Nations cup November 2020 GENERAL THREAD

Pudsy33

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Try manage a game like that and see how it goes.

I dont think it would but yes its completely irrelevant to the result of the game

I appreciate you're a ref and I'm not, but with the benefit of a TMO you need to get those right and that's objectively wrong.

leakyboots

Great to have a distributor at 15 willing to try long passes, haven't seen that since Zebo had a run there

Bazzo

Flannery just called John Ryan "one of the best scrummaging props in the northern hemisphere" on channel 4...

leakyboots

Heaslip is a woeful commentator, fierce annoying

theVersatile

Bazzo wrote: »

Flannery just called John Ryan "one of the best scrimmaging props in the northern hemisphere" on channel 4...

And...?

leakyboots

Bealham absolutely minced there

StevenToast

Bazzo wrote: »

Flannery just called John Ryan "one of the best scrimmaging props in the northern hemisphere" on channel 4...

Hahahaha

UAEguy2020

As Squidge rugby said we are a patients team without any patients...

Clegg

Bealham has conceded a few penalties this game. Not sure why we've given him a go at loose head when he clearly isn't.

awec

Take Bealham off.

leakyboots

Nice work by Henderson John Ryan and Murray there

Darkie Hughes

Positives from first half:

1. Keenan is the best player in the country under the high ball

2. Burns looks capable of unlocking defences where Ross Byrne isn’t

3. Tadgh Beirne looks much more suited to 6 than lock. Jackals and top class lineout option

leakyboots

Let's see how Ross Byrne goes now, no excuses today - hope he goes well

Bazzo

theVersatile wrote: »

And...?

It's a ridiculous exaggeration. He's a good scrummager. Even a very good scrummager. He's not one of the best scrummagers in the northern hemisphere

theVersatile

Bazzo wrote: »

It's a ridiculous exaggeration. He's a good scrummager. Even a very good scrummager. He's not one of the best scrummagers in the northern hemisphere

Fair, I know there's a few people in the other thread going "minced by Ospreys lol" saying he's a poro scrummsger, just making sure you weren't implying the same.

leakyboots

Nice read by Keenan

razorblunt

7 was on his hands and never on the ball. Good physicality from the Georgians none the less.

degsie

What ever happened to free flowing rugby

bilston

awec wrote: »

If the halfway line wasn’t there it would have been given.

But it hardly matters. We’ll win this playing in first gear.[/QUOTE

Ask McCloskey if it matters

razorblunt

This has become really insipid.

Byrne shovelling it out again.

The Lost Sheep

degsie wrote: »

What ever happened to free flowing rugby

Its a game against Georgia. Free flowing isnt to be expected.

StevenToast

Heaslip is awful on commentary....needs to learn to shut up

UAEguy2020

Georgia like England are putting everyone in the line, and just like against England we continue to run into brick walls...

razorblunt

degsie wrote: »

What ever happened to free flowing rugby

The beatings will continue until morals improve.

razorblunt

StevenToast wrote: »

Heaslip is awful on commentary....needs to learn to shut up

This comment could have been made at any stage over the last two seasons.

I wish they wouldn't do an instant replay or a shot of the managers when a line out is happening.

irishbucsfan

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Its a game against Georgia. Free flowing isnt to be expected.

Purely because this team is not good enough to impose it. Not really a good thing

Kraftwerk

razorblunt wrote: »

This comment could have been made at any stage over the last two seasons.

In relation to any ex player working as a pundit? Heaslip is annoying but he's work to do to get up to Lenihan or Toland standard annoying. He's only at the Quinlan stage at the moment.

Ectoplasm

Very tired of Ireland playing down to the level of teams they are, on paper, significantly better than.

UAEguy2020

And the age old problem, we are the masters at butchering field position...

razorblunt

Kraftwerk wrote: »

In relation to any ex player working as a pundit? Heaslip is annoying but he's work to do to get up to Lenihan or Toland standard annoying. He's only at the Quinlan stage at the moment.

They’re all at different levels of annoyance though, it’s strange.
Quinlan sounds like he hates every minute and it’s a chore.
Lenihan is an old man set in his ways at stage.

Toland and Heaslip are equal in that they’re both of the opinion anything they have to say must be heard and ASAP, as often as possible and they’re both just noise makers.

swiwi_

If Georgia had a line out this game might have been a lot closer.

Niallof9

Jesus, taking the kicks.

UAEguy2020

Sums up how the game is gone how it’s 57 mins gone and we are going for 3 points against Georgia at home...

Pudsy33

Was Burns injured heading off? If not they should start him next week.

Bazzo

swiwi_ wrote: »

If Georgia had a line out this game might have been a lot closer.

I don't think it would, it doesn't feel particularly close to be honest. Ireland are cruising along jerkily in first gear leading by 13 with 1 disallowed try and another held up over the line with the clock dead for half time.

razorblunt

Awful touch finder by Byrne. Hooked it.

leakyboots

Ah Byrne

leakyboots

razorblunt wrote: »

They’re all at different levels of annoyance though, it’s strange.
Quinlan sounds like he hates every minute and it’s a chore.
Lenihan is an old man set in his ways at stage.

Toland and Heaslip are equal in that they’re both of the opinion anything they have to say must be heard and ASAP, as often as possible and they’re both just noise makers.

They both talk more than the main commentator, always a bad sign

rodders999

Absolutely dire. I blame Jeff Bezos.

leakyboots

Good day at the office for Beirne today

theVersatile

That was a useless chip

clsmooth

Niallof9 wrote: »

Jesus, taking the kicks.

Why wouldn’t you take points on offer? we should have done it more against England.

razorblunt

Done with Byrne. Not good enough.

fitz

Byrne is not helping his case so far.

awec

This is hard to watch.

Tristram

Wtf is Byrne trying with these kicks through?

UAEguy2020

God almighty we are brainless, no wonder we continue to fall for England’s trap every game...

Pudsy33

Byrne is hopeless, what was that kick. It was nowhere near any of the Irish backs.

Niallof9

We are hopeless. This Farrell experiment will end in tears