Connacht Team Talk Thread V - The Friend Zone

connachta

Then, we still have Depth to win the BP vs Sale!

1) McCabe
2) Heff
3) Carey
4) Maksymiew
5) Roux
6) SOB
7) Connolly
8) Copeland
9) Mitchell
10) Horwitz
12) Daly
13) Joyce
11) Healy
14) Fitzgerald
15) TOH (hope back)

16) Delahunt
17) O'Donnell
18) McCoy
19) Gallagher
20) Masterson
21) Lloyd
22) Fitzgerald n°2 (or 1 it depends how you consider it )
23) Godwin

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Boyle is an ex Leinster man.
And for Europe I think Connacht can only register one non front row player for the next two rounds so will have to choose between three loan signings.

Also think Stephan Fitzgerald is illegible to play against Munster as he’s on loan from them ?

Dog Botherer

You've got a Friend in me

Wegians89 wrote: »

Also think Stephan Fitzgerald is illegible to play against Munster as he’s on loan from them ?

Connacht had a Munster prop on loan play for them against Munster last season, I’m fairly certain. Think something similar happened with Cooney a while back too. Shouldn’t be an issue.

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Dog Botherer wrote: »

Connacht had a Munster prop on loan play for them against Munster last season, I’m fairly certain. Think something similar happened with Cooney a while back too. Shouldn’t be an issue.

Thought I had heard Tom Daly wasn’t eligible to play against Leinster for that reason. Could be wrong though

Dog Botherer

You've got a Friend in me

Wegians89 wrote: »

Thought I had heard Tom Daly wasn’t eligible to play against Leinster for that reason. Could be wrong though

Unless they’ve changed the rules, which in fairness I haven’t kept up with, they should be fine. Minutes played may affect eligibility.

b.gud

Players playing against their old team could be part of the loan agreement. I seem to remember in the season that Cooney and Roux came on loan from Leinster 1 was allowed to play against Leinster and the other wasn't due to the terms of the loan

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Connacht now only 5 points of Glasgow

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

Wegians89 wrote: »

Connacht now only 5 points of Glasgow

Those last minute defeats to Glasgow and Ospreys are really talking their toll.

As far as I can recall they are the only games we lost in the dying minutes this year.

foxyladyxx

MarinersBlues wrote: »

Those last minute defeats to Glasgow and Ospreys are really talking their toll.

As far as I can recall they are the only games we lost in the dying minutes this year.

Leinster?

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

foxyladyxx wrote: »

Leinster?

Nope. Don't think so,
I'll have a look at the results later.

ClanofLams

Mul, it's over

Those last minute defeats are a sickener but after the chaos of last season to be over half way through season with a genuine shot of topping the conference is serious progress. Have to think the team are going to improve as the season goes on with new coaching set up getting more settled.

Having said that, Cardiff are currently five up v Scarlets late in the first half. If they get the win, Connacht will be as close to fifth as first. All to play for

its_phil

Mul, it's over

foxyladyxx wrote: »

MarinersBlues wrote: »

Those last minute defeats to Glasgow and Ospreys are really talking their toll.

As far as I can recall they are the only games we lost in the dying minutes this year.

Leinster?

No idea what you’re talking about

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Cardiff winning17-5 now

Utopia Parkway

Munster and Cardiff both winning is not ideal. Thought both would lose today.

Bazzo

Mul, it's over

No favour from Scarlets at home anyway, match looks dead and buried at 5-20 with about 5 mins to go.

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Bonus point for Cardiff

connachta

Plot. Look at Scarlets players smile to Anscombe

connachta

Wegians89 wrote: »

Boyle is an ex Leinster man.

I thought he was Munster Academy

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

Pool A blown wide open after this round.
It's going to be an exciting run in now!

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

connachta wrote: »

I thought he was Munster Academy

Nope he was Leinster sub academy wasn’t offered academy there and Connacht offered him a spot

macslash

Mul, it's over

I imagine Daly will be involved in some way next Sat. He was the 24th man yesterday and I'm not sure we'll get away with Bundee 3 weeks in a row. Plus might be nice to have in vs Sale.
Also can't see Copeland not being involved in any of the 3 interpro's so I'd say he'll be in there somewhere. Everywhere else is up for debate with form and niggles.

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Anyone hear anything of tiernans injure? Having himself and Healy back for next week would be huge

gally74

The Friend Zone

To put this in context, its working out to the 2nd best season we have had in the pro 14 / 12. (bar 16)

Friend has a nice balance to the team / squad / culture, and the signings have all being strong, I was impressed by Goodwin the other night too.

Think we need to sign him up for another 2 years pretty smartly or he could get approached like LAM.

FACECUTTR

gally74 wrote: »

To put this in context, its working out to the 2nd best season we have had in the pro 14 / 12. (bar 16)

Friend has a nice balance to the team / squad / culture, and the signings have all being strong, I was impressed by Goodwin the other night too.

Think we need to sign him up for another 2 years pretty smartly or he could get approached like LAM.

Makes no difference how long he signs for with the 6 month clause in the contracts.
I do agree there seems to be a great vibe from the team.

Bazzo

Mul, it's over

Dragons Ospreys is going better for us than I expected so far.

Burkie1203

Mul, it's over

Bazzo wrote: »

Dragons Ospreys is going better for us than I expected so far.

Ospreys are Munster Iite. So one dimensional

Can see Dragons winning this from here if They keep getting cheap penalties

Bazzo

Mul, it's over

Go on the dragons!

Bazzo

Mul, it's over

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Ospreys are Munster Iite. So one dimensional

Can see Dragons winning this from here if They keep getting cheap penalties

I was more listening to the match than watching to be honest but seemed like the Ospreys were average at times alright.

b.gud

Connacht 36| Ospreys 33| Cardiff 32
Munster (H)| Cardiff (H)|Ospreys (A)
Cardiff (A)| Glasgow (A)|Connacht (H)
Cheetahs (H)| Ulster (H)|Glasgow (H)
Glasgow (A)| Munster (H)|Edinburgh (A)
Ospreys (H)| Connacht (A)|Kings (H)
Treviso (H)| Dragons (H)|Scarlets (H)
Zebre (A)| Cheetahs (A)|Munster (A)
Cardiff (H)| Kings (A)|Connacht (A)
Munster (A)| Cardiff (A)|Ospreys (H)

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Good result, wasn’t expecting that