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Communist Bear
Oct 7, 2008

Crawling on knees! Last time it was used was against Scotland....when playing Wales.

How does it feel Wales? :smug:

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Tyma
Dec 22, 2004

I love Leinster and I couldn't be happier that Jordie Barrett has signed with them on a short term deal.
PRIESTLAND, WHY!?!

Communist Bear
Oct 7, 2008

Tyma posted:

PRIESTLAND, WHY!?!

Secretly an Irishman.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Tyma posted:

PRIESTLAND, WHY!?!

You're answering your own question.

Tyma
Dec 22, 2004

I love Leinster and I couldn't be happier that Jordie Barrett has signed with them on a short term deal.

tarbrush posted:

You're answering your own question.

I'll re-phrase :

Why is there a Priestland?

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
:getin: quality stuff

Communist Bear
Oct 7, 2008

:getin:

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot
Oh Wales.....

Painkiller
Jan 30, 2005

You think the truth will set you free...
That was really impressive from Ireland. The game was played completely on their own terms.

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Supreme beardage by D'Arcy. Defo my beard of the tournament so far

MyChemicalImbalance
Sep 15, 2007

Keep on smilin'



:unsmith:
Really impressive performance by Ireland, the hardest games are yet to come though.

Sextons kicking and that line out just worked too well for the Welsh to counter. I was worried about Roberts, North and Cuthbert running against the Irish line going into the game but the conditions and the Priestland really stopped those big runners from doing much in the game.

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012
This next game should be interesting, the pitch looks awful before a ball's been kicked.

CyberPingu
Sep 15, 2013


If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.
So should we forego the formalities and just give Ireland the six nations now...

irlZaphod
Mar 26, 2004

Kiss the Joycon to Kiss Zelda

CyberPingu posted:

So should we forego the formalities and just give Ireland the six nations now...
We still have to visit Twickenham and Stade de France...

tag youre fat
Aug 16, 2013

C'est l'homme ideal
charme au masculin
Two things:

1:gently caress Liam Williams,now and forever

2:O'Mahony is the next Irish captain.He's like Stephen Ferris but with working knees.

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Hopefully Scotland will do something weird and beat England so we can go to Twickenham and take it easy

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot

julian assflange posted:

Hopefully Scotland will do something weird and beat England so we can go to Twickenham and take it easy

Please no...

The pitch looks loving awful, I'm predicting a slugfest.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
That pitch :stare:

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken
Luther Burrell should've bern sent off for tackling someone in the air. Shameful. :colbert:

Tyma
Dec 22, 2004

I love Leinster and I couldn't be happier that Jordie Barrett has signed with them on a short term deal.
The pitch has so bad that Edinburgh have moved their upcoming home games to another ground.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO

Vagabundo posted:

Luther Burrell should've bern sent off for tackling someone in the air. Shameful. :colbert:

Ball had bounced.

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot
The ghost of Wilkinson strikes....

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012

Plucky Brit posted:

Please no...

The pitch looks loving awful, I'm predicting a slugfest.

Which, funnily enough, is the problem with the pitch :v:

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
Yesssss

CyberPingu
Sep 15, 2013


If you're not striving to improve, you'll end up going backwards.

Tyma posted:

The pitch has so bad that Edinburgh have moved their upcoming home games to another ground.

Probably so the crowd doesnt look like there is only 10 people there too

irlZaphod
Mar 26, 2004

Kiss the Joycon to Kiss Zelda

Scotland are so bad

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
I want neither of these teams to win now. England because England and Scotland because they are just so poo poo at everything.

irlZaphod
Mar 26, 2004

Kiss the Joycon to Kiss Zelda

lol the stat comparison between Weir and Farrell

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken

irlZaphod posted:

Scotland are so bad

How can a gameplan built around kicking away possession and giving away penalties fail? I don't understand! :downs:

irlZaphod
Mar 26, 2004

Kiss the Joycon to Kiss Zelda

Vagabundo posted:

How can a gameplan built around kicking away possession and giving away penalties fail? I don't understand! :downs:
Not to mention losing every single lineout

peter banana
Sep 2, 2008

Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

I cannot believe that score.

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot

Vagabundo posted:

How can a gameplan built around kicking away possession and giving away penalties fail? I don't understand! :downs:

Last year Scotland did all that but also refused to contest the breakdown and missed easy tackles. So, progress I guess?

Hahahaha England fans sing swing-low and the Murrayfield PA tries to drown it out with some poo poo music.

Plucky Brit fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Feb 8, 2014

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken
Down a player and you give away another penalty. And then the coach pulls the most effective player. :downsbravo:

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




Vagabundo posted:

Down a player and you give away another penalty. And then the coach pulls the most effective player. :downsbravo:

Well it's can't really get any worse can it? Some of defence but it wouldn't have to be so good if they could win a line out or contest a break down with out giving away a penalty.

Aramoro
Jun 1, 2012




CyberPingu posted:

So should we forego the formalities and just give Ireland the six nations now...

I'm predicting last game of the six nations will be the slam decider, France vs Ireland.

edogawa rando
Mar 20, 2007

I think my mass effect is broken
Pitiful performance from Scotland. Cotter will do well to drag this rabble up to mediocrity when he starts coaching them.

Painkiller
Jan 30, 2005

You think the truth will set you free...
Scott Johnson is rugby cancer. Even the Tonga match that cost Andy Robinson his job wasn't as bad as this.

Plucky Brit
Nov 7, 2009

Swing low, sweet chariot

Painkiller posted:

Scott Johnson is rugby cancer. Even the Tonga match that cost Andy Robinson his job wasn't as bad as this.

No, that one was worse.

Painkiller
Jan 30, 2005

You think the truth will set you free...

Plucky Brit posted:

No, that one was worse.

I was angry after that. I'm not today. I knew Scotland were going to lose before the game and the players didn't really seem to have any belief either. Johnson's spent the last year jerking players around and spending the past week throwing Kelly Brown under the bus was the final straw.

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stavros880
May 2, 2005
I like monkeys
Terrible performance from Wales. All things considered I'm happy they managed to keep the score down to 26 points conceded, and they were lucky to get the 3 points they did manage to score. I'm at a loss as to what the gameplan was apart from "kick the ball away". The few times we managed to string an attack together it was inevitably hosed up by basic errors. We were beaten at the lineout, at the ruck, at the maul, at the kicking game, pretty much everywhere. Why is Priestland still in the team? :argh: Why is Hook in the squad if Gatland will never use him :argh:. A centre is injured, so we bring on a full back at wing and shuffle a wing inside as a makeshift centre. The 10 is terrible all game, so lets leave the alternative 10 on the bench.
We had the players to win that game but instead they got played off the park and were flattered by the scoreline. We can't even take comfort from rousing comeback leading to a close loss. They were well beaten and had no answers to Ireland.

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