Who was your MOTM for ULSTER vs Ospreys?

Post by **fermain** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:22 pm

Well, lavazza man got the official MOTM, but who was yours?

Gnome · Post by **Gnome** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:36 pm

Van-der-man was everywhere....

Pablo · Post by **Pablo** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:45 am

Herbst

MattMo · Post by **MattMo** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:52 am

Van duh! Merwe, solid if unspectacular, great lineouts which led to massive rolling mauls, gets my vote.
honourable mentions for Ross, Reidy and glassboy

bazzaj · Post by **bazzaj** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:23 am

MattMo wrote:Van duh! Merwe, solid if unspectacular, great lineouts which led to massive rolling mauls, gets my vote.
honourable mentions for Ross, Reidy and glassboy

Solid but unspectacular!?
All I can say is you must have been at the game and if you were, watch it again on the box and keep your eye on him.

Going to have to put my foot down here.
VDMs performance was absolutely immense.
He carried, tackled, worked for the entire 80 minutes and in my view was the difference between the sides.
Oh and he scored.

He was alert to everything and with 2 points in it and 5 odd minutes to go, he made a brilliant tackle on their 9 who had spotted a gap on the blind side with no one at home.
That saved the game for us.

The biggest compliment I could give him is that Muller could not have done any better.
Needed him tonight and the big man delivered.

ruckover · Post by **ruckover** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:18 am

Whenever a forward is pointed out for being immense, you know he's done a lot and that's certainly the case with Franco. Brilliant performance.

Mentions for the front row, Ross and Reidy, McCloskey and Cave.

scrum5 · Post by **scrum5** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:54 am

Bazzaj is spot on, Franco by a country mile, the try saving tackle at the end won us the game, captain in all but name.

rorybestsbigbaldnoggin · Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:10 am

Franco, Darren and Reidy decent performances, Franco most so.

PJ seems to have taken the break to do some more gain-line stuff; didn't quite work out - a lot of his pop passes out the back door, having attacked the line, were just not quite flat enough - but encouraging. Until he got broken!

Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:13 am

Hennessy

caveman · Post by **caveman** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:31 pm

In terrible conditions I ought VDM was excellent. I also thought Reidy and Ross were good in the forwards as was Herbst - a strong man. Cave with his two tries was excellent, but it was a hard-fought win all round. All credit to the pack.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:36 pm

Franco was it for me. Credit to the front row also. Also Warwick and D Fitz who picked up were Herbst and Black left off. If we can keep those guys fit this season the scrum could be very solid.

Mac · Post by **Mac** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:43 pm

Transit by a country mile.
Only one out there last night with any leadership skills.

MattMo · Post by **MattMo** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 3:34 pm

bazzaj wrote:He was alert to everything and with 2 points in it and 5 odd minutes to go, he made a brilliant tackle on their 9 who had spotted a gap on the blind side with no one at home.
That saved the game for us.

The biggest compliment I could give him is that Muller could not have done any better.
Needed him tonight and the big man delivered.

Forgot about that tackle, and I think you misunderstand solid but unspectacular. He's not a spectacular player, he's a grafter, and that's required from him. Hendo and Tuohy are spectacular, they make the big runs, and the "showy" moments. I voted for Franco, because he was the best player on the field.

Cornerfleg · Post by **Cornerfleg** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 5:41 pm

Franco was Ulster's best player. Their out half was motm.

bazzaj · Post by **bazzaj** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:40 pm

Furrymuff Matt, it just comes down to what you describe as being spectacular I think.

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