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OK Bradley Davies certainly adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in an important six nations match. The rest of the team including the backs are absolutely monsterous so it's not that much of a loss. Ryan Jones is class, an inspirational leader, experienced and fights to the death. He is also playing the best he has been playing in a long time so it's hardly a loss moving him to lock.
Also having Geth and Lydiate back in the team is like Man City just announcing that they have also signed Messi and Iniesta. Can't complain with that. I didn't realise how big Lydiate was his arms are huge.
Wales just need to fix the lineout and should definitely win tomorrow. Don't want to curse myself, but there is very little Scotland have to offer other than mistakes. Losing Dan Marks might make the score a bit more respectable.
Also having Geth and Lydiate back in the team is like Man City just announcing that they have also signed Messi and Iniesta. Can't complain with that. I didn't realise how big Lydiate was his arms are huge.
Wales just need to fix the lineout and should definitely win tomorrow. Don't want to curse myself, but there is very little Scotland have to offer other than mistakes. Losing Dan Marks might make the score a bit more respectable.
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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Personally i fee the loss of Davis will be felt. He was having an absolute blinder last Sunday before his brain fart.
Wales line is not in the best of shape but bear in mind that Ireland are also excellent in the line out and will cause all the teams problems there.
Scotland do have some attacking threats there but i cant see them causing Wales too many problems if Wales are on song. I am really hoping for a match similar to 2010's match. One thing is for certain though, whenever Wales play, its exciting
Wales line is not in the best of shape but bear in mind that Ireland are also excellent in the line out and will cause all the teams problems there.
Scotland do have some attacking threats there but i cant see them causing Wales too many problems if Wales are on song. I am really hoping for a match similar to 2010's match. One thing is for certain though, whenever Wales play, its exciting
eirebilly- Posts : 24807
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I think you guys will win but Scotland will make it closer than you think. They were crap for lots of last year too and you needed a last min Shane try to win
ChequeredJersey- Posts : 18707
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eirebilly wrote:Personally i fee the loss of Davis will be felt. He was having an absolute blinder last Sunday before his brain fart.
Wales line is not in the best of shape but bear in mind that Ireland are also excellent in the line out and will cause all the teams problems there.
Scotland do have some attacking threats there but i cant see them causing Wales too many problems if Wales are on song. I am really hoping for a match similar to 2010's match. One thing is for certain though, whenever Wales play, its exciting
I do NOT want a match like the 2010 one! I would like to see the last 20 minutes of the 2010 match repeated 4 times!
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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I am also glad Hook isn't starting. Once of the Scotland tries in 2010 was another example of his near diabolical tackling.
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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Come on gnoll, you have to undestand that for a neutral, that 2010 match was brillinat
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eirebilly wrote:Come on gnoll, you have to undestand that for a neutral, that 2010 match was brillinat
Even though Wales were awful for 60 minutes and Scotland were awful for the last 20. It was an amazing match, not for quality, but for the way it turned out. Most exciting final quarter I've ever seen. I went insane.
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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It was mental, i could'nt believe that Scotland didnt kick that last restart into touch. The way Wales got the ball up to the other end after the restart and won the matc was amazing. Proper edge of the seat rugby.
When Ireland took the restart last week and Wales started attacking, memories of that match flooded back into my head and it was'nt pleasent
When Ireland took the restart last week and Wales started attacking, memories of that match flooded back into my head and it was'nt pleasent
eirebilly- Posts : 24807
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I just watched the highlights again I completely forgot about that monster dropgoal by Parks from near the halfway!
Surely one of the best strikes the six nations has ever seen?
Surely one of the best strikes the six nations has ever seen?
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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Yeah Parks played well that game. Its up there with my favourite matches of all time.
eirebilly- Posts : 24807
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Comeback games are always great especially when the winning team has been poor in the first half.
Paris 2005 was a cracker and completely unexpected. Martyn Williams ignited the spark and the confidence grew.
Paris 2005 was a cracker and completely unexpected. Martyn Williams ignited the spark and the confidence grew.
