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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: nowexnavyquin
Date: January 26, 2020, 4:04 pm
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Only downside for me was the realisation I have to be up at 0500
for my commute to work tomorrow.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Robertquin
Date: January 26, 2020, 4:36 pm
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Two thoughts from me:
- We really wanted to beat that team today. I hope that's the
kind of attitude we can bring each week. And I hope that's the
reaction they get every week from whichever premiership team
they play.
- A lot has been said by Saracens about how tight they are as a
group. If that was an under strength team (as their supporters
say) I'd be really annoyed as a young player to be thrown into a
match like that while the stars hid away waiting for the glory
games.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: January 27, 2020, 2:27 am
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I'm very concerned about this outpouring of positive statements
about the performance yesterday. It's not normal on here and
very unnerving!!!
A great day at the Stoop and good atmosphere all round. To see
the great one come off pumping his fists at the crowd just shows
what that meant to him.
Let's hope we can keep it going (he says adding a familiar note
of CAW pessimism to proceedings)
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Carbonm
Date: January 27, 2020, 3:42 am
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Lasike is not doing bad for our forth choice inside centre.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: January 27, 2020, 3:47 am
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--- Quote from: Robertquin link ---
>
> Two thoughts from me:
>
> - We really wanted to beat that team today. I hope that's the
kind of attitude we can bring each week. And I hope that's the
reaction they get every week from whichever premiership team
they play.
>
> - A lot has been said by Saracens about how tight they are as
a group. If that was an under strength team (as their supporters
say) I'd be really annoyed as a young player to be thrown into a
match like that while the stars hid away waiting for the glory
games.
>
--- End Quote ---
Agree on the bolded point.
Re. The second point, don’t forget that a lot of ‘stars’ were
away as a result of international call-ups for the 6 Nations
(hence no Sinckler and Marler for us).
Sarries would have been missing Farrell, George, Mako, Kruis and
Earl to England, Taylor and Maitland to Scotland and Tompkins to
Wales. Barritt was a late injury withdrawal.
I think they’ll be putting our ‘mix and match’ squads for the
rest of the season, but the 6 Nations call-ups and injuries
would have limited them this week.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Guildford Quin
Date: January 27, 2020, 3:54 am
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Some perspective - an enjoyable performance against a Sarries
2nd Team with nothing to play for. I'm happy to take the win and
put them away in style, but when you look at the 2 teams on
paper, a win should have been expected. The next 2 fixtures are
winnable - Irish (H) and Bath (A) but then we have Exeter,
Bristol and Sale in succession. If we're still on a winning run
at the end of those then I'll start to get excited.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: January 27, 2020, 4:20 am
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I 100% agree that we need to put the win in to context, but we
weren’t playing a first choice team either so we need to take
credit for a very good team performance.
By my reckoning, we were missing both of our first choice props
to international duty, we’re down to the bare bones in the
centre and missing our first choice wing (Earle) and Brown at
FB, so probably 6 from our starting XV and as many as 9/10 from
our best 23.
Momentum and positivity are important so if we can back up this
win with another against Irish, I’m hoping we’ll be in a good
position to make use of the 6 Nations disruption to build some
form with our injury list easing off.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: Rocker
Date: January 27, 2020, 5:00 am
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Yes we were missing lots, both props, arguably hooker, both
centres, full back and one winger. 7 out of our 1st choice 1st
XV
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: January 27, 2020, 5:06 am
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"both centres" is underplaying it - you'd expect Tapuai, Saili,
Marchant, Lang to be our primary options and Northmore ahead of
Penny too!
We had 17 players injured and 3 unavailable because of NZ or 6N.
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Re: Fantastic performance
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: January 27, 2020, 5:45 am
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Great performance. Like some of the performances of old. Quick
ball, forwards carrying well, lots of offloads and good support
running. Smith was brilliant, Dombrandt too. Care playing
quickly and not flapping or sending up poor box kicks. As others
have said, we need to maintain that and not just put in decent
performances at home / against Sarries. After a tough win
against Bath, good performance albeit a loss against Clermont
and then yesterday, things are looking up after the low point
against Sale
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