Connacht Team Talk Thread V - The Friend Zone

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:07pm

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Beautiful pass to niyi by carty

its_phil · 14-09-2018 9:08pm

Mul, it's over

Beautiful pass from Jack

Euphoriasean · 14-09-2018 9:08pm

Super pass.

its_phil · 14-09-2018 9:08pm

Mul, it's over

its_phil wrote: »

Beautiful pass from Jack

Better kick

its_phil · 14-09-2018 9:10pm

Mul, it's over

How didn’t Blade get the penalty there?

Euphoriasean · 14-09-2018 9:11pm

its_phil wrote: »

How didn’t Blade get the penalty there?

100%

14-09-2018 9:11pm

Mul, it's over

Plenty to complain about but given how Edinburgh have thrown themselves into this game I'm actually quite impressed with Connacht so far. Game still in the balance despite a huge body of work from Edinburgh, a Connacht win here would be exceptional.

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:15pm

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its_phil wrote: »

How didn’t Blade get the penalty there?

How the feck does davies not call that

Former Former · 14-09-2018 9:16pm

You've got a Friend in me

freyners wrote: »

How the feck does davies not call that

When he's being dragged along the ground?

Open play, no offside line.

sydthebeat · 14-09-2018 9:18pm

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its_phil wrote: »

How didn’t Blade get the penalty there?

For what?

its_phil · 14-09-2018 9:20pm

Mul, it's over

Former Former wrote: »

When he's being dragged along the ground?

Open play, no offside line.

Wrong play you’re talking about. Blade in a strong position on ground and never called holding

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:22pm

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Former Former wrote: »

When he's being dragged along the ground?

Open play, no offside line.

About two mins before blade had clamped on the ball for 4-5 seconds and davies just looked. Different play we're talking about

sydthebeat · 14-09-2018 9:22pm

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Should be a yellow card

Synode · 14-09-2018 9:23pm

Cmon Connacht. Had all the possession the last 10 minutes

Synode · 14-09-2018 9:25pm

If the ref was happy with the release then that should have been a Connacht peno

Diabhal Beag · 14-09-2018 9:25pm

TOH has been super in the second half along with Healy

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:25pm

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Healy wins the turnover (albeit dubiously) amd edinburgh man falls over the ball on the far side trying to win it back. Is there not an onus on that edinburgh player to roll away there?

Tigerandahalf · 14-09-2018 9:27pm

I've never been impressed with this guy the referee, makes a lot of very bad calls. He has awarded double figure penalties against Connacht.

its_phil · 14-09-2018 9:29pm

Mul, it's over

From where we were, good going to get the LBP. Carty has become a real general.

Need to take care of Scarlets and Leinster now and get that home form up and running for season.

realhorrorshow · 14-09-2018 9:29pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I've never been impressed with this guy the referee, makes a lot of very bad calls. He has awarded double figure penalties against Connacht.

A lot of them were very stupid and blatant. Thought he managed the breakdown poorly and Edinburgh played him better.

testtech05 · 14-09-2018 9:29pm

Some Like It TOH

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I've never been impressed with this guy the referee, makes a lot of very bad calls. He has awarded double figure penalties against Connacht.

Some of his calls really baffle me....

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:30pm

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LBP is about as much as we deserve but i do feel we had to work harder for any decisions.

Hopefully o'donnell learns from a tough day at the office. Mccabe definately stablised a bit.

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:31pm

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Also baffles me why edinburgh went back to murrayfield. So so empty

Diabhal Beag · 14-09-2018 9:38pm

freyners wrote: »

Also baffles me why edinburgh went back to murrayfield. So so empty

I was in their alternative spot in 2016 and it's an absolute kip in the arsehole of the south side of Edinburgh, was still empty and had no atmosphere.

Better to have it in Murrayfield that at least makes it easier for the 600 fans to get to by train.

Diabhal Beag · 14-09-2018 9:39pm

Cockerill calling us cheats straight out

The Lost Sheep · 14-09-2018 9:39pm

freyners wrote: »

Also baffles me why edinburgh went back to murrayfield. So so empty

They were still keeping games in Murrayfield and they felt switching between both grounds wasnt good for them.
Hopefully they can get plans through for developing stadium of few thousand on back pitch which would be great.

irishgrover · 14-09-2018 9:40pm

Jesus, coach (cockerill) lhaving rant about bunch of cheats (Connacht)!!!!

gavkm27 · 14-09-2018 9:41pm

COCKerill went to town on us, big Jim had to diffuse it

b.gud · 14-09-2018 9:45pm

Cockrill needs a slap on the wrist from the Pro14 the same way Lam got one.

What he just did was not too dissimilar to what Lam did, and he did it on live TV

connachta · 14-09-2018 9:55pm

LBP is a massive acheivement vs a straight opponent for home european play-off nex spring!

freyners · 14-09-2018 9:56pm

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What was said? Turned off after the result

Wegians89 · 14-09-2018 9:56pm

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Might be biased but how can he call Connacht cheats in a match were the ref was harsh on Connacht??

connachta · 14-09-2018 10:01pm

I won't complain about ref this time because Embra winger stole them 5 points with tragic handling on the tryline. so all in all, in the end

evil_seed · 14-09-2018 10:12pm

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Do we have a clip of cockerill **** talking?

Evil_g · 14-09-2018 10:18pm

Mul, it's over

This looks like a transcript of some of it:

https://twitter.com/JLyall93/status/1040708744747921409

Doesn't sound all that unreasonable to me.

