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

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Imagine a munster fan, using the Munster thread to talk about Munster potentially losing one of our best players due to IRFU rules.

Thats not what this thread is for. It's clearly for Leinster fans to come in here and tell munster fans to quit whining and that Frisch is no loss anyway

2nd time in as many nights that's mods have been goaded for a reaction on here. It's almost like there's concerted effort to get a reaction or destroy the thread.

We need to cut out those errors & turnovers that have crept into our recent games. Our performance v Cardiff won't beat Saints but I live in hope.

HANG THIS IN THE LOUVRE

I have to say I actually had the opposite thought - Ahern, Murray, Carbery, O'Brien and Kendellen can all bring something to the later stages of a game, depending on game state.

Archer basically needs to go 80. That's the primary concern for me.

i dont think Archer will stand upto the 80 minutes. Saints have a very good scrum and an excellent attacking game.

We are only up RG and down Nash and more importantly Jager for tomorrow . They will have 15 players for full game

Hope Donnelly can hold his own in the tight but a tall ask.

Form is with saints, they were white hot v saracens last week and we were tepid v Cardiff.

Our best bet is to try stay with them for first 20 mins and grow into the game. Cant see Saints letting us do that

Archer will play as long as he can and then Loughman will try to play tighthead if he can.

Snyman coming in isn't just a single player change. It's a totally different balance to the pack. Last week we had one or two power forwards on the pitch at once, now we have Snyman Beirne and Coombes all playing together with Archer and Loughman in the front row and Hodnett in the loose. This means we can string multiple attack phases together

Last week and for most of the early season we finished with Coombes in the 2nd Row so lost power in both the 2nd row and the back row for the last half hour Coombes is brilliant, but he's not a Kleyn, Snyman or Edogbo sized player)

But in typical Munster Woe we finally have 3 actual 2nd rows fit at the same time (the minimum match day requirement) , and go down to a single available tighthead who also happens to be likely in the last 2 months of his professional career)

While watching Brumbies v Tahs this morning, I was thinking of Jim Williams so Googled him to see if he was still coaching. Then I was thinking of Dutchy Holland, it started me off thinking about past Munster players that went into coaching, I'd be afraid to start a list as I'd surely forget a few high profile players/coaches but a fair few coaches have come through Munster as players at one stage or another.

The reigning champions cup and challenge cup winning coaches are ex munster players

Its a serious list

missing starters tomorrow : Ryan, barron, Jager, klyne, snyman, Nash, daly.

Now playing in their place: archer, scannell, beirne, Aherne, zebo, obrien.

Our bench tomorrow: Clarke, Wycherley, Donnelly, JOD, kendellan, Murray, carbery, McCarthy.

We needed to be fully loaded for this one.

RGS and Daly are huge losses, more so at this late stage but it is what it is