Positives and negatives: Ulster V Castres

[againstthehead]

positives
- first win in france - AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 5 wins in the group and a realistic shout of a home quarter!
- in terms of the game the main positive was the scrum which was incredible. I'm not sure how many penalties we won but we could have got another couple with a different ref. Incredibly dominent scrum.
- to win that game with no Muller, Ferris, Dan, Jared, Bowe or Williams was a tremendous effort. Missing major talent, not playing well and we still sneak it away from home. Amazing result considering the performance really.
- thought Henry did well, along with the props. Gilroy put in some outstanding kicks from FB but apart from that, few players stood out.
- did I say we won in France?

Negatives
- Lineout. Reminded me of Zebre away. That was hectic. maybe pedrie did a job on us? Certainly Castres competed really well.
- Best had a poor day with the darts. We were camped on their 5 m line early on and the crooked dart really killed us. He is suspect to that....
- Ruan didn't work at 10. At least we now know. Thought beagle did well though.
- lot of slipped/missed tackles but scrambling defence did really well to hold out on occasions
- thought the rush defence was good in the first half but we backed off in the second.

Overall, a poor game in terms of rugby but nail-biting stuff for the Ulster die-hards. Can't believe we sneaked it!!!! Time to enjoy the rest of the games this weekend the rest up for the quarter finals - yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HammerTime]

+
The win.
Craig Gilroy at fullback.
Another monkey off our backs.
-
Everything else.

[breakdown]

Yeah I thought Gilroy was brilliant at 15, must have been taking kicking lessons from Payne

[big mervyn]

+
The win.
Craig Gilroy at fullback.
Another monkey off our backs.
-
Everything else.

There's no monkeys left now

[Scholar]

Here's one! But at least he conceded he was wrong.

[Russ]

+ HEC posted on FB that we have a home QF

- They will have to delete that post

[Lurgan Lad]

Horrible match but without a doubt the biggest positive is finally a win in France, such a great monkey off the back and maybe not many monkeys left. Castres were very average, much worse that I expected tbh, the atmosphere didn't appear that intimidating either. Rory's darts were awful too, needs more gametime. Injury for Roger too, not sure if it was hamstring or foot. On the positives Gilroy was great, Henry too. After that only the scrum and maybe the backs making breaks but not finishing them only other positive.

[Thelaw]

+ we won in France
Our scrum ruled.
Henry deserved huge pat on back for saving our win.
Diack moved to 8 and played well.
Hendo came on and looked good. Faded second half though.
Paddy Jackson- I am a big fan of young Percey. I thought he should have started. Good line breaks go forward ball and tackles every thing. Let us never listen to rte again


- st pinear at 10. See above. He didn't want to be there. And it showed. Let us never speak of this again.
Rory- best in the world in the loose and the scrum. But dear god the lineout sucked. Not all on him.
McComb. Did very little. No jumps in lineout. Just a shirt filler. Disapointed because I like the big fella. Though he would take his chance and didn't
Wilson. Injured early so don't want to be too critical but there is just no....passion I think is the word I want.

beagle- didn't really get a chance. Not his fault.
Owens- really not a fan. Scrum destroyed them. But constantly ignored them standing up. Called ulster back 4 yards from their line ulster going forward for a penalty to ... ulster. Seriously wtf. Not a fan of his. Never have been
Sky pundits. Nuff said

Big mention to our travelling fans. Big plus hearing you drown out the french. Love the stripey suit that man.

[Snipe Watson]

Is there a better backrow forward in Ireland than Chris Henry at the moment? I'll say no.

[Big-al]

Sean O'Brien is pretty good.

[ColinM]

Who is this Pinnar the commentator was watching?

[Snipe Watson]

Sean O'Brien is pretty good.

He is. He can fill in at 6 until Fez is fit.

[Wee Woman]

There's no monkeys left now

Oh yes there is, a win against Leinster in Dublin will be the cherry on the cake.

Then the monkey can properly feck off

[tommyblue]

Who is this Pinnar the commentator was watching?

christ the commentry was bad-dewi morris is good in the studio but not in the commentry box. Real cringeworthy stuff

[Rooster]

Owens- really not a fan. Scrum destroyed them. But constantly ignored them standing up. Called ulster back 4 yards from their line ulster going forward for a penalty to ... ulster. Seriously wtf. Not a fan of his. Never have been
Sky pundits. Nuff said

That was a mess, then he warns no more to their prop or bin and several penaltys later says same again so they then subbed him, plus why was he shouting for us to use the ball when it was still in and our scrum going forward, those should have been more penaltys?