Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

thomond2006

Thornbury made two turnovers in as many minutes.

Zzippy

Thornbury is on fire at the moment

testtech05

Thornbury playing a blinder again but for all the territory and possession we haven't looked like scoring again. Conditions look like we definitely need another couple of scores before half time

realhorrorshow

We've been extremely pedestrian with ball in hand, a 7 point lead with the wind and a dominant set piece is not a great return.

Ref is really good imo.

gally74

Buckley looks like Rory Gallagher with that headband

All that possession yet after two attacks they're level.. and to be fair, they made a mess of the first one with a bad knock on.

Edit: he missed so we'll say "one score each"

realhorrorshow

Been cut apart twice now when our 'A' defender has rushed out of the line without any support on his inside.

macslash

Needed that before HT. Will be tough in the second. Rain is fairly coming down

thomond2006

Seemed a mad decision to decline the 3 (weather?) but that worked out. Big difference between 14-5 and 10-5.

ElisaAtWar

gally74 wrote: »

Buckley looks like Rory Gallagher with that headband

It's not making any difference to his binding issues :-)

testtech05

thomond2006 wrote: »

Seemed a mad decision to decline the 3 (weather?) but that worked out. Big difference between 14-5 and 10-5.

I think with the gale behind us we needed to come away with more than 3 there. Even at 14-5 it's a big ask into the conditions.

On that there was a long discussion between butler and the ref before kick off seemed to be suggesting the teams were lined up in the wrong direction

ElisaAtWar

Second half already hard work.

ElisaAtWar

Surely Edinburgh is completely offside on that maul

thomond2006

Carty is infuriating. Kicking the ball away in the 22 for no reason. Hold onto the ball!

Burkie1203

Thats a red card

A-Train

Based on the last few matches that’s a red card

realhorrorshow

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Thats a red card

Yes, no mitigation at all. Awful tackle.

realhorrorshow

A-Train wrote: »

Based on the last few matches that’s a red card

Based on the laws of the game that's a red card.

thomond2006

You can't really argue with that.

randomname2005

No surprise a red was given.going to be hard now

testtech05

A-Train wrote: »

Based on the last few matches that’s a red card

Unfortunately so. Once there is consistency there no complaints. Hopefully he won't be banned for the challenge cup

SqueakyKneecap

Great test of character now. If they hold out it'll be a great result.

macslash

What kind of ban are we looking at here? 3 reduced to 2weeks?

Strand1970

I would think a ban would be minimal. Red card under the rules but no intent

Former Coach

macslash wrote: »

What kind of ban are we looking at here? 3 reduced to 2weeks?

2 matches minimum I'd say, which would mean he'd miss the Leicester game!

its_phil

Fairly clear seatbelt tackle by Mata on Blade

sioda

its_phil wrote: »

Fairly clear seatbelt tackle by Mata on Blade

Yeah surprised it wasn't pulled up on

flazio

Nervy ten minutes ahead.

randomname2005

sioda wrote: »

Yeah surprised it wasn't pulled up on

Previous poster talked about consistency but there isn't unfortunately

There was a match in the 6n where the ref was penalising players ahead of the kicker not standing still. This ref calls the same player a few times to stop, not too long before their penalty. The consistency at which laws are applied is awful

thomond2006

Edinburgh are terrible. So many errors.