Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

realhorrorshow

Maul defence awful again, been going on for months now.

Utopia Parkway

Euphoriasean wrote: »

And after driving them back 10 first. No wonder they didnt go for the posts.

Other teams have definitely spotted it as a major weakness. It would be hard to miss in fairness.

freyners

Once again our maul defence is non-existent

realhorrorshow

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Other teams have definitely spotted it as a major weakness. It would be hard to miss in fairness.

Every team we play mauls at every opportunity now, it's a real issue.

randomname2005

Would love to see a side by side of that against the penalty Connacht gave away shortly before the try

franglan

Two observations:

Rodney parade is always in ****e. Always.
Connacht still cant defend the lineout maul. Video analysis for their oppo every week must be so easy. Try given away week in week out every week. It's chronic and beyond embarrassing at this point

realhorrorshow

Two braindead penalties from Buckley now, unforgivable.

SqueakyKneecap

Lucky enough to not have a man down there

Utopia Parkway

Dragons not even thinking kick. Maul every time.

OldRio

Maul defense and discipline awful

realhorrorshow

Discipline is pathetic. Letting the Dragons into the 22 with needless penalties.

ElisaAtWar

Bring back frank murphy

Euphoriasean

A maul defence. What am I watching.

Utopia Parkway

Every time Papa steams in for a tackle I think he's going to take their head off.

To be fair he made a real effort to get low there but he's so big and when he's tackling smaller players it's not easy.

Euphoriasean

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Every time Papa steams in for a tackle I think he's going to take their head off.

He we go again.

randomname2005

Euphoriasean wrote: »

He we go again.

Hard to see where the contact wad

UAEguy2020

Papa What (and I can’t stress this enough) the **** are you doing. How he got away without a red never mind a yellow I’ll never know!

Utopia Parkway

A lot of penalties already.

thomond2006

Quite a turnaround to this game. Connacht looked like they would coast home after the second try.

realhorrorshow

UAEguy2020 wrote: »

Papa What (and I can’t stress this enough) the **** are you doing. How he got away without a red never mind a yellow I’ll never know!

In fairness he was bent double there, not sure he could get any lower. Still probably got away with it though.

Euphoriasean

randomname2005 wrote: »

Hard to see where the contact wad

Very surprised he didnt get anything more there.

freyners

Anyone else I wouldn't have been as nervous about those replays. Shows he's learning. Got low there

Bazzo

thomond2006 wrote: »

Quite a turnaround to this game. Connacht looked like they would coast home after the second try.

Discipline/penalties absolutely killing us

realhorrorshow

Awful. We are not a good team this season.

arsebiscuits1

UAEguy2020 wrote: »

Papa What (and I can’t stress this enough) the **** are you doing. How he got away without a red never mind a yellow I’ll never know!

His shoulders are below his hips there.

That's a textbook tackle with an unlucky outcome

Euphoriasean

Bazzo wrote: »

Discipline/penalties absolutely killing us

Same week in week out. It would drive you mad.

randomname2005

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Very surprised he didnt get anything more there.

Was expecting something after the first viewing but didn't see any definite point of contact. Might be dealt with later.

Now both sides half way to 5. Fook

Utopia Parkway

Dragons turning down kicks from in front of the posts in favour of the maul in the corner. Can't blame them.

Borders no.2

The maul defence is beyond a laugh now but it's the other stupid penalties and silly plays that are giving dragons the field position.

Dragons are an awful team but Connacht are digging their own grave here.

randomname2005

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Dragons turning down kicks from in front of the posts in favour of the maul in the corner. Can't blame them.

Absolutely not, could maul in from 20 the way things are going