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harry 22

feckwanker wrote:
earl the beaver wrote:Meaningless Lions games eh?

Jokeshop.
Playing understrength SR teams isn't exactly the toughest of tests tbf.

it is when your H/b's are Laidlaw and Biggar

I'd prefer marmion/McGrath and Jackson

harry 22

henshaw is a very good 12. not world class but bloody good which is nothing to get too disappointed about. i think he could develop a world class partnership with Ringrose

harry 22

i know its been said before but really hoping this is the makings of henderson. he's looked a top class 2nd row in the last few weeks. hopefully he can stay injury and Ulster keep him there

harry 22

i'd bring in Lawes and Henderson into the 23 instead of Kruis and AWJ who both looked underpowered and off the pace against the ABs lawes is an excellent lineout forward i'd have him call it with Itoje next to him. Henderson would bring the impact Kruis/AWJ dont possess and the pack would immediatel...

harry 22

i said it after the saders game. pick the irish or english front row to start and replace

edit: the english front row with Cole

harry 22

Need Maro on. The only change

harry 22

itoje should really be starting ahead of awj. his call over lawes or henderson is purely, to borrow a phrase "nostalgic". can understand the logic behind itoje coming off the bench rather than awj but imo itoje is too good to leave off the pitch, and pick one of the other two for impact very interes...

harry 22

unfortunately I don't see henshaw ever becoming a world class centre. he doesn't exceptional speed, step, power or hands he'll be a very good centre for many years to come but he doesn't have any outstanding attributes other than workrate. we could do a lot worse mind, but he wont be the next great ...

harry 22

i can see it going quite similar to the return match in Dublin last November in terms of brutality Ireland dominated possession again that day but with our lineout disintegrating following the return of Whitelock and Retallick we lost our attacking maul that caused havoc in Chicago. with Itoje and K...

harry 22

i've a feeling he'll go with itoje at 6 and that POM was given the captaincy yesterday to soften the blow of being dropped next week

harry 22

I would love to see POM captain the Lions in the test. The passion of the man would be overwhelming. He'd be in tears. I feel like I'm missing something here. Yes, pashun and all that, but POM didn't really do anything today. Didn't carry. Didn't tackle. Didn't win turnovers. Don't you want more? d...

harry 22

I would love to see POM captain the Lions in the test. The passion of the man would be overwhelming. He'd be in tears. I feel like I'm missing something here. Yes, pashun and all that, but POM didn't really do anything today. Didn't carry. Didn't tackle. Didn't win turnovers. Don't you want more? d...

harry 22

looked from the far angle when the ball was whipped away that there were a lot of hands/raking of faces

harry 22

the 1st option for T'eo to truck it up when we go wide is really killing things

harry 22

definite yellow. no more, no less

harry 22

yellow

harry 22

earl the beaver wrote:
harry 22 wrote:the worst part being that Joe Schmidt hates when they kick away advantage. Murray and sexton have accepted every penalty tonight
Eh, we (Ireland) kick all the fúcking time on penalty advantage

not in the 22

harry 22

the worst part being that Joe Schmidt hates when they kick away advantage. Murray and sexton have accepted every penalty tonight

harry 22

stop kicking away advantage ta f*ck

harry 22

Margin_Walker wrote:
harry 22 wrote:sky seem to be pushing the narrative that SOB hasnt been in it. thought he was very busy, in attack and defence

POM, not so much
SOB down as making one tackle

how many times has hes slowed MAB ruck ball to a standstill!?

harry 22

sky seem to be pushing the narrative that SOB hasnt been in it. thought he was very busy, in attack and defence

POM, not so much

harry 22

not much out of T'eo

harry 22

Glaston wrote:
Margin_Walker wrote:If time's an issue and it was always the plan. Why not just call up the best players a few days ago? Makes no sense
Especially as there was mention of this in the Kiwi media, I think on tues.

you'd feel for Rory best packing down beside Tom Francis and throwing to Cory hill

harry 22

the argument for wanting to rest 23 on tuesday is ridiculous. there should be a number of players doubling up next week, thats what lions tours are about there's still plenty of lads playing Tuesday who'd have thought they could force their way into one of the tests. their chances have taken a big hit

harry 22

not to mention how f**ked over the current midweek players will be just being thrown in like fodder on tuesday night. how are they to stake a valid claim for a test place!!??

harry 22

it's a disgrace calling up a raft of new players to fill the midweek team. completely devalues the tour

there's a point when the concept stops becoming the "lions" and its just picking 50 players to go tour new zealand and market the shit out of it

harry 22

regarding the front row, I've been thoroughly unconvinced at scrum-time they need to seriously think about picking an all Irish or all English unit. both sides have played off great attacking platforms for the last 18months but there's been very little of that on tour One to start and one off the be...

harry 22

lot of people seem to be determined to write off Carbery as a 10 already :roll: he's has the highest of ceilings, but the type of player he is, he's going to make rookie errors before he becomes any finished article There's rookie errors and then there's shitting the bed.... let's just have some pe...

harry 22

scott williams @12

harry 22

lot of people seem to be determined to write off Carbery as a 10 already

he's has the highest of ceilings, but the type of player he is, he's going to make rookie errors before he becomes any finished article

harry 22

would be terrible call. he's a fine player warburton but just isnt someone that would worry the all blacks at all

harry 22

After rewatching, whether or not it was tactical, Webb's kicking of uncontestable ball back to the blues was probably the main catalyst to our downfall. When we kept the ball we made ground and should have worked them into making a lot of tackles before moving it to the corners. Either that or give ...

harry 22

do they have to wait for an injury to bring in Ringrose?

harry 22

Furlong will start unless injured. he's far too important around the park

harry 22

Initial reaction: McGrath 7 - Scrum was solid and put in a decent shift around the park Owens 7 - Decent performance given he has been out for three weeks or so- lineout good for the most part Cole 7 - Again, scrum was good, solid in defence, never expected him to do much more than that tbh Itoje 7...

harry 22

lot of agenda based hysteria on the bored. I'd be still hopeful of an exciting/competitive test series lions management over the last year have eluded to not being battled hardened in previous tours when they're putting up some massive scores against provincial sides, only to get a shock to the syst...

harry 22

Could probably do with a Gary Ringrose in midfield...

surely the Farrell at 12 option should also be trialled. surprised they didn't bring ford, he's not the best of 10s but he works well with Farrell, particularly with Sexton struggling for form

harry 22

Apologies, for dragging the thread off course but the IT has gone to ratshit over the last few years. I'd read it religiously since the '80's. The last few years I've limited my purchase to the Saturday edition. The Indo has always been the paper that wrote articles with an agenda, it seems the IT ...

harry 22

In f*ckin Bruges?

harry 22

On a positive note. I think a fired up leinster side (with Sob) would have pushed sarries but probably would have come up short They're still a bit away from being a consistently top side, the away results in Europe showed that. But there's the makings of an excellent side there. Incredible young ta...

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