Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread X: [****]

arsebiscuits1

awec wrote: »

Hope Lowe has checked his visa requirements.

Fool me once...

Thermoman12

awec wrote: »

Hope Lowe has checked his visa requirements.

Hope all the players have their passports and haven’t lost them

molloyjh

Hope the squad have reviewed the airlines electronic device policies.

arsebiscuits1

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Fool me once...

Be grand. Fill up on fags and toblerones like last time.

arsebiscuits1

Watched the highlights of the game again (no interest in watching that full 80 again).

All I will say... I can add commentator to "things I don't like about Eddie O'Sullivan" list.

He was dull and uninsightful. I know he has a certain way of speaking. But the least he could do is try and pretend he was interested to be there.

Any time he had to mention something Leinster related (and with 70% possession, it was a lot) he seemed at loath to say anything positive and it seemed very passive and dismissive

I don't think this is just Leinster related either, there seems to be a lot of bitterness there towards Irish Rugby, and it comes across in his analysis*


*analysis being a very generous word to describe what he adds

sydthebeat

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Watched the highlights of the game again (no interest in watching that full 80 again).

All I will say... I can add commentator to "things I don't like about Eddie O'Sullivan" list.

He was dull and uninsightful. I know he has a certain way of speaking. But the least he could do is try and pretend he was interested to be there.

Any time he had to mention something Leinster related (and with 70% possession, it was a lot) he seemed at loath to say anything positive and it seemed very passive and dismissive

I don't think this is just Leinster related either, there seems to be a lot of bitterness there towards Irish Rugby, and it comes across in his analysis*


*analysis being a very generous word to describe what he adds

anytime i hear him commentate it just reinforces to me that hes stuck in the past, and his views on the game are probably 15 years behind where we are now

MaybeMaybe

molloyjh wrote: »

Hope the squad have reviewed the airlines electronic device policies.

What's that about?

thomond2006

molloyjh wrote: »

Hope the squad have reviewed the airlines electronic device policies.

MaybeMaybe wrote: »

What's that about?

DGRulz

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Watched the highlights of the game again (no interest in watching that full 80 again).

All I will say... I can add commentator to "things I don't like about Eddie O'Sullivan" list.

He was dull and uninsightful. I know he has a certain way of speaking. But the least he could do is try and pretend he was interested to be there.

Any time he had to mention something Leinster related (and with 70% possession, it was a lot) he seemed at loath to say anything positive and it seemed very passive and dismissive

I don't think this is just Leinster related either, there seems to be a lot of bitterness there towards Irish Rugby, and it comes across in his analysis*


*analysis being a very generous word to describe what he adds

I've noticed this a lot when he's in Off the Ball. Always seems to find some sort of negative in Leinster's performance and hone in on it.

colster

errlloyd wrote: »

Oh right. Mad. Munster left ages ago. I guess maybe they're playing at alititude so want some more time.

Probably want an extra day to visit their folks while they're down there.

Heymans

molloyjh wrote: »

Also, the idea that Reid/HB at 10 and Frawley/Kelly are good options is a massive stretch. How many of those have played at this level in those positions? Reid is a break glass in case of emergency option at 10 and Frawley is massively inexperienced generally, let alone at FB. Harry Byrne and Jack Kelly have never played at this level before.

The simple fact of the matter is we are threadbare and this will be a tough test for what will be a 3rd strength team predominantly.

But that's why we build such a large pool of players at Leinster. Surely you know the international players will be missing for large portions of the season? I personally think it's great that internationals are off and it will give us a chance to blood new players.

stephen_n

I would agree about O’Sullivans voice, but I thought he was quite complimentary about Leinster and certainly about the players through out the game.

Clegg

DGRulz wrote: »

I've noticed this a lot when he's in Off the Ball. Always seems to find some sort of negative in Leinster's performance and hone in on it.

Don't listen to Eddie. Last season he was sure Larmour would have to leave Leinster because James Lowe was blocking his progression. A few months later Larmour was starting in the Champions Cup and Pro 14 finals respectively.

troyzer

Leinster squad heading to South Africa:

Backs (12)

Adam Byrne (40 Leinster Rugby caps)
Tom Daly (10)
Ciarán Frawley (3)*
Jamison Gibson-Park (57)
Dave Kearney (125)
Hugo Keenan (2)*
Conor O’Brien (4)*
Jimmy O’Brien (0)*
Rory O’Loughlin (47)
Hugh O’Sullivan (2)*
Noel Reid (104)
Joe Tomane (8)

Forwards (15)

