If you were coach for a day...

[darkside lightside]

handling skills and continuity. the rest is just detail.

(should be meat and drink for McL - need to see some sharp improvements this year)

[mikerob]

handling skills and continuity. the rest is just detail.

(should be meat and drink for McL - need to see some sharp improvements this year)

Yeah, I read that Joe Schmidt at Leinster just concentrates on 3 things: passing, going into contact and the breakdown.

[rumncoke]

Mike bar tackling and defensive lines what else is there? At leinster the defence has played exactly the same way for at least five years. Kicking ? At leinster that's left to Sexton and if you have to be coached to kick -- then serious questions should be asked of those who signed the player up. Kickers normally coach/ practice seperately from the team --- but it does require constant practice.

[mikerob]

Yeah, in the ML SF against Leinster, Ulster could have played all night and still wouldn't have scored as Leinster read all of Ulster's moves like a book. A neat pass and putting a player into space is one thing, but Ulster don't seem to be great at winning the contact then offloading to trailing players.

[Rooster]

Yeah, in the ML SF against Leinster, Ulster could have played all night and still wouldn't have scored as Leinster read all of Ulster's moves like a book. A neat pass and putting a player into space is one thing, but Ulster don't seem to be great at winning the contact then offloading to trailing players.

The one player who trys to offload in contact is P3 and half those on here just give off about him being too upright in contact, perhaps the problem is his following players are not close enough to receive the ball and keep the thing on the move

[BR]

perhaps the problem is his following players are not close enough to receive the ball and keep the thing on the move

No point offloading to thin air.

[Rooster]

perhaps the problem is his following players are not close enough to receive the ball and keep the thing on the move

No point offloading to thin air.

correct BR, now I would suggest P3 is actually a year ahead of the rest of the squad and if they catch up this year and follow his example of staying upright and turning twoards the following receiver we could actually make far more use of the go forward attacks he makes, if they can get P3 going into contact and offloading to a newly rebuilt 1F who continues on and then offloads to Afoa or Court that soaks up a hell of a lot of the opposition and leaves gaps for the backs to finish them off.
Well it works on computer screen and my head anyway.

[Gael]

I agree about the Offloading. Theres times that we look so potent and then about a minute later its a pick and go fest gaining little or no ground, and eventually we give away a penalty.

Lads, why is Pedrie called P3?

[WhiteKnightoftheWeld]

because in bok speak drie actually translates as 3

bit like calling essex S6

[WhiteKnightoftheWeld]

dont listen to any of the clowns who will try and tell you its a play on 1F in Ferris - ie 3 Ns in wannenberg - P 3Ns
they are goons, they are wrong, they're clowns, and they're erroneous.

[Gael]

Thanks lads. I hope for a better season for him this year anyway, blows hot and cold imo.

[rumncoke]

Why show key moments .

Show them how scoring opportunties are lost-- show them how possession is lost. Get the backs to practice running straight lines instead of diagonally across the pitch very few backs can actually run round their opposite number or the player marking him unless he is a front row forward run at him draw him and pass make them watch BoD and the timing of his pass .

Ulsters problem last year --was Pienaar has a long pass which of course provides time and space for his out half but players start to run across the pitch failing to recognise the backline movement started nearly in the centre of the pitch thus when the ball got to wings they were on the touch line.