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Munster Team Talk Thread - New season title pending....

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    #632
    Buer
    Registered Users Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭Buer


    Murray 100% and good to go according to JVG. Was purely a precaution.

    Carbery and Earls likely to be back in full training this week too and available for weekend.


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    #633
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    troyzer wrote: »
    Still have to beat Treviso....

    It's not a given, but Munster are heavy, 15 point favourites justifiably. They've won every home game this season.


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    #634
    WillieMason
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 320 ✭✭WillieMason


    Eod100 wrote: »
    Guess I meant by large numbers but it's hard to prove either way. My point was I find it very hard to believe that people would decide to abuse him over that tbh.

    Well i was in the west stand and heard it. A munster fan ran onto the field after a player over the tweet so it was risky by connacht to start him in my opinion.


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    #635
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    WillieMason wrote: »
    Well i was in the west stand and heard it. A munster fan ran onto the field after a player over the tweet so it was risky by connacht to start him in my opinion.

    And, once again, your opinion is nonsense.


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    #636
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    WillieMason wrote: »
    Well i was in the west stand and heard it. A munster fan ran onto the field after a player over the tweet so it was risky by connacht to start him in my opinion.

    I was in the West terrace and heard nothing. So if anything was being shouted, it was one person and the noise didn't travel as far as the pitch. There was absolutely zero risk.


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    #637
    WillieMason
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 320 ✭✭WillieMason


    aloooof wrote: »
    And, once again, your opinion is nonsense.

    How so? it could have been a PR disaster for Irish rugby if another munster fan ran onto to field to confront one of there players


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    #638
    thomond2006
    Registered Users Posts: 45,433 ✭✭✭✭thomond2006


    Great news to get those players back fit. I imagine Carbery comes straight back in with a view to bring match fit for the semi-final. I notice Wycherley is on the injury list, hopefully that's not serious.


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    #639
    Richie_Rich89
    Registered Users Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Richie_Rich89


    WillieMason wrote: »
    How so? it could have been a PR disaster for Irish rugby if another munster fan ran onto to field to confront one of there players

    Hadn't thought of that angle. The bumbling way Munster addressed the issue of their fans running on to the pitch to racially abuse Vunipola could have emboldened other Munster supporters to do the same and confront Aki. Very concerning going forward.


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    #640
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Richie_Rich89 wrote: »
    .

    When did racial abuse come into it? Encourage who?

    None of this happened.


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    #641
    Erik Shun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Erik Shun


    2 wums don't make anything right
    ;)


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    #642
    Kirk Van Houten
    Registered Users Posts: 780 ✭✭✭Kirk Van Houten


    Richie_Rich89 wrote: »
    WillieMason wrote: »
    How so? it could have been a PR disaster for Irish rugby if another munster fan ran onto to field to confront one of there players

    Hadn't thought of that angle. The bumbling way Munster addressed the issue of their fans running on to the pitch to racially abuse Vunipola could have emboldened other Munster supporters to do the same and confront Aki. Very concerning going forward.
    Totally agree. It's very concerning going forward in the same way aliens visited the RDS last Friday night, Devin Toner brought peace to the middle East and other things that never happened.


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    #643
    bennyl10
    Registered Users Posts: 5,565 ✭✭✭bennyl10


    Richie_Rich89 wrote: »
    Hadn't thought of that angle. The bumbling way Munster addressed the issue of their fans running on to the pitch to racially abuse Vunipola could have emboldened other Munster supporters to do the same and confront Aki. Very concerning going forward.

    Racial abuse? What in the world?
    Honestly have all the info journalists gotten boards accounts?..


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    #644
    Dog Botherer
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    #645
    jm08
    Registered Users Posts: 11,300 ✭✭✭✭jm08


    WillieMason wrote: »
    How so? it could have been a PR disaster for Irish rugby if another munster fan ran onto to field to confront one of there players


    It would be interesting to know who the person was that ran onto the pitch.



    I read a comment on the Saracen's Forum by a Sarries fan who was at the match and sitting behind a 'Munster' supporter who was abusive and noisy at kicks etc. He said he spoke to him at half time and discovered he had an English accent and was a Wasps fan wearing a Munster jersey (who had come to the match to give Sarries some abuse!)


    I was at the semi in Coventry in 2008 v. Saracens and came across quite a lot of London Irish supporters at the game, all supporting Munster.


