 role. Copeland is a good ball-carrier but some elements of his game are questionable.


    Stander is a very talented player, and I think he's starting to show it more and more.


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  • #3571
    Foxtrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,288 ✭✭✭✭Foxtrol


    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    This is his second season, if he signs on for another year he's IQ

    He arrived late though so it wouldn't be until the following AIs World Cup when he'd be actually qualified. He'd be very lucky to make the extended squad at the minute and competition looks to be getting more intense for the backrow by the time he'll be qualified so apart from Munster having a spare project spot I dont think it'll make much difference.


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