Leinster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread XII (The Byrne Supremacy)

Lancaster was in situ for three Champion Cup final defeats. He was a great coach for us, but we couldn't get the job done under him. There's zero point bringing him back.

Some of you lads are ignoring the realities of the squad to suit your agenda. Leinster should win at least some of the trophies on offer. But the squad isn't infallible and has holes on it. None of the Byrnes or Frawley are top class 10's. McGrath is still our best back up to JGP.

We still require Porter to play 70+ minutes every game because none of the back ups are good enough.

Leon MacDonald could've been a good shout, doing a good job with the Blues

There are no sources really, except opinions. Jackman said higher.

I'd guess similar this year, higher next year maybe. We know the french cap, that's about it.

I would be pretty hesitant about firing Cullen. I just feel like when you get to that kind of level its easier for everything to implode after a big change than get 5% better.

Also, his title might not be DOR but he excels in that role.

I certainly wouldn't fire him. There would be great opportunities in coaching the Tullow senior 15's that he should be invited to apply for tho.

And bring some of the lads he's stuck with, with him. 🤔

Surely give him one full season with a full preseason with his system.

But I'm a Tullow man through and through..#ross4tullow

The reality here is Leinster are completely overhyped by the cosy Dublin media relationships. They have some excellent players but they have consistently fallen down now at crucial times for an extended period in knock out rugby. Leo would be gone in a professional environment in most other sports at this stage.

if you know all this surely you should be a coach of a top rugby club 🤣🤣🤣

Frawley did get a shot season ago….

I’m upset with the result

Posting stupid nonsense is not going to change that and we have seen a lot of nonsense in the last few weeks

The media is certainly driving an anti Leo campaign, a few people have noticed it, maybe he doesn’t give them the antics of ROG etc,fans seem to have jumped on bandwagon

The Frawley is 10 one week and next it’s Predergast 😂

If you call getting to finals in Europe as failed miserably that’s your choice, off you go at that

Others, including me will realise how hard it is to get to these finals in the first place.

What have the other provinces done if Leinster failed miserably? Did they manage one win in Europe between all of them it was it 2?
Just to give a comparison to what you think isn’t a failure or is?

You do realise they are one of the most consistent sides in Europe for getting to semis, finals etc

Absolute rubbish. Listen to the left wing or off the ball and they are always creaming themselves over munster. Leinster are only ever criticised.

That poster is a Connacht fan.

Was it not obvious that he's criticising Leinster rather than bragging?

9bar needs to be giving nxt season to be judged fully on.

My concern is that replicating international style to club doesn't really work.

I think ye are missing a real leader badly, ye had JS but even he was missing alot thru injury at times, I'm talking about a rock solid,go through a wall, cannot be broken style captain.

There is something a miss at Leinster & absolutely should be questioned at this stage, ye have the bulk of the national team & the results do not correlate.

Ye need a season on the road, of tough away games to test the mentality of a lot of the younger players coming thru & that will tell a coach alot.

Armchair rides in the RDS with nice cushy cameo roles when the game is won will tell you sweet F.A about a players character.

Anyways I'm off to lick my munster wounds & head home after yestarday evening, we weren't good enough & deserved to be beaten, hope glasgow bring it back nxt week

Stick the 42 and OTB as well on that list

Nothing seems to sell better at the moment than a slagging match of Leinster