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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gnollbeast wrote:OK Bradley Davies certainly adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in an important six nations match. The rest of the team including the backs are absolutely monsterous so it's not that much of a loss. Ryan Jones is class, an inspirational leader, experienced and fights to the death. He is also playing the best he has been playing in a long time so it's hardly a loss moving him to lock.
Also having Geth and Lydiate back in the team is like Man City just announcing that they have also signed Messi and Iniesta. Can't complain with that. I didn't realise how big Lydiate was his arms are huge.
Wales just need to fix the lineout and should definitely win tomorrow. Don't want to curse myself, but there is very little Scotland have to offer other than mistakes. Losing Dan Marks might make the score a bit more respectable.
I'm sorry, but it's exactly the same thing your captain Warburton did in the RWC (of all places). If he is "that thick" and "not worth having" then presumably you won't miss him on Sunday if he's out?
Your lineout is a selection issue not a coaching or technical malfunction. You can't fix it without changing the balance in your forwards unit. I'm not sure you have thought it through in terms of your proposed "just fix it" approach.
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miteyironpaw wrote:gnollbeast wrote:OK Bradley Davies certainly adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in an important six nations match. The rest of the team including the backs are absolutely monsterous so it's not that much of a loss. Ryan Jones is class, an inspirational leader, experienced and fights to the death. He is also playing the best he has been playing in a long time so it's hardly a loss moving him to lock.
Also having Geth and Lydiate back in the team is like Man City just announcing that they have also signed Messi and Iniesta. Can't complain with that. I didn't realise how big Lydiate was his arms are huge.
Wales just need to fix the lineout and should definitely win tomorrow. Don't want to curse myself, but there is very little Scotland have to offer other than mistakes. Losing Dan Marks might make the score a bit more respectable.
I'm sorry, but it's exactly the same thing your captain Warburton did in the RWC (of all places). If he is "that thick" and "not worth having" then presumably you won't miss him on Sunday if he's out?
Your lineout is a selection issue not a coaching or technical malfunction. You can't fix it without changing the balance in your forwards unit. I'm not sure you have thought it through in terms of your proposed "just fix it" approach.
You can't compare the two. Warburton meant no malice and it was a stupid tackle yes, but he let him go to try and make it less serious, but in fact it had the opposite effect.
Bradley Davies wasn't even in a tackle! It was an angry daft moment of revenge, because of another incident and it was also blatant intent.
gnollbeast- Posts : 153
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miteyironpaw, cudos on the name.. A footrot flats fan i presume?
Bradley Davis's, was playing good rugby and will be missed by Wales over the duration of the 6N.
Bradley Davis's, was playing good rugby and will be missed by Wales over the duration of the 6N.
eirebilly- Posts : 24807
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Yeah, Warburton's tackle and Davies' aren't really comparable because Warburton's wasn't deliberate, was far less extreme and was actually a tackle whilst Davies' was a piece of off the ball violence that could only have possibly been with intention to seriously harm Ryan
ChequeredJersey- Posts : 18707
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gnollbeast wrote:adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in
That's similar to my opinion of some of the members of this site
gelodge- Posts : 297
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gelodge wrote:gnollbeast wrote:adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in
That's similar to my opinion of some of the members of this site
eirebilly- Posts : 24807
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gelodge wrote:gnollbeast wrote:adds a bit of aggression to the team, but someone that thick is not worth having in
That's similar to my opinion of some of the members of this site
Totally agree with you gelodge
gnollbeast lets get this right
1. You thought that Wales were awful for the first 60 mins.......... so nothing to do that we were so much better than you in every facit of the game, it had to be that Wales played badly
2. We were rubbish for the last 20 mins and you were great......... nothing to do with us losing two of our most influential and creative players (Patterson and Thom Evans), and us been down to 13 men against 15 of yours
3. You want 4 x the last 20 mins of the 2010 match
So basically what you are saying is you want Wales to have 15 men and Scotland to lose two of their best attacking players and be down to 13 men for the 80 mins
GIVE ME STRENGTH
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