The Battle for the Wooden Spoon - Italy vs Scotland 6N

razorblunt · 22-02-2020 5:14pm

It’s simple. Relegation.

Big Ears · 22-02-2020 5:17pm

sydthebeat wrote: »

Italy nilled for two out of three games this year....

They are not building or progressing....they are going backwards.

The club sides have improved the last few years, and the U20 side has been promising too.
Polledri despite his greedyness is going to be a big player for them for years to come.

Despite that, it has to be said you're 100% correct. Their Senior team is definitely going backwards.
If Georgia was a rich country I think we might have seen an agreement for a relegation/promotion playoff for the 6 Nations already.

EmmetSpiceland · 22-02-2020 5:18pm

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Someone tell Ben Kay that Italy have been "building to something" for 20 years now.

They’ll regroup now, after this, and target Scotland at home in 2022.

22-02-2020 5:18pm

razorblunt wrote: »

It’s simple. Relegation.

The unions will never, ever vote for that - way too much risk.

EmmetSpiceland · 22-02-2020 5:20pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Agreed, I'm done defending their involvement in top flight rugby.

Drop them and go back to the 5N or replace them with South Africa.

To be fair, Scotland aren’t too far behind them.

awec · 22-02-2020 5:20pm

Big Ears wrote: »

The club sides have improved the last few years, and the U20 side has been promising too.
Polledri despite his greedyness is going to be a big player for them for years to come.

Despite that, it has to be said you're 100% correct. Their Senior team is definitely going backwards.
If Georgia was a rich country I think we might have seen an agreement for a relegation/promotion playoff for the 6 Nations already.

Didn’t treviso bring in a load of project players?

razorblunt · 22-02-2020 5:25pm

Deleted User wrote: »

The unions will never, ever vote for that - way too much risk.

Oh I know. Man mindeth self and all that.

mangobob · 22-02-2020 5:25pm

The commentator mentioned that was a record winning margin for Scotland.

I don't think a team has ever looked less impressive while achieving a record win.

sydthebeat · 22-02-2020 5:28pm

Big Ears wrote: »

The club sides have improved the last few years, and the U20 side has been promising too.
Polledri despite his greedyness is going to be a big player for them for years to come.

Despite that, it has to be said you're 100% correct. Their Senior team is definitely going backwards.
If Georgia was a rich country I think we might have seen an agreement for a relegation/promotion playoff for the 6 Nations already.

Agreed.

I wouldn't be calling for them to be kick out just yet... But I'd be looking for some kind of five year plan with KPIs introduced for them, with the threat of an introduction of a play off game versus the REIC winner.

They would probably still win, but at least there optics are better and give the second tier a pathway to progress.

Its 20 years now since they have been introduced and they have regressed from those early days

Big Ears · 22-02-2020 5:45pm

awec wrote: »

Didn’t treviso bring in a load of project players?

Ya they've a few in there alright, but those players will eventually be eligible for the National team, and we can't exactly complain about the use of project players.

Dave_The_Sheep · 22-02-2020 5:51pm

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The unions will never, ever vote for that - way too much risk.

Nor should they.

The Battle for the Wooden Spoon - Italy vs Scotland 6N

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