Ireland vs Russia, RWC pool A, Kobe, 11.15am Irish time

yerrahbah

This is a tough watch

lawred2

reg114 wrote: »

Johnny sexton Thigh strain apparently

Sexton pretty much can't see 50 minutes out at this stage... His body is a wreck

Marcos

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Pathetic second half performance. Can’t hold the ball, can’t build phases and look like not scoring any points when they have been down a man twice.

Somoa will fancy there chances of causing a shock themselves.

Well if they do it'll be our own fault.

At this rate, and playing as badly as this, I'd wouldn't be surprised if we didn't get out of the group.

lord quackinton

Will when Henshaw be back. We need him and Ringrose in center ASAP

Lucy8080

Lucy8080 wrote: »

Jeez ,forgot Russian had a lad in the sin bin. Frustrating not to get any points against a 14 man Russia.

Vs 14 men is no advantage whatsoever if you refuse to go beyond the outhalf

Niallof9

I hope this is a wake up call for everybody on here. So so poor. We must be horrible to watch for the neutrals.

Hurrache

The bonus point will come.

Edit, never in doubt but it doesn't make up for an abysmal second half.

John.Icy

That looked like it was knocked on at the base of the ruck and the ref was staring right at it? Hardly like...

reg114

clsmooth wrote: »

Well would you prefer to take over a team where expectations are sky high or take over a team where expectations are on the floor judging by this thread?

No I would prefer someone with a proven track record of top class management, Graham Henry etc Farrell is a novice as a head coach, in this situation we need strong leadership with management experience, Im not convinced Farrell will offer that, we will have an answer by next April

lawred2

bilston wrote: »

No harm to Kleyn but Dev must be watching that and thinking WTF.

not that Toner had been pulling up trees but still what exactly had Kleyn done to so impress Schmidt?

I'd like to have seen Addisson's creativity out there too but there you go..

is_that_so

Yay! Thank God!

Lucy8080

Thank fck for that.

fitz

Nice.

Mantis Toboggan

Get in.

Utah_Saint

Holy thank @#£;&

bilston

Shows what I know.

Came out of nowhere.

clsmooth

Brilliant. Pressure off now

votecounts

Get the fcuk in, Bonus point:D

abff

Thank goodness for that!

Wegians89

Lovely chip by carty there. What a player he is

Squidgy Black

Finally.

reg114

reg114 wrote: »

Johnny sexton Thigh strain apparently

Where you hearing this

clsmooth

Reckon we’ll score a few more now

fitz

More now please.

MadYaker

Phew! This is a depressing game. We look lethargic against a rubbish side.

yerrahbah

Well done Carty, Earls and Conway

A-Train

Great about time. Terrible match but job done.

Sephiral

That try came from our subs upping the physicality and winning the ball. In particular, Henderson was huge for those few phass.

is_that_so

Wegians89 wrote: »

Lovely chip by carty there. What a player he is

He wasn't just a few pages back!

LuckyGent88

Badly ****ing needed

reg114

Deleted User wrote: »

Where you hearing this

ITV commentator

GreeBo

well spank my ass and call me Judy.....a completed backline move!

PTH2009

We need to step up for the Samoa game who are better better than These lads and then hope Scotland beat Japan

sReq | uTeK

Ireland never ever do well under pressure. They will rack up another 2-3now with ease watch.

clsmooth

Niallof9 wrote: »

I hope this is a wake up call for everybody on here. So so poor. We must be horrible to watch for the neutrals.

What neutral is going out of their way to watch Russia Ireland and expecting a great game? Would you be expecting a cracker between Wales Russia?

Wegians89

is_that_so wrote: »

He wasn't just a few pages back!

He’ll always be the best in my eyes x

GreeBo

25 mins between scores against 14 man Russia....ugh.

ozzyo

lord quackinton wrote: »

Will when Henshaw be back. We need him and Ringrose in center ASAP

was there any point in taking him? going into our last group game and he has played zero minutes.

reg114

PTH2009 wrote: »

We need to step up for the Samoa game who are better better than These lads and then hope Scotland beat Japan

Scotland will not beat Japan

Abel Ruiz

I blame Rory best for not getting an 80point win

whatawaster

reg114 wrote: »

Scotland will not beat Japan

they are a much better team than Japan, so they could easily beat them!

abff

reg114 wrote: »

Scotland will not beat Japan

You're probably right, but you never know.

KBurke85

GreeBo wrote: »

25 mins between scores against 14 man Russia....ugh.

Important thing is we got the scores and Russia weren't at 14 for the full 25 mins

lord quackinton

Schmidt should have not said he was going until after World Cup
Our form is gone to **** since

Riskymove

ozzyo wrote: »

was there any point in taking him? going into our last group game and he has played zero minutes.

he was fit leaving Ireland I think...think it was in practice he got hurt

Clegg

This has been eerily similar to the Japan game. High intensity 20 minutes then the wheels come off.

GreeBo

KBurke85 wrote: »

Important thing is we got the scores and Russia weren't at 14 for the full 25 mins

you are correct of course, just for 20 of them... :rolleyes:

reg114

whatawaster wrote: »

they are a much better team than Japan, so they could easily beat them!

Funny everyone said that about ireland. Japan playing at home after trouncing us will be very heard to beat for a scotland team who have been poor all year

abff

lord quackinton wrote: »

Schmidt should have not said he was going until after World Cup
Our form is gone to **** since

In fairness to Schmidt, waiting until after the World Cup would not have allowed any time for succession planning.

MJohnston

GreeBo wrote: »

you are correct of course, just for 20 of them... :rolleyes:

10 bud