Dragon slayers V House Henson

[Bart S]

Is all well between FOLK and Gibbes..

One of the most complete performance by an Ulster side.. Ian Hump..

I am sure he did actually say that Ulster have SID all over the park, or at least words to that very effect

[Bart S]

Nelson had a good game at 10, but noticeabke that from the outset we were trying to run things from our own 22 which would have been high risk against a better team and also went for the corner early rather than taking points on offer and trying to build up a lead. Now that sense of adventure may be comendable and even sensible to some extent against a poor team like this, but nwe would not get away with that against better sides and it would even be risky away to teams like the Dragons or certainly Edinburgh or Cardiff. I wonder how much of it was down to a lack of trust in Nelson's kicking game?

Whilst the game was relatively easy when he came on, I actually thought Heron did reasonably well and showed some decent game management with his choices. I thought both of our 9's were inconsistent and got away with it because of the opposition.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Rodders to score tonight

Told ye Rodders would score the night .... he did it in absentia ..... by proxy via Vivian Herbst when getting his head stitched but that counts, doesn't it?

[damianmcr]

How did people rate Timoney? I was impressed but I know feck all so would like someone else's view.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

How did people rate Timoney? I was impressed but I know feck all so would like someone else's view.

Did quite well. showed a bit of aggression. carried well enough. scored two tries and got MotM.

I've seen worse performances.

[solidarity]

Just in from Ravers.
I still don't know which Ulster is the real one. It's hard to argue with 52 points but still a bit of deflation, especially with their last try.
I often feel a bit sorry for a team that's getting thumped but the Dragons didn't look terribly interested from the moment they jogged onto the pitch, and I've no sympathy for a club that sends their seconds to a league game.

[Dave]

How did people rate Timoney? I was impressed but I know feck all so would like someone else's view.

I was also impressed. He is a very industrious player and has some set of wheels on him. Also impressed with Matty Rea. With big Red at number 8 and either Rea/Reidy/Henry/Timoney on the flanks, the backrow could be decent. Especially with big Jonno coaching.

It doesn't really look great for Marcell. He seems unable to put a run of games together with his knee.

[222toHounslow]

I've been on this thread for 10 mins and not a single mention of the bible.

Bellends.

[BR]

How did people rate Timoney? I was impressed but I know feck all so would like someone else's view.

Did quite well. showed a bit of aggression. carried well enough. scored two tries and got MotM.

I've seen worse performances.

He did this thing which was interesting - he ran before he received the ball. I would imagine ref's will become wise to it and stop him, but in the meantime it'll really seems to work.

I just hope someone mentioned to him that it won't be that easy every week.

[Neill_M]

Beat a tom kite Dragons 2nd XV. 5 pts in the bag.

Rodney's YC at the end....go nuts


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[Dave]

Rodney is such a frustrating player. He looked as fit as he's probably ever been. Carried reasonably well. Scrummaged very well. Put in the best hit of the season.

Drop the ball 2/3 times and that dumb yellow.

Classic Rodney.

[justinr73]

Is all well between FOLK and Gibbes..

One of the most complete performance by an Ulster side.. Ian Hump..

Saw Jono shaking his head at the end of the game. Didn't look at all happy.

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Being talked up but not impressive against a very weak Dragons team. AhYou a liability as ever. I cannot understand why he is being praised for his appalling handling compounded by a dumber than dumb totally pointless late hit. Gibbes is right- conceding 3 tries was very poor. Remind me who the defence coach is....

I may be a relative newbie, but I've been around long enough to know that putting 50 points on the Dragons (when did we last do that btw?) must be in spite of Les and not because of him.

So please enlighten this enthuastic Lionel, soon to marry in to the Ulster family.

Did we win so comfortably because:
a) Dragons are brad pitt;
b) The new coaches are good or
c) Cave started at 13?

Btw Ospreys tonight managed 3 tries less than us in Treviso

[Starsky]

Was Peel at the stadium? He didn't seem to be there during the warm up which I thought was odd.

[big mervyn]

Is all well between FOLK and Gibbes..

One of the most complete performance by an Ulster side.. Ian Hump..

Saw Jono shaking his head at the end of the game. Didn't look at all happy.

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Being talked up but not impressive against a very weak Dragons team. AhYou a liability as ever. I cannot understand why he is being praised for his appalling handling compounded by a dumber than dumb totally pointless late hit. Gibbes is right- conceding 3 tries was very poor. Remind me who the defence coach is....

I may be a relative newbie, but I've been around long enough to know that putting 50 points on the Dragons (when did we last do that btw?) must be in spite of Les and not because of him.

So please enlighten this enthuastic Lionel, soon to marry in to the Ulster family.

Did we win so comfortably because:
a) Dragons are brad pitt;
b) The new coaches are good or
c) Cave started at 13?

Btw Ospreys tonight managed 3 tries less than us in Treviso

They were absolute dung. Couldn't believe how young some of them looked. Shanahan probably could have taken their dinner money.

[Cap'n Grumpy]

Was Peel at the stadium? He didn't seem to be there during the warm up which I thought was odd.

Both him and Jonno were missing for a large part of the warm-up and Niall Malone was going through the paces that Dwayne usually would, but I am reliably informed that both of them appeared before the end of the warm-up. I was able to spot Jonno all wrapped up in a heavy black coat, but didn't actually see Peel for mesel.