Connacht Team Talk Thread V - The Friend Zone

connachta

realhorrorshow wrote: »

Sale away I think.

Or worcester, not sure...

realhorrorshow

1. Clermont 30 pts
2. La Rochelle 24 pts
3. Sale 22 pts
4. Worcester 22 pts
5. Harlequins 21 pts
6. Connacht 22 pts
7. Bristol 21 pts
8. Northampton 21 pts

connachta

realhorrorshow wrote: »

1. Clermont 30 pts
2. La Rochelle 24 pts
3. Sale 22 pts
4. Worcester 22 pts
5. Harlequins 21 pts
6. Connacht 22 pts
7. Northampton 21 pts
8. Bristol 21 pts

All those QF are tasty

Padkir

Mul, it's over

realhorrorshow wrote: »

1. Clermont 30 pts
2. La Rochelle 24 pts
3. Sale 22 pts
4. Worcester 22 pts
5. Harlequins 21 pts
6. Connacht 22 pts
7. Northampton 21 pts
8. Bristol 21 pts

Are Sale ahead of Worcester though? Is it not based on wins when they are on the same points? I'm not sure.

wp_rathead

You've got a Friend in me

So
Clermont v Northampton
La Rochelle v Bristol
Sale v Connacht
Worcester v Quins
?

Absoluvely

realhorrorshow wrote: »

1. Clermont 30 pts
2. La Rochelle 24 pts
3. Sale 22 pts
4. Worcester 22 pts
5. Harlequins 21 pts
6. Connacht 22 pts
7. Northampton 21 pts
8. Bristol 21 pts

I thought connacht were on 17 going into this match.
17+4?

I know it says 22 points on the official site. Is it wrong?

realhorrorshow

Padkir wrote: »

Are Sale ahead of Worcester though? Is it not based on wins when they are on the same points? I'm not sure.

"(c) If ranking remains unresolved and/or if clubs have not played each other previously in the pool stage, qualification/ranking will be determined as follows:
(i) the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage; or
(ii) if equal, the number of tries scored in the pool stage; or
(iii) if equal, the club with the fewest number of players suspended under Disciplinary Rules in the pool stage; or
(iv) if unresolved, by drawing lots."

gavkm27

Absoluvely wrote: »

I thought connacht were on 17 going into this match.
17+4?

I know it says 22 points on the official site. Is it wrong?

We got the bonus point win

Padkir

Mul, it's over

realhorrorshow wrote: »

"(c) If ranking remains unresolved and/or if clubs have not played each other previously in the pool stage, qualification/ranking will be determined as follows:
(i) the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage; or
(ii) if equal, the number of tries scored in the pool stage; or
(iii) if equal, the club with the fewest number of players suspended under Disciplinary Rules in the pool stage; or
(iv) if unresolved, by drawing lots."

I stand corrected! 😊

realhorrorshow

Absoluvely wrote: »

I thought connacht were on 17 going into this match.
17+4?

I know it says 22 points on the official site. Is it wrong?

It was a BP win.

wp_rathead

You've got a Friend in me

Padkir wrote: »

Are Sale ahead of Worcester though? Is it not based on wins when they are on the same points? I'm not sure.

"best aggregate points difference from the pool stage"

realhorrorshow

wp_rathead wrote: »

So
Clermont v Northampton
La Rochelle v Bristol
Sale v Connacht
Worcester v Quins
?

Clermont v Northampton
Worcester v Harlequins

Sale v Connacht
La Rochelle v Bristol

connachta

We're avoiding Clermont, so basically from absolutely 0% chance to 2% chance to go further.
Good to give a young lad (Daly to be registered) some high level knock-out stage experience, without being hammered . Otherwise, assuming we have no more injuries, we should go full-strenght, and see

ClanofLams

Mul, it's over

connachta wrote: »

We're avoiding Clermont, so basically from absolutely 0% chance to 2% chance to go further.
Good to give a young lad (Daly to be registered) some high level knock-out stage experience, without being hammered . Otherwise, assuming we have no more injuries, we should go full-strenght, and see

You give Connacht a 1 in 50 chance? It’s Sale not the All Blacks

Inspector Coptoor

I can't believe it's not Butler

I’m going to Newcastle in May for the challenge and champions cup finals.

