Babbling 'brook

Jesus that is some serious ticket sales. I was thinking they would struggle to open all the upper tiers given the short turnaround.

Could be a real atmosphere.

RTE post match vs Leicester with a focus on LaRochelle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2b3_2jGJQg

Yeah fair point that.

artaneboy wrote: ↑April 7th, 2024, 12:21 am we are totally without hope. People here are more happy with pessimism…

or just aware that we are not the team we were last year and havent put back to back performances in all year.

blaker wrote: ↑April 6th, 2024, 9:41 pmWe’re miles better than Leicester

We should be, but we are not.

LaRochelle will be laughing to themselves watching that performance

curates_egg wrote: ↑April 6th, 2024, 6:21 am He doesn’t call them a failure. But it’s hard to describe them as a success, in the absence of trophies.

The left wing this week he said anything apart from a HEC win would be failure. Different language the same narrative.

We've won only one out of the last seven competitions we've entered. Munster and a sweater factory works team have won trophies more recently than we have Yep, something we are all painfully aware of. Would you consider each of those seasons a failure though like Ruaidhri does? Not looking to get i...

Ruaidhri O’Connor: Leinster have become Europe’s big underachievers – they have to win the Champions Cup this year Ruaidri is jsut re-hashing the same oul shite he did last year. Leinter are the best team in the world and if they fail to win everything they are losers. No mention of how good the Fr...

Also turner while smaller than Osborne is built like a tank and has taken every opportunity given to him so far this season. Osborne and turner have been good together and this could give frawley the opp to play fullback if needed Turner has really surprised me this year. Thats on me not him of cou...

artaneboy wrote: ↑March 31st, 2024, 10:28 pm Does anyone on this forum actually know what a straw man argument is? [emoji57]

I do

However I dont know what a tracker mortgage is.

Thought it was a much improved performance against a quality team. Showed some real character in defence, Fowley offered a quality kicking option, and the front five offered real physicality around the pitch. First time I've wathced them since last year and you could see the massive strides they hav...

sunshiner1 wrote: ↑March 22nd, 2024, 12:43 pm Can't believe Prendergast already has 12 caps. Good to see McKee back and hoping for a good game.

And Baron with 15.

curates_egg wrote: ↑March 18th, 2024, 4:38 pm Some tache!

All the more reason to regret not getting Jager, if only for a few games this year

Such a good signing that. Good player - sure. But Ulster having massive outlay on NIQs at LHP and Winger is absolutely mental when they have one and a half No.10s for next season and pretty short on second row talent also They need character more than they need a 10 if you ask me. That dressing roo...

Such a good signing that.

Enforced changes only for me, though I cant see how they maintain the 6-2 if Frawley is actually concussed (still to be confirmed).

hugonaut wrote: ↑March 9th, 2024, 9:35 pm Didn't actually see a replay of Nash getting KO'd. Did he hit his head off the guy's hip or what happened?

Looked like it yeah

hugonaut wrote: ↑March 9th, 2024, 9:35 pm EDIT: And was Frawley a HIA as well?

put in a big defensive hit. may have hit hip or knee. he was knocked from the collision.

propertymad wrote: ↑March 9th, 2024, 7:27 pm That match clearly showed the urgent need to move on from POM and Murray

Though McCarthy was out played, as was Beirne. Sheehan was quiet too. Why not get rid of them too. We coudl probably get rid of some coaches too.

Hippo wrote: ↑March 9th, 2024, 6:44 pm Also not sure why we persist in throwing to the tail occasionally, it always costs us

But the alternative is the sh!t ball we won at the front. Our Maul didnt funciton so we were feeding the backs absolute rubbish. The English really did a number on our lineout, regardless of how many we won.

Can someone explain to me how a team of professionals are so scared to try to hold on to the ball for 90 seconds? We had the ball, we had control, why did we give them a sniff of it? Dont get me wrong, England were the better team and well deserving of the win, but we could have denied them it. Usua...