Munster Team Talk Thread - Snymans are(n't) Forever

Or not.

Munster have struggled so much at set piece today.

Joey threw that pass at 14-31, with all the momentum behind Munster and 22 minutes left on the clock. What could have been...

Could be a critical TBP in the grand scheme of things.

Nash has been electric. Kendellan tireless since his introduction

LBP also still on...

Munster showed a decent 20 minutes in the second half, but the game was lost by an appalling opening 40. No scrum or lineout to build an attacking platform. Midfield attack offered no creativity or go forward.

The backrow was thoroughly outplayed and looked completely unable to make an impact at the ruck or to provide any sort of attacking impetus. Coombes was especially sluggish and it took 60 minutes for Hodnett to do anything of note.

They massacred him !

We deserved nothing so the fact we got 1 point is a miracle in itself.

Not that we don’t know this, but this club is going nowhere without more front row talent. Ryan coming back will only help short term.

A lot of the heat will be on Joey, but so much of the issues tonight were caused by a combination of him at 10 and Crowley at 12. Glasgow were able to overpower and choke that area of the pitch, on both sides of the ball. So much of the problems then followed - forced passes, poor breakdown work, etc. I think if you get either Joey or Crowley back at 10, and get Frisch and Fekitoa back together in midfield, a lot will improve.

The set piece is a completely separate issue though. Scrum and lineout were dreadful.

Kendellen and Casey had great impact. Nash and Hodnett making things happen in the wider channels too.

Another positive is RG getting through more minutes tonight, and looking a lot less tentative in contact.

The three that I was indicating towards were:

1) Comments saying Rowntree should be given the chop and is hopelessly out of his depth, when it's his first season and we've seen a clear improvement over JVG ball.

2) Comments saying Kleyn should have his contract terminated when he's been out player of the year and even today was one of the few forwards to front up.

3. Saying Casey has turned into a horrible player and should stop acting the hard man when (a) he's always been a little sh*t to play against going back to his U20 days and (b) his niggliness in that instance actually won a penalty for us. His urgency in general was also very noteworthy when he came on.

I have no problem with people making legitimate criticisms e.g. questions over Carbery, front row problems, just the general awfulness of the first half, etc. But sometimes these threads just turn into negative noise for the sake of negative noise instead of actually adding any value to the conversation.

Think that's a fair enough statement.

Trust me Larbre, that response is far more coherent, well-structured, and reasonable than the ones I'm referring to in that comment.

Absolutely they are points of discussion - but these threads can often turn into doom, gloom, and face-in-dirt rubbing affairs fairly lively. But as I said to Interested Observer above, no qualms with genuine points of discussion