Would be amazing if Connacht were playing.

Sale are beatable as we found out only last week.

A final vs Clermont would be class

ClanofLams

Mul, it's over

In the unlikely event of both Connacht beating Sale away and Bristol beating La Rochelle away, Connacht would host Bristol in the semi. That would be some craic.

testtech05

Some Like It TOH

Hopefully McKeon wasn't badly injured going off. He's had horrible luck with injuries

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

connachta wrote: »

We're avoiding Clermont, so basically from absolutely 0% chance to 2% chance to go further.

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

A final vs Clermont would be class

In the space of two posts!

This thread is full of lunatics :pac::pac::pac::pac:

We are 50/1 to win it with Sale at 12/1.
I'd say we will be 10-12 point underdogs.
Should be fun, lots of great potential opponents if we manage to progress.

ClanofLams

Mul, it's over

MarinersBlues wrote: »

In the space of two posts!

This thread is full of lunatics :pac::pac::pac::pac:

We are 50/1 to win it with Sale at 12/1.
I'd say we will be 10-12 point underdogs.
Should be fun, lots of great potential opponents if we manage to progress.

Where is the 50s?

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

ClanofLams wrote: »

Where is the 50s?

https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/european-challenge-cup/winner

Spreadex.
It will probably be tomorrow before the rest of the firms are up with prices.

Utopia Parkway

Pity it’s Sale away in the quarters. Not a fan of repeat pairings in the knockout stages. Winnable game though.

Diabhal Beag

Out of playing Clermont away or Sale away we definitely have the more winnable trip. I'd give us a decent shout if we have our first team starting. We had lads like Fitzgerald, Carey, de Buitlear starting in October and the scoreboard didn't do us justice.

MarinersBlues

Mul, it's over

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Pity it’s Sale away in the quarters. Not a fan of repeat pairings in the knockout stages. Winnable game though.

All three runners-up will be playing the team that won their group!

Wegians89

The Friend Zone

Very winnable game away to sale. Connacht will be going over with a stronger side than last time. Also worth considering,sale doesn’t seem to have much squad depth/ use a very similar team week in week out. By the end of March they could be burnt out.

FACECUTTR

Wegians89 wrote: »

Very winnable game away to sale. Connacht will be going over with a stronger side than last time. Also worth considering,sale doesn’t seem to have much squad depth/ use a very similar team week in week out. By the end of March they could be burnt out.

Very good point. Friend has rotated well in the Pro14 and it was a good decision to go with the young guys for the early rounds of the challenge cup. Sale could be ramping up a few injuries in the next while if they don't rotate.

freyners

The Friend Zone

Jack carty is money

That is all

Bazzo

Mul, it's over

Well after reading through the thread I now have Enya stuck in my head

Sale away Sale away Sale away

connachta

ClanofLams wrote: »

You give Connacht a 1 in 50 chance? It’s Sale not the All Blacks

It's in form Sale, and away Sale.
But we won't be ridiculous, same as Gloucester away QF few years ago, I guess

Redo91

You've got a Friend in me

That was some win. Have to say I had given up hope with 15 to go when Bordeaux were on our 5m line and we were 8 points down. That was some try to get us back into the game considering the pressure we were under and all the handling errors up til then.

freyners

The Friend Zone

Check out @connachtrugby’;s Tweet: https://twitter.com/connachtrugby/status/1086984097954779137?s=09

Cartys intercept

Gets up from a ruck. Plays goes other way. Resets line and is eyeing the first receiver the second the pass is passed to him. Not anything hugely remarkably but clearly was hoping for a chance to pick one off

/cheerleading