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#Post#: 6500--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: September 19, 2018, 2:01 am
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--- Quote from: Quaking Quin link ---
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> I wish Gustard every success. 'Balls on bags' was his highly
publicised coaching innovation but balls are now needed from him
to get results in any way he can.
>
--- End Quote ---
That's stretching it a bit. He used the phrase in training with
the team which was captured on video & posted on YouTube. Even
then, he was describing to a specific player how he wanted said
player to change his stance during a ruck. Neither he nor any
member of the team or wider coaching staff have come out & said
something like "this is our new style. You've heard of the
Wolfpack? This is Balls on the Bag!".
#Post#: 6503--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Blucherquin
Date: September 19, 2018, 3:06 am
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--- Quote from: Quaking Quin link ---
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> The point of my post was to look at the results from a
statistic perspective.
>
> I wish Gustard every success. 'Balls on bags' was his highly
publicised coaching innovation but balls are now needed from him
to get results in any way he can.
>
> Unfortunately for Gustard he starts from a low base and time
is not on his side. He does not have a season or two to find a
successful formula - good results must come quickly.
>
> If Quins are to finish in the top six they need to win 9 out
11 home games and must start winning away games against teams
that finished last season in the 6 to 11 positions.
>
> Sale was a good start but loses to Saints and Bath do not bode
well.
>
> While Blucherquin may think it 'silly' to interpret a loss to
Brizz early in the season as making Quins relegation fodder -
regrettably it does. Perhaps he, or anyone else, can suggest
where the away wins will come from if Quins cannot win away
against the promoted team or Northampton?
>
> Having now lost to Bath at home it also means Quins must find
a replacement home win against Sarries or Exeter to make up lost
ground.
>
> As I said objectively back in August, we will have a very good
idea of Quins fate this season by the end of October given the
way the fixture list falls.
>
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I really don't think balls on bags is a coaching innovation,
it's just something he said in a training video when telling
someone to have a low body position.
Top 6 is fantasy land given the work needed to repair a club in
total chaos. Our aim this season should be avoiding relegation
and not being a team full of quitters who don't trust each other
- and to show signs of a rebuilding process. If you're trying to
measure progress on if we're likely to make top 6 I just think
you're not acknowledging how badly broken Quins were last year.
And I said it's silly because it's a long season, we've only won
away three times in two years and haven't been relegated in
either of them - and because we've only just started the process
of creating a new side, which by January may well be operating
better than it is now.
Not relegated and not terrible should be our aim this year - and
so far I think there have been indications that the rebuilding
process has begun.
#Post#: 6504--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: nowexnavyquin
Date: September 19, 2018, 3:09 am
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I would like to see Visser given the nod over Walker, apart from
that Marler if fit would got straight back to the starting team
with Lang at 10.
#Post#: 6509--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Quins Head
Date: September 19, 2018, 3:38 am
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Ibatoye has been outshining Visser in the A league in my view so
deserves a chance oh as has Chisholm
#Post#: 6518--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Chipstead Quin
Date: September 19, 2018, 4:45 am
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LOL Blucherquin - you've nailed our mantra for this year ' not
relegated and not terrible is our aim - I know what you mean
and I agree with you , we should get them to put it across that
big flag they unfurl before games !
#Post#: 6522--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Marler
Date: September 19, 2018, 5:01 am
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I expect to see a few changes for the Bristol game. Marler in
for Lambert, Lang for Smith, Ibitoye for Walker and possibly
Bothma for Wallace. Should Brown be available, he'll get the nod
over Ibitoye. We'll need to be a lot more physical early on if
we want to come away with a win.
#Post#: 6524--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Fearless Fred
Date: September 19, 2018, 5:17 am
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--- Quote from: Marler link ---
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> I expect to see a few changes for the Bristol game. Marler in
for Lambert, Lang for Smith, Ibitoye for Walker and possibly
Bothma for Wallace. Should Brown be available, he'll get the nod
over Ibitoye. We'll need to be a lot more physical early on if
we want to come away with a win.
>
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I'm not sure a back row of Bothma, Robshaw & Chisholm offers
enough variation in terms of carrying, breakdown skills, etc.
Chis & Smash are too similar to play alongside each other
without a more specialised 7, I'd suggest.
#Post#: 6525--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Blucherquin
Date: September 19, 2018, 5:19 am
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--- Quote from: Chipstead Quin link ---
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> LOL Blucherquin - you've nailed our mantra for this year '
not relegated and not terrible is our aim - I know what you
mean and I agree with you , we should get them to put it across
that big flag they unfurl before games !
>
--- End Quote ---
As as a slogan I think it's terribly English and sets our sights
exactly where they should be this year.
Maybe that should be the tattoo for the person on the other
thread.
Like "Earth: Mostly harmless"
#Post#: 6593--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Quaking Quin
Date: September 19, 2018, 5:00 pm
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I can't believe Gustard got the HoR job by saying to the board
his aim was to avoid relegation and for team not to play
terribly.
A minimum objective each season for any head coach has to be a
top six finish - unless you are in charge of the newly promoted
team.
John Kingston said on his departure that he left the club with
its best ever squad. It is certainly stuffed full of
internationals and there is no reason why the form they
sporadically show in games cannot be more consistently applied
to give a top six finish.
As I said before, we should have a good idea of the season to
come by the end of October.
Coaches like to break the season down into sets of five or six
games with an associated series of targets. Losing to Bristol
and/or Wuzz would be a mini disaster and require a serious
change of plans by the coaching team.
May the force be with our rookie HoR.
#Post#: 6595--------------------------------------------------
Re: Balls on Bags
DIR By: Quinten Poulsen
Date: September 19, 2018, 5:49 pm
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Do you mean Glos, who we play away on the 29th? If we lose both
things will be looking grim.
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