Re: Six Nations 18/19
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:49 pm
Hello everyone.
For me it's an Irish victory.
Ok Wales have home advantage and if Ireland don't insist on the roof on then they will be looking to the predicted bad weather as a leveler.
That will tell you all you need to know about their mind set.
However Beirne's inclusion is long over due as an extra back rower to compete at the break down and carry.
Hamish Watson carved the Welsh to pieces last week by aggressive broken play running, hitting hard late out to in lines.
Ireland need to create these looser scenarios to create those mismatches.
They have become far too regimented of late relying on one out runners meaning the opposition can hit spread and set quickly.
A lot of criticism has been levelled at the half backs but a severe lack of front foot ball slowed up makes their tasks harder as anyone whose played there will tell you.
Plenty of carrying potential but these guys need to hit heights they haven't done all season.
Think world cup places depend on it.
I love when stats are trotted out like such and such hasn't won in so long as if it will do anything other than serve as motivation to get the monkey of their backs.
Seen this time and time again in all sports and one thing we know about Schmidt is that he loves to make history and will love nothing more than being written off as never won in Cardiff.
Being favourites never sits well with Ireland too so all things sadly point to an English championship for me.
Why not give them the usual false sense of complaincy though to carry into the world cup only to be utterly ritually humiliated once again?
And you're back in the room.
For me it's an Irish victory.
Ok Wales have home advantage and if Ireland don't insist on the roof on then they will be looking to the predicted bad weather as a leveler.
That will tell you all you need to know about their mind set.
However Beirne's inclusion is long over due as an extra back rower to compete at the break down and carry.
Hamish Watson carved the Welsh to pieces last week by aggressive broken play running, hitting hard late out to in lines.
Ireland need to create these looser scenarios to create those mismatches.
They have become far too regimented of late relying on one out runners meaning the opposition can hit spread and set quickly.
A lot of criticism has been levelled at the half backs but a severe lack of front foot ball slowed up makes their tasks harder as anyone whose played there will tell you.
Plenty of carrying potential but these guys need to hit heights they haven't done all season.
Think world cup places depend on it.
I love when stats are trotted out like such and such hasn't won in so long as if it will do anything other than serve as motivation to get the monkey of their backs.
Seen this time and time again in all sports and one thing we know about Schmidt is that he loves to make history and will love nothing more than being written off as never won in Cardiff.
Being favourites never sits well with Ireland too so all things sadly point to an English championship for me.
Why not give them the usual false sense of complaincy though to carry into the world cup only to be utterly ritually humiliated once again?
And you're back in the room.
