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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: November 11, 2019, 3:52 am
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Slow, ponderous, poor kicks, gives away possession.....are we
sure he's not Ben Youngs???
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: November 11, 2019, 6:14 am
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That odd kick dead when attacking the north end about 15m out -
he must have thought we had advantage coming. If not then
inexplicable.
When we were pressing in the second half, whenever we had two or
three good carries and offloads in succession, we made good
ground. He then took so long at the breakdown that the defence
lined up and all momentum was lost. I hate it when an attack has
got some momentum then the 9 takes ages ushering his forwards to
whichever side he wants them on. If they're not there then just
pass to where they are as otherwise the defence can just line
up, then we're stuck with slow pick and go, which we've always
been really poor at for some reason
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: Samquin
Date: November 11, 2019, 8:40 am
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Not sure who was worse on Saturday Landajo or Chisholm at Full
Back. It was a shame we didn't pitch for Joe Simpson last
season when he announced he was leaving Wasps.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: November 11, 2019, 8:43 am
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> The kicking was awful, and as has been said elsewhere no one
chased the ball, they looked like they couldn’t be arsed or
weren’t fit enough. But why keep kicking it? Especially when the
only bright moment was from a great pass and running line.
>
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Depended on who was doing the kicking - while Landejo's kicking
was random in it's direction (and poorly followed up as a result
of the unknown trajectory), that of other kickers was chased up
well and resulted in quite a few turnovers and
enforced/unenforced errors by the Worcester chaps. Too much slow
ball delivered by Landejo due to our slow/incomplete ruck clear
out.
Whilst on the kicking theme, why did Smith/skipper chose to kick
(well, miss) penalty what was apparently beyond his range in
awful conditions and not kick to the corner for the penalty in
the first half? We had some form of advantage at that point and
another try then would probably have sealed the game. Pivotal
moment, in my view.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: November 11, 2019, 9:10 am
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I thought Chisholm was actually pretty decent at 15 until the
last 20 or so when he caught kick it away fever and just
aimlessly hoofed away everything he caught. Not the only one
though.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: TomBuckQuin
Date: November 11, 2019, 9:36 am
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--- Quote from: Bolly-Quin link ---
>
> Depended on who was doing the kicking - while Landejo's
kicking was random in it's direction (and poorly followed up as
a result of the unknown trajectory), that of other kickers was
chased up well and resulted in quite a few turnovers and
enforced/unenforced errors by the Worcester chaps. Too much slow
ball delivered by Landejo due to our slow/incomplete ruck clear
out.
>
> Whilst on the kicking theme, why did Smith/skipper chose to
kick (well, miss) penalty what was apparently beyond his range
in awful conditions and not kick to the corner for the penalty
in the first half? We had some form of advantage at that point
and another try then would probably have sealed the game.
Pivotal moment, in my view.
>
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Agree with all of this - our rucking was non-existent. Also
agree on your choice of pivotal moment, although I can remember
thinking throughout the game at regular 2 minute intervals
whenever we threw away possession that "we're doing everything
we can to lose this game". So in that sense there were so many
pivotal moments. Worcester didn't win that game - we served it
up for them and then when they left it to go cold we reheated it
for them and force-fed the win to them.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: Quinky
Date: November 11, 2019, 4:17 pm
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--- Quote from: TomBuckQuin link ---
>
> Agree with all of this - our rucking was non-existent. Also
agree on your choice of pivotal moment, although I can remember
thinking throughout the game at regular 2 minute intervals
whenever we threw away possession that "we're doing everything
we can to lose this game". So in that sense there were so many
pivotal moments. Worcester didn't win that game - we served it
up for them and then when they left it to go cold we reheated it
for them and force-fed the win to them.
>
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That was strange... We seemed to hardly compete at any of the
rucks or lineouts.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: November 12, 2019, 4:05 am
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Chisholm was very good under the high ball.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: never sleep
Date: November 12, 2019, 4:48 am
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Agree about Chis Snr. they were clearly targeting him and
considering the awful conditions, he was pretty solid.
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Re: Martin Landajo
DIR By: The Absolute Quintet
Date: November 12, 2019, 5:11 am
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Whilst on the kicking theme, why did Smith/skipper chose to kick
(well, miss) penalty what was apparently beyond his range in
awful conditions and not kick to the corner for the penalty in
the first half? We had some form of advantage at that point and
another try then would probably have sealed the game. Pivotal
moment, in my view.
[/quote]
Think it was early in 2nd half BQ, but completely agree, the
decision was bonkers. I suspect it was a reaction to the another
bonkers decision towards the end of the 1st half, to go for the
corner, rather than take the shot. Kick was downwind, left of
posts (for right footed kicker) and about 35m out maybe? Score
that and it was 17-3, in poor conditions a decent lead, and as
it turned out would have been just enough.
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