the facts.

[mr_sing]

poor performance all round but lets be frank,if trimble had have made a half decent tackle at least,we may have stopped the try..............trimble and tommy who was outside trimble should have made the tackle............school boy errors.

[pwrmoore]

True. But Horgan was supposed to be marking Williams - where was he?

[Rooster]

Kearney was the original mistake, he should have hoofed the ball up field.

[LePaul]

True Rooster but it was, nonetheless, a nothing tackle especially as we know Andrew can put in mighty hits. He'll be slated for this and the villian again.

[Shan]

Yes he should have made that tackle and along with the majority of the team didn't have a great game.However with the exception of Jackman and Easterby all the players involved today should be involved again.There is no point in singling out players except the two I mentioned as this was a collective bad display.The buck must stop with Eddie as we know these players are capable of much better.

[Rooster]

The facts are Ireland were terrible, end of story.

[cyril]

poor performance all round but lets be frank,if trimble had have made a half decent tackle at least,we may have stopped the try..............trimble and tommy who was outside trimble should have made the tackle............school boy errors.

thing is Stingif our plyers opened their eye's a bit more this game could have been well in the bag,5/6 times we had a clear overlap but it weren't used

[Ardglass2]

'Kearney was the original mistake, he should have hoofed the ball up field.'

It started earlier than that a stupid pass by O'Gara put him under pressure. O'Gara should have cleared the lines.

It was a bad missed tackle by Andrew but I think we are deluding ourselves re its impact - the score flattered Ireland big time.

[ColinS]

True Rooster but it was, nonetheless, a nothing tackle especially as we know Andrew can put in mighty hits. He'll be slated for this and the villian again.

And he is, Eddie says 'one lapse' cost them the match in another article posted here.

[Windeos]

who cares what eddie says, he's an ejit who needs put out of his misery

[LePaul]

LePaul wrote:
True Rooster but it was, nonetheless, a nothing tackle especially as we know Andrew can put in mighty hits. He'll be slated for this and the villian again.


And he is, Eddie says 'one lapse' cost them the match in another article posted here.

The problem Colzo is this - Trimble will be seen as the last man who should have dumped Shane Williams. The numbnuts wont be asking how did Williams get that far and who else had a better opportunity to tackle him and who slipped his guard and so on. Then there is the simple fact that it was a very poor effort from Andrew - sadly, I hasten to add.

As Rooster rightly puts it

The facts are Ireland were terrible, end of story.

Glad to see that Rory's performance is being looked at in a good light. That psycho Jackman reminds me of Trevor Brennan

[TMHG]

True Rooster but it was, nonetheless, a nothing tackle especially as we know Andrew can put in mighty hits. He'll be slated for this and the villian again.

Munster get a bit of a hardtime around here sometimes, but look who is jumping into defend Andrew!

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All that aside however most, not all, of the reportage was fair. But when members of the media wonder why some of this current crop of players may be a little reticent about talking to them, they might have a look at the headline on the back page of The Irish Mail on Sunday. The piece, penned by Liam Heagney provides us with the unfairest cruellest line of the weekend - Trimble hands Triple Crown to Wales.

Andrew Trimble is a decent young man, a good footballer. He didn't shirk the tackle, just failed to execute it effectively. Liam Heagney is a decent sort also who will of course say he doesn't write the headlines.

He should have a word with the faceless genius who does.

[Captain Chaos]

That title is a disgrace - simple.

[GerryO']

Who cares. When Jake takes charge he will know what to do.

[LePaul]

Dont just sit there talking about it GerryO' get out there and get it sorted.

I hope the 3 wise owls get a boot up the jacksie too.