sleaterkinney
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Andy Powell is fucking useless, not only has he lost ball today he keeps running up blind alleys.
Phew, that was close. Not a a good time for Byrne to make his first real mistake of the tour either.
A wins a win tho. Three from three
He played really well all game, and then drops it at the worst time. Shane Williams looks unlikely to make the starting 15, taking that interception aside he didn't play all that well. Hook did well, I'm thinking Stepehn Jones starting no. 10 with Hook on bench, he provides another option, whereas O'Gara is too similar to S Jones.
I still think that there are doubts about POC. Two games he's played, two close shaves, and I didnt see any signs of captaincy on the field. I wonder what the odds are for BOD to captain the test team, I can see it happening!
Powell is a one trick pony, take ball and charge straight, although there was a suggestion of a side step today!!
Hooker position still wide open, I dont think there is a good hooker in the British Isles at the moment.
]Shane Williams looks unlikely to make the starting 15, taking that interception aside he didn't play all that well
Hook did well, I'm thinking Stepehn Jones starting no. 10 with Hook on bench, he provides another option
whereas O'Gara is too similar to S Jones
Thought Worsley played well until he was replaced.
Powell is a one trick pony, take ball and charge straight, although there was a suggestion of a side step today!!
O Rly?
The man may as well have 'dirt tracker' tattooed across his forehead
Yep, you know what your getting with Worsley. Today he got over the gainline a few times aswell, showing he can carry too.
Bet you a pint he makes a test bench at least
E2a - Thought Ferris was really good too (other than the yellow card)
Absolutely no chance. You think he'd make the bench over Williams/Wallace or Ferris/Croft? No, thought not
That's because Powell charged into contact when ever he had the ball no matter if there were players to back him up or not, what was the point of bringing him on this tour?Great running - very athletic player. Didn't really show up at the breakdown or in support of Powell though, did he? (Neither did Worzel, for balance)
That's because Powell charged into contact when ever he had the ball no matter if there were players to back him up or not, what was the point of bringing him on this tour?
Also, weren't the rules changed on the breakdown or something, what's that about/
That's because Powell charged into contact when ever he had the ball no matter if there were players to back him up or not, what was the point of bringing him on this tour?
Also, weren't the rules changed on the breakdown or something, what's that about/
Maybe he'll come good. He is just fucking headless most of the time though.
Yeh, I think that now the tackler can contest the 'tackled' player at the breakdown rather than having to automatically roll away... summet like that anyway.
Ok then, bets on. Worsley to appear in at least one test (bench or starter)
He'll never come 'good'. He'll always be headless 'cos he's thick as shit. That's why until the ELVs he was nothing more or less than a powerful journeyman. He can be used effectively, however. Evidence seems to dictate that Gatland and Edwards don't know how to do this, though.
Didn't know that. Any linkage possible?
Too early to say, I'm not counting the match against the Golden Lions.(as a vaguely trolling aside: POC is the third best lock on tour so far. Discuss.)
There seemed to be lots of playing on the wrong side etc. Maybe the ref was a bit gash.Not sure. Which bit of the breakdown are you referring to?
Only because of injuries. He won't start through talent or athleticism alone.
Too early to say, I'm not counting the match against the Golden Lions.
There seemed to be lots of playing on the wrong side etc. Maybe the ref was a bit gash.
Or cause Geech knows exactly what he's about and what he'll get from him. If SA are running through us at will, he might do an MJ and put him in there to up the tackle count.
That... or injuries
OK. If Worzel is picked for the test XXII as a straight choice, I'll donate the price of a pint in your local to the server fund. If he comes in as an injury, no payment. If he isn't picked, you pay the thruppence ha'penn'orth of a Welsh pint - also to the server fund. How's that?
FWIW, I think an in-form POC is key to our winning or losing the tour. Was just trying to point out that even the best players get isolated and turned over as a result of a lack of decent backup, and a failure of support players to read what the ball carrier is going to do. Powell was pretty shit today, but some of the blame for that must rest at 6 & 7. Ferris, for all his go forward, was one of those two numbers.
Oooh. Injury stipulation ay? That was part of my bet, that by hook or by crook'ed players he'd get in as someone Geech can trust to do a job.
Should be a straight 'he's in or not' no matter how he gets there, but whatever
Price of a Cornish pint to the server fund it is my man
POC - I would have agreed that his performance is integral to the tours success, but after the Golden lions game, the evidence shows otherwise. Still, SA test is another matter entirely and as the cliche goes, we'll need all our big guns...etc etc. Perhaps the pressure of captaincy is getting to him, and the debate over whether it should have been his National captain and not him.
E2a - Yeh, the ref was bollocks, no attempt to break any squabbles up was just the tip of it.
tbh, I was worried when I saw the team for today, a back three of ferris, worsley and powell is a bit one-dimensional - it was never going to gel, and luke fitzgerald making his debut alongside keith earls in the center was a bit too much, they're a bit green to cope with that, although they did ok.