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    #646
    irishbucsfan
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    I knew someone would believe the press office's bull****!


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    #647
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1123123728735461376?s=20

    Long overdue.


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    #648
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    troyzer wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1123123728735461376?s=20

    Long overdue.

    From reading that it sounds like Jones will be retained with someone coming in above him. I'd be all for that. Felix is still only 31, he could learn a lot from a more senior figure.


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    #649
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    aloooof wrote: »
    From reading that it sounds like Jones will be retained with someone coming in above him. I'd be all for that. Felix is still only 31, he could learn a lot from a more senior figure.

    Yeah, I wouldn't be opposed to keeping him on. It would be a bit harsh to cut him at 31 in such a junior role. He'd struggle to pick up work and he's young enough that he can learn.

    Having said that, who is going to pay for an extra coach?


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    #650
    phog
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    Have the mods gone on holidays?


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    #651
    Mr Tickle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Mr Tickle


    aloooof wrote: »
    From reading that it sounds like Jones will be retained with someone coming in above him. I'd be all for that. Felix is still only 31, he could learn a lot from a more senior figure.
    is Felix the attack coach or the backs coach?


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    #652
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Mr Tickle wrote: »
    is Felix the attack coach or the backs coach?

    Both.


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    #653
    Mr Tickle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Mr Tickle


    troyzer wrote: »
    Both.

    Ah, Well if that's the case then i guess he'll still be the backs coach.
    The new attack coach will have a broader role with both backs and forwards.


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    #654
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Mr Tickle wrote: »
    Ah, Well if that's the case then i guess he'll still be the backs coach.
    The new attack coach will have a broader role with both backs and forwards.

    Yeah, it's a good idea overall. But coaches don't come cheap and corners will probably have to be cut elsewhere.


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    #655
    Mr Tickle
    Registered Users Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Mr Tickle


    troyzer wrote: »
    Yeah, it's a good idea overall. But coaches don't come cheap and corners will probably have to be cut elsewhere.

    all that money we saved by not paying for our own stadium. Plus we don't waste money on an expensive academy ;)


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    #656
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    troyzer wrote: »
    Yeah, it's a good idea overall. But coaches don't come cheap and corners will probably have to be cut elsewhere.

    They come cheaper than players and it doesn't look like Munster will be signing any marquee players or filling all their NIQ allocation next season.


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    #657
    troyzer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭troyzer


    Cookiemunster wrote: »
    They come cheaper than players and it doesn't look like Munster will be signing any marquee players or filling all their NIQ allocation next season.

    You would imagine that he's looking at a southern hemisphere coach though? I can't imagine they're cheap in a world cup year when everyone is looking to raid the south.


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    #658
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,597 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    troyzer wrote: »
    Yeah, it's a good idea overall. But coaches don't come cheap and corners will probably have to be cut elsewhere.

    "Cutting corners" is a strange way to phrase it imo, but looking at the players in and out for next season may show where the room for this in the budget is coming from (lifted from Thomond's post).

    2019/20 Movements:
    IN: Nick McCarthy (SH, Leinster)
    OUT: Mike Sherry (HK, Gloucester/TBC), Ian Keatley (FH, Benetton), Matt More (CT, South Africa), Jaco Taute (CT, Leicester Tigers), Ronan O'Mahony (WG, Retired), Stephen Fitzgerald (FB, Connacht)


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    #659
    E mac
    Registered Users Posts: 403 ✭✭E mac


    Say a fair wad of cash was set aside to sign Handrè Pollard now that Montpellier fecked that up the money can be used for an attack coach.


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    #660
    Richie_Rich89
    Registered Users Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Richie_Rich89


    bennyl10 wrote: »
    Racial abuse? What in the world?
    Honestly have all the info journalists gotten boards accounts?..

    I read on planet rugby forum that the term "brownie" was used amidst the abuse being shouted at Vunipola. I'm not sure whether this was by the pitch invader or by jeering fans in the stands. Uncorroborated, obviously - but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a racial element to the abuse.


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    #661
    Cookiemunster
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,074 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cookiemunster


    Richie_Rich89 wrote: »
    I read on planet rugby forum that the term "brownie" was used amidst the abuse being shouted at Vunipola. I'm not sure whether this was by the pitch invader or by jeering fans in the stands. Uncorroborated, obviously - but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a racial element to the abuse.


    And I stopped reading after that.


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