Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

Screenshot below of just after Scannell kicked the ball, he set his right foot down just before the ten metre line, and you can just make out that Beirne has both of his feet before the ten metre line too. so at that moment after the ball had travelled about 10 metres, he had retreated by a metre and Scannell had advanced a bit so they are then in line before Beirne chases the kick.

If that is the picture whether to give or not give a try, I think that would be given most of the time.

If you make arguments (seemingly often ridiculous arguments) on a public platform, you're going to get criticised. Don't want the criticism, don't make the arguments. Jesus, it's like me offering an opinion on here and then being upset someone counters my opinion. Surely we haven't reached that point...

The return of the injury imp to Connacht.

Terrible for Farrell after missing nearly all of last season but Connacht do have depth in the centre compared to some other positions.

Love this line in particular "They have a particular fear of one domestic referee currently,"

6-8k expected in the Aviva……with grounds being fully open from Friday there would have been more in the Sportsground probably.

Poor decision it has to be said.

I think its fairly clear why Connacht are playing away from the Sportsground. Not that hard to understand. Theyre getting the ground for free. not paying to rent the Aviva and therefore can keep all the profits. They will get more than the Sportsground can hold which is not even 8500 people. 15000 even 10000 is still a few hundred thousand euro that they wouldnt have earned in a time when theyve lost a lot due to covid.

Gah, that's very cringey stuff altogether.

Like, Busby got the try wrong and not going to the TMO was a very bad call but otherwise he was decent. Trying to connect that to all these historic injustices visited upon Connacht is some awful nonsense.

The reality is all teams get dodgy calls for them and against them. The reason Connacht seem to be on the receiving end more often than other teams is because they're not as good as the other provinces and therefore find themselves more often in tight games that can be decided by a single call.

Nah, that's a pathetic article.

I can understand the decision but as a season ticket holder for over 10 years now I'm disappointed. We've a christening this weekend, I would have been able to go if it was at home, but not to the Aviva. Know plenty more who can't spare a full day away. I hope they get some late ticket sales and make some money off it, maybe a few more from Ulster will be tempted, but if we give up home advantage, inconvenience a large part of the fanbase and make no additional money I'll be fairly annoyed.

@FF, I agree on the ref, thought he was excellent overall, particularly with his communication with the players. That call, though, was terrible, and hopefully he learns from it.

To be fair to the ref, he can’t be expected to see everything in real time. This kind of scenario is exactly what the assistant refs and TMOs are for. For me it was their failing far more so than the refs.

This thread used to be a safe haven but is becoming as much of a dumpster fire as the rest of this godforsaken site. Shame the Connacht Clan forum died a death.

It will be great to have Tom Farrell back before Christmas. Hopefully Prendergast's injury isn't too bad. He has been fantastic.

Is there a date for the arrival of the new LH ?

Big test this Saturday again against a flying Ulster. To grab a win would be great.

Are you sure on your maths there? An extra 5000 tickets paying 40 would be 200,000, how much are tickets?

Didn't CJ basically come out after that game and call the ref a cheat - 'It felt like we were playing against more than 15 men'? It also isn't as if Munster coaches have never questioned a ref in the past.

There is some absolute hypocrisy with certain people (be it posters or internet personalities) suddenly coming out to defend the honour of refs, the same people who have in the past either had no problem complaining endlessly about them or staying silent when others complained and these people will once again have no problem doing the same if their lose a big game based on a bad call

Yeah but I think few hundred thousand extra is a push, I absolutely get why they tried it but I suspect it’s not going to be a very big success. If they get 12,000 and lose the match I’d think it might be seen as a bad idea.