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Doak wasn’t going to get the bloke for the try though.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:41 am Stockdale’s defence is woeful too. He keeps biting in when he should stay wide. I think he’s getting worse rather than better??
Addison.justinr73 wrote:Doak wasn’t going to get the bloke for the try though.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:41 am Stockdale’s defence is woeful too. He keeps biting in when he should stay wide. I think he’s getting worse rather than better??
Who missed the second tackle for the previous try? Flannery or Addison I’m assuming.
My thought for the last Connacht try was that Doak made a complete haims, shooting out of the line and missing his man. Stockdale then had to try and 'bite in' to get Doaks man. The sort of tackle you'd hope he'd make a lot of the time, but far from easy and was Doaks balls up.justinr73 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:13 amDoak wasn’t going to get the bloke for the try though.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:41 am Stockdale’s defence is woeful too. He keeps biting in when he should stay wide. I think he’s getting worse rather than better??
Who missed the second tackle for the previous try? Flannery or Addison I’m assuming.
Big Gav was supposed to be on the bench for them - he’s a pain in the hole.MightyRearranger wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:52 pm Biggest worry was the lineout again. Was right behind Stewart for two of them, nothing wrong with the darts, but Connacht seemed to have no bother working out where it was going with enough time to get a man up in front.
Stockdale had already started to bite in before Doak had missed his tackle. If he had held his width he probably would have had a better chance of making his tackle.MightyRearranger wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:48 pmMy thought for the last Connacht try was that Doak made a complete haims, shooting out of the line and missing his man. Stockdale then had to try and 'bite in' to get Doaks man. The sort of tackle you'd hope he'd make a lot of the time, but far from easy and was Doaks balls up.justinr73 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:13 amDoak wasn’t going to get the bloke for the try though.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:41 am Stockdale’s defence is woeful too. He keeps biting in when he should stay wide. I think he’s getting worse rather than better??
Who missed the second tackle for the previous try? Flannery or Addison I’m assuming.
Addison was turned and treading water for their disallowed try which is concerning. Hopefully he gets a real run jnjury free but whats the odds? At 32 I doubt it'll get better sadly.Dharper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:12 am A decidedly mediocre performance, and zero surprise. It definitely falls into the category of take the pts/win, and move on.
The double miss by Balacoune and Addison for the Connacht try was very poor especially being so close to the touch line.
However there were elements i did like: the pop passing/off loads did help half breaks in congested defensive channnels in the first half. The taking of pens for posts, a long overdue strategy of pragmatism, giving the pack a breather, and hopefully building more than a 1score buffer.
A gametime bonus for Addison showed improvement from previous games. I felt his passing and offloading was more accurate and his timing was better. His footwork pre contact is good. My major worry as previously stated is whether he has the pace to get to/through half gaps, in order to feed trail runners for the big bust. Time will tell.
No S Moore again, injured? He’s a good player, sparse mins in multi positions will do nobody any favours.
I think you need to watch it again.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:27 amStockdale had already started to bite in before Doak had missed his tackle. If he had held his width he probably would have had a better chance of making his tackle.MightyRearranger wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:48 pmMy thought for the last Connacht try was that Doak made a complete haims, shooting out of the line and missing his man. Stockdale then had to try and 'bite in' to get Doaks man. The sort of tackle you'd hope he'd make a lot of the time, but far from easy and was Doaks balls up.justinr73 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:13 amDoak wasn’t going to get the bloke for the try though.Ravenhillman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:41 am Stockdale’s defence is woeful too. He keeps biting in when he should stay wide. I think he’s getting worse rather than better??
Who missed the second tackle for the previous try? Flannery or Addison I’m assuming.