Six Nations Final Week
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No ban for Marler on the striking charge
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Typical Gatland stuff. He'd have done better just to keep his bake shut from the start.Neill_M wrote:He has now had to apologise for calling it banterDeraless wrote:So Gatland is a big nasty racialist as well then lolbig mervyn wrote:Garland dismissed it as top bants.Russ wrote:PreciselyDeraless wrote:He apologised at half time because when he left the pitch someone from the PR team probably told him it had been picked up on the ref's mic. Damage limitation.
If he was truely full of remorse he would have apologised regardless of it being caught on camera.
Damage limitation kicked in
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bazzaj wrote:Oh everyones offended and apologising again.
Brilliant.
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So Rory Best is a doubt for Saturday, despite management saying yesterday he would be fine. Wonder if he will follow like all other irish injury doubts who are given until the thursday to prove their fitness....and not make it.
Never sure if this is some kind of crappy smokescreen or whether our staff are just crap at assessing these things.
Then again, we always hear that JS likes his team to have trained during the week, which is fair enough but then why give these guys until the last minute and then nit pick them.
No doubt picking Strauss if Best doesn't make it will be cited by Joe as further experimentation by him, even though it is actually injury enforced.
Never sure if this is some kind of crappy smokescreen or whether our staff are just crap at assessing these things.
Then again, we always hear that JS likes his team to have trained during the week, which is fair enough but then why give these guys until the last minute and then nit pick them.
No doubt picking Strauss if Best doesn't make it will be cited by Joe as further experimentation by him, even though it is actually injury enforced.
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I think that depends on how important Joe sees them to the team. Best is by a distance the best hooker and will, I think, be given every chance to make the team. Also the fact he is captain will make Joe want him to make it even if he does miss some training.Bart S wrote:
Then again, we always hear that JS likes his team to have trained during the week, which is fair enough but then why give these guys until the last minute and then nit pick them.
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The authorities need to stop gowlacting here and get this episode closed off. They are probably terrified now of the wrong decision and having the media and the moonhowlers all over it. Just f-cking get it done.bazzaj wrote:Oh everyones offended and apologising again.
Brilliant.
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The back line selection depends on whether Joe considers the Scottish defence is as weak as the Italian and last weeks backs are capable of out scoring the Scots ?
My assessment is the front rows appear to be matched as do the second rows . The Irish back row may be better than the Scots .
Half backs appear matched the Scots edging scrum half and Ireland out half .
Centres appear matched but their performance can be influenced by how the back rows perform .
The only area of the field I consider the Scots to have a significant advantage is the back three .
The Scottish back 3 having played together more often in their picked positions may be more disciplined and less likely to brainfarts
But it has to be recognised that inexperience as a unit exists whatever the selection but would a change improve the performance of the Irish back 3 and would that improvement weaken performance elsewhere.?
In plain English can/will Joe select McCloskey at Centre moving Payne to full back ?
My answer is Joe is not a gambler and lacks the freedom to gamble !
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My assessment is the front rows appear to be matched as do the second rows . The Irish back row may be better than the Scots .
Half backs appear matched the Scots edging scrum half and Ireland out half .
Centres appear matched but their performance can be influenced by how the back rows perform .
The only area of the field I consider the Scots to have a significant advantage is the back three .
The Scottish back 3 having played together more often in their picked positions may be more disciplined and less likely to brainfarts
But it has to be recognised that inexperience as a unit exists whatever the selection but would a change improve the performance of the Irish back 3 and would that improvement weaken performance elsewhere.?
In plain English can/will Joe select McCloskey at Centre moving Payne to full back ?
My answer is Joe is not a gambler and lacks the freedom to gamble !
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Must be bad for Cronin
50 caps, behind the captain who gets injured and a rubbish saffa gets parachuted in above you
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Marler is innocent ...... apparently. I completely agree with Jiffy that on both counts, he is a very very lucky man........ and an utter fûcker.
Just a minor thought, how many knew that Samson Lee is from traveller stock? I didn't, how/why did Marler? Just a thought.
Just a minor thought, how many knew that Samson Lee is from traveller stock? I didn't, how/why did Marler? Just a thought.
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Ah feck. Tis Paddy's day after all. C'mon Samson! Get on th'internet!
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Joe "Not a Racist" Marler and youngs benched. Vunipola and care start. For Ireland same starting xv if rory is passed fit. Healy and reddan may come back onto the bench.
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Couple of changes in the backrow for the Frenchies. Le Roux and Goujon in Lauret to bench. Camara binned out of 23. Question is which French team will show up on Sat? The crap one who have played the 1st 4 games?
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big mervyn wrote:Ah feck. Tis Paddy's day after all. C'mon Samson! Get on th'internet!
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