Vakh Abdaladze (2)
Michael Bent (109)
Bryan Byrne (29)
Ed Byrne (27)
Max Deegan (26)
Peter Dooley (51)
Caelan Doris (3)
Scott Fardy (28)
Mick Kearney (39)
Rónan Kelleher (0)*
Dan Leavy (57)
Ross Molony (68)
Josh Murphy (11)
Scott Penny (0)*
James Tracy (74)

Thermoman12

troyzer wrote: »

Leinster squad heading to South Africa:

Backs (12)

Adam Byrne (40 Leinster Rugby caps)
Tom Daly (10)
Ciarán Frawley (3)*
Jamison Gibson-Park (57)
Dave Kearney (125)
Hugo Keenan (2)*
Conor O’Brien (4)*
Jimmy O’Brien (0)*
Rory O’Loughlin (47)
Hugh O’Sullivan (2)*
Noel Reid (104)
Joe Tomane (8)

Forwards (15)

Vakh Abdaladze (2)
Michael Bent (109)
Bryan Byrne (29)
Ed Byrne (27)
Max Deegan (26)
Peter Dooley (51)
Caelan Doris (3)
Scott Fardy (28)
Mick Kearney (39)
Rónan Kelleher (0)*
Dan Leavy (57)
Ross Molony (68)
Josh Murphy (11)
Scott Penny (0)*
James Tracy (74)

Very interesting..

awec

So Lowe's haircut really did cause him to miss out.

Buer

So Leavy travels and Lowe doesn't. Enough there to cobble together a pretty decent team and hopefully will see a couple of debuts although I suspect those on zero caps could just be going for the experience as there are others in their positions on the plane. Notable that Nick McCarthy is left out. Hopefully we'll see something like:

Byrne, Tracy, Bent, Fardy, Molony, Murphy, Leavy, Doris, JGP, Reid, Tomane, Daly, ROL, Byrne, Kearney.

Thermoman12

Buer wrote: »

So Leavy travels and Lowe doesn't. Enough there to cobble together a pretty decent team and hopefully will see a couple of debuts although I suspect those on zero caps could just be going for the experience as there are others in their positions on the plane. Notable that Nick McCarthy is left out. Hopefully we'll see something like:

Byrne, Tracy, Bent, Fardy, Molony, Murphy, Leavy, Doris, JGP, Reid, Tomane, Daly, ROL, Byrne, Kearney.

They’re heading off at the airport now

awec

Big Reid at 10, what a sight to behold.

If the Kings don't beat that team they're a joke.

errlloyd

awec wrote: »

So Lowe's haircut really did cause him to miss out.

Hahaha, I guess there was other stuff in his instagram story that made me think he was probably about to have a few (very well deserved) weeks off. I'm not into forensically tracking celebs on instagram, but Lowe is deadly craic to be fair.

Richie_Rich89

Hopefully O'Brien and Daly being named means the madness of Tomane at 12 is being abandoned. He's a good winger, and that's where he should be considered. It's just a shame gametime was wasted on him at centre earlier in the season, but I suppose that can't be helped at this stage

Ayewserious

Jack kelly seems to be down the pecking order.. and that’s with gavin Mullen and tommy o’brien and Barry Daly Injured. I wonder if he’ll get a senior contract next year

Dubinusa

Yeah, agree on Kelly. Would love to see Kelleher make his debut and Keenan get into the 23. Great to see Penny getting exposure.
No sign of Aungier? I wonder how he's progressing?

Former Former

Having Leavy and Kearney back makes the squad a lot stronger. If Reid has a good game at 10 then we should be ok.

Squidgy Black

Have we given up on Frawley at 10 altogether then? He was the backup 10 last season to Byrne when Carbery wasn't available and didn't do too poorly.

Richie_Rich89

Former Former wrote: »

Having Leavy and Kearney back makes the squad a lot stronger. If Reid has a good game at 10 then we should be ok.

So it goes from no hope with 24 unavailable to "should be ok" if it's only 22 missing?

Former Former

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

So it goes from no hope with 24 unavailable to "should be ok" if it's only 22 missing?

Yeah but the two guys coming in are experienced and proven internationals, so we can play two fewer useless nobodies. Game changer.

foxyladyxx

Former Former wrote: »

Yeah but the two guys coming in are experienced and proven internationals, so we can play two fewer useless nobodies. Game changer.

That has really boosted my confidence in the team :cool:

molloyjh

Former Former wrote: »

Yeah but the two guys coming in are experienced and proven internationals, so we can play two fewer useless nobodies. Game changer.

It's also worth noting that nobody ever said we didn't have a hope. Not that I expect that to matter a damn.

Richie_Rich89

molloyjh wrote: »

It's also worth noting that nobody ever said we didn't have a hope. Not that I expect that to matter a damn.

I was referring to post #3,148