Munster Team Talk Thread - New season title pending....

I genuinely wouldnt no where to start with that one lol

best move on… Leinster next?

It wasnt a great game though. Go away comparing me to that spoofer williams. I have never said anyhing like that clown has written about the scrum or any other area of the game

It was a wet miserable evening but the game was crap regardless of that weather. Just because you thought the teams competed well and had few errors(30+ missed tackles in game just 1 stat that stands out) doesnt make a game a great one.

I certainly wouldnt watch it back.

Different sports are affected to a different extent by weather conditions. Rugby must be the ball game most affected. Rugby in wet weather is a totally different game to dry. Bit of an ould Munster 10 man slogfest. Enjoyed it enough, given the weather, but won't be watching it back. Crowley was hit in the neck twice. Fellas are getting clever enough to avoid head contact.

I thought it was a brilliant match. Two evenly matched teams slogging it out in difficult conditions.

I don’t know if it was a good game but it was fun for me to watch. I thought Jack Crowley showed a lot of character. He kicked well, took a few big hits and just got up and kept going. He seems tough as nails which is a good 10 trait.

What a strange thought, almost sounds like how you rate matches.

I would say everyone is affected by cognitive biases. Very interesting topic, worth reading up on as a lot of advertising targets and takes advantage of these ‘shortcuts’ in our rational thinking. Black Friday to use a current example would involve biases such as fear of missing out, the scarcity effect and anchoring off the top of my head.

Yes. The Champions Cup is imminent and it's just about 10 weeks to the 6 Nations

Despite a much better run of results in the opening games this season, I'm very concerned about the breakdown, and the overall style of play is not leaving me super optimistic about what lies ahead.

Getting Kleyn and Beirne back will help a lot with the former. The latter might be a bigger challenge to fix.

I’d worry about the set pieces.

I think the actual phase play offense will come together like last year. Its so possession heavy i feel like it will probably be messy early every season.

Yeah, I'd say he'll be in camps fairly quickly if he is getting minutes for Munster and then who knows. New environment, new coaching and culture. That might be enough to improve his game, we've seen the same thing happen with a number of other NZ based players who didn't make the AB grade but improved enormously in Ireland.

I'm actually less concerned about set piece. Lineout was actually very good against Stormers, Buckley threw well, and we used Edogbo, Beirne, POM and I think Coombes.

Scrum is hanging in there, but has more to show for itself I think.

Thornley also reported today that Jager will be here this week and whether he features this weekend will depend on "whether he flew business" according to wig 🤣

And yet Archer was so good in the home stretch last season.

But we are largely reliant on depth right now, both in the front and second rows.

Second row is likely contributing to the issues. While Edogbo and Ahern are exciting prospects they'd not yet be bringing the experience and power of a seasoned tight-head lock. Beirne, for all he brings, is also a touch on the light side.

So perhaps a simple way to look at things but... much like the breakdown area... is it just a case of getting Kleyn back in there to bolster things up?