Sean McGuire (former Sainst cheif exec.) was less than impressed with the first test:
"To cut through the absurd post morte masquerading as post match analysis, basically one of their big lads was able to push one of our big lads back in a few scrums with some success. It was as simple as that."
"Similarly the Lions defeat was not the result of some geopolitical, unpredicatble event but a simple lack of skill."
"But that does'nt stop there being faux complex explanations of why a key tactic is kicking the ball back and forth with tedious frequency - most of it without any tactical benefit to anyone - usually until it is dropped or goes into touch."
"RL fans like me can be overly critical of union form time to time, but the one thing we are correct about is our characterisation of RU as kick-and-clap."
"It always reminds me of everything I have read about World War I. A massive struggle, but all for a few yards of no man's land."
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eddiewaringsflatcap wrote:Sean McGuire (former Sainst cheif exec.) was less than impressed with the first test:
"To cut through the absurd post morte masquerading as post match analysis, basically one of their big lads was able to push one of our big lads back in a few scrums with some success. It was as simple as that."
"Similarly the Lions defeat was not the result of some geopolitical, unpredicatble event but a simple lack of skill."
"But that does'nt stop there being faux complex explanations of why a key tactic is kicking the ball back and forth with tedious frequency - most of it without any tactical benefit to anyone - usually until it is dropped or goes into touch."
"RL fans like me can be overly critical of union form time to time, but the one thing we are correct about is our characterisation of RU as kick-and-clap."
"It always reminds me of everything I have read about World War I. A massive struggle, but all for a few yards of no man's land."
He'll have some of the keyboard warrior regulars from here banging on his door as we speak!
How dare he criticise union!
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Andy Gilder wrote:Shame for Byrne, looked really good in the opening weeks of the tour and his kicking game would have been a weapon at altitude.
Kearney is a good kicker, maybe better than Byrne. The Lions will miss Byrne's running however. I wish Earls was on the bench, he's more dangerous with ball-in-hand than Kearney.
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