Sounds like he's been waiting until they won a game to raise it.

FirstFiveEigth · 14-09-2018 10:19pm

Actually didn't think Davies had a bad game overall personally.

Most worrying for me was that our propping depth has been badly exposed, when either Buckley or Bealham are off the pitch we have no scrum. I have hope for Conan as he's still very young for a prop at this level and Carey can potentially do a job too although he doesn't seem to have the ability to go 80.

Also, IMO we were seriously lacking in ambition tonight, kicked away far too much ball in the first half, maybe that was related to the conditions but I thought we'd relish playing on such a ood surface. I also hate box-kicking to touch as an exit strategy, we always end up defending a lineout about 25 metres out rather than kicking off 10 or 12 and being on the 10 or half way instead, I just don't see the point but it seems to be in vogue among a lot of teams at the moment. Our 9s just havent the kicking game to get enough distance to make this strategy worthwhile.

On the plus side I felt when we tried to play ball in the last 20 we seemed to do reasonably well, especially out wide. We seemed to hit up the middle a bit too often for a good portion of the game and don't have dominant enough carriers to do this against the likes of Edinburgh who are seriously physical. The couple of times we ended up with penaty advantage I wish we were quicker to try a kick-pass or something too, rather than forward carries which we tried at one stage and lost the advantage from it, although credit to Jack with that pass for Niyi's try.

b.gud · 14-09-2018 10:19pm

Former Former wrote: »

There is a galaxy of a difference between calling the other team cheats and calling the ref a cheat.

Did you hear the whole interview?

I'm not saying he should be reprimanded because he called Connacht cheats, I'm saying he should be reprimanded because he called into question the quality of the officials, not just in tonight's game but in the league as a whole. And he didn't do it in a subtle way that managers normally do he did it in a very blunt and direct way which reflected poorly on the league, similar to how Lams comments were intended to call into question the standard of reffing in the league.

Zzippy · 14-09-2018 10:21pm

Evil_g wrote: »

This looks like a transcript of some of it:

https://twitter.com/JLyall93/status/1040708744747921409

Doesn't sound all that unreasonable to me.

Sounds like he's been waiting until they won a game to raise it.

"What are the consequences for him?" He's basically called him incompetent there. Be surprised if Pro14 don't call him in for a chat.

He's a sore loser and an even worse winner. Classless.

Tigerandahalf · 14-09-2018 10:24pm

Zzippy wrote: »

"What are the consequences for him?" He's basically called him incompetent there. Be surprised if Pro14 don't call him in for a chat.

He's a sore loser and an even worse winner. Classless.

He probably saw Davies miss the Glasgow player taking the ball behind his own try line in the Connacht game recently, another howler from the officials - even worse none of the Connacht players picked it up!

Zzippy · 14-09-2018 10:44pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

He probably saw Davies miss the Glasgow player taking the ball behind his own try line in the Connacht game recently, another howler from the officials - even worse none of the Connacht players picked it up!

Pretty sure that was Whitehouse, no?

ClanofLams · 14-09-2018 10:46pm

Mul, it's over

Zzippy wrote: »

Pretty sure that was Whitehouse, no?

No, Davies.

Zzippy · 14-09-2018 10:49pm

ClanofLams wrote: »

No, Davies.

Oops. Well in fairness I was at the game and very few there noticed it

connachta · 14-09-2018 10:51pm

Butler + Thornbury + Godwin 30 tackles no missed.
Boyle 14 made two missed
All those are 25 or less. The future is bright

connachta · 14-09-2018 10:52pm

27 or less * sorry I can't edit

irishgrover · 14-09-2018 10:53pm

Zzippy wrote:

Oops. Well in fairness I was at the game and very few there noticed it

I did find that amazing. The fact that in hindsight it was so obvious and the fact that no commentators, officials, players or fans at the game seemed to notice

ClanofLams · 14-09-2018 10:54pm

Mul, it's over

Zzippy wrote: »

Oops. Well in fairness I was at the game and very few there noticed it

Same and nor did I. But between three officials and tmo, someone should have picked it up. Although not sure TMO can intervene for that.

Zzippy · 14-09-2018 11:09pm

connachta wrote: »

LBP is a massive acheivement vs a straight opponent for home european play-off nex spring!

They're in the other conference...?

Neil3030 · 14-09-2018 11:21pm

Still early doors for Friend, but I'd be worry about what I saw tonight. No penetration, and lots of predictable lateral moves, side to side. We've seen this trialed before with Penney at Munster, and MOC at Leinster, and it never really made much hay.

Wegians89 · 14-09-2018 11:28pm

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Neil3030 wrote: »

Still early doors for Friend, but I'd be worry about what I saw tonight. No penetration, and lots of predictable lateral moves, side to side. We've seen this trialed before with Penney at Munster, and MOC at Leinster, and it never really made much hay.

Defence certainly looks better then previous seasons. Far too early to start negativity. You still have to add Buckley, roux, Copeland, match fit bundee, Farrell and kelleher to that 23. And that’s not including the unknown quantities of Reece and Horwitz.

connemara man · 14-09-2018 11:32pm

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Godwin and Griffin bin the centre are such a poor pairing there is zero creativity. The two of the kept running into heavy traffic and not really doing much with ball in hand. Farrell and Bundee is still our main partnership and Farrell needs to play when fit Even without Bundee

Connacht Team Talk Thread V - The Friend Zone

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