Bristol v Saints, Tues 19.45

[Adam_P]

Yeah I have no idea why we opted for endless pick and goes until the inevitable turnover. Not the first game since the restart we've done that either. It'd be more understandable if we had a powerful pack but we really don't. Mindless

[Raggs]

Thing is, you also run some beautiful backs moves, so what goes wrong there?

[Raggs]

Now this is a little more suspicious as to why it's going uncontested .

EDIT - Though less men against Bristol is probably still not a desirable situation.

[Adam_P]

Thing is, you also run some beautiful backs moves, so what goes wrong there?

We do, but we've also been dropping most of the balls when we look like scoring so we're fucked either way. No idea what has happened since the start of the season.

[Adam_P]

On a positive note, I'm impressed with Adendorff having never heard of him before. We need all the carriers we can get.

[Adam_P]

Well this is the worst performance of the season. Truly crap from most of the team.

[Scrumhead]

Yeah I have no idea why we opted for endless pick and goes until the inevitable turnover. Not the first game since the restart we've done that either. It'd be more understandable if we had a powerful pack but we really don't. Mindless

Attwood should have been carded I thought. If you had scored, you’d have been back in the game.

Sadly, the game was gone as soon as that 10min spell was over without a Saints try.

I also thought Adendorff was good.

[Adam_P]

To rub salt in the wound we're down to 1 loose head now, Hobbs-Awoyemi snapped his achilles and Auterac did his groin

[Scrumhead]

When you brought in Auterac and Hobbs-Awoyemi, I remember thinking ‘why do they need so many looseheads’ (knowing Waller and van Wyk are already there). Boyd knows best.

I’ve never seen him play, but I’ve read in the past that Manny Iyogun is really highly-rated. Could it be an opportunity to give him some game time?

[Banquo]

Boyds strategy has misfired badly. Brizzle have nailed it, by contrast.

[fivepointer]

Think the energy and confidence that Saints had earlier in the season has all but vanished. They looked a very poor team last night. Some of their players seemed to be going through the motions. Dispiriting stuff from a side that looked so good a few months back.
Bris had things pretty much their own way throughout. They put together some lovely passages of play and scored some good tries. Radradra is seriously good, actually better than i thought he might be. Some of his offloading is so perfectly timed and executed and his awareness is second to none.

[16th man]

Find it very weird that Saints have gotten where they are now, despite the fact that a month ago it was almost unanimously thought that they'd handled the shut down well and looked like they were emerging with a good, settled squad.