The I'll Start a Munster Thread Before ... Thread

[BBD]

It's like Game of Thrones, you miss an episode and you're fecked

[SerjeantWildgoose]

I missed an episode once; but I made up for it by messing myself on the 7x to UCD!

[hellovating]

i imagine we're in for a hiding, very strong looking scarlets side........we're without earls, saili, murray, cj, o'mahony, sherry and we have our two decent second rows on the bench

Munster: Simon Zebo; Darren Sweetnam, Dan Goggin, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Tyler Bleyendaal, Duncan Williams; James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Billy Holland - capt.; Dave O'Callaghan, Tommy O'Donnell, Jack O'Donoghue.

Replacements: Kevin O'Byrne, Dave Kilcoyne, Brian Scott, Jean Kleyn, Donnacha Ryan, Tomás O'Leary, Ian Keatley, Cian Bohane.


Scarlets
15 Liam Williams
14 DTH Van Der Merwe
13 Scott Williams
12 Hadleigh Parkes
11 Steffan Evans
10 Rhys Patchell
9 Gareth Davies
1 Dylan Evans
2 Ken Owens
3 Werner Kruger
4 Jake Ball
5 Lewis Rawlins
6 Aaron Shingler
7 John Barclay
8 Josh Macleod
16 Ryan Elias
17 Wyn Jones
18 Peter Edwards
19 David Bulbring
20 Tadgh Beirne
21 Jonathan Evans
22 Dan Jones
23 Jonathan Davies

[SerjeantWildgoose]

I am bubbling with optimism at the prospect of TOL and Ian springing from the bench on the hour to finish off a Scarlets defence run ragged by, errrr ..... Dunc?

Fecked, so we are!

[Eugene Wrayburn]

Tough start.

[SerjeantWildgoose]

I am trying to think of things that are more fecked than our chances this season.

Not coming up with much.

Pat Hickey's chances of getting the ticketing concession for the next Olympics? The chances of any of us seeing a shred of benefit from the 13 Billion yo-yos we're owed by Apple? The chances of Eugene managing to go a season without boring the trunks off of us with all his R*gby blether? The chances of MelsBlue having the first fecking clue what any of this means?

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Here's a thing, 14 of our starting 15 came through our academy - and 6 of the bench. Is anyone else managing that sort of genetic purity?

That's me convinced. Lose, lose or draw, I'm rabid for this team.

G'wan ye bhoys, ye.

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Well tickle me arse with a heff a mile of blackthorn hedge!

Can't see any fecker beating us this season. Ye might as well give us the silverware now.

[BBD]

Vote Serj
Vote Early
Vote Often

He knows his onions

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Time to eat my hat. Dave Foley, Dave O'C and Billy Holland had cracking games. Mary Tyler B was grand if fluffing a couple of hooves and Ian steadied the ship and offered tons when he came on. Lots of lads I've posted unkind words about, but wtf would I know. And who's that skinny fecker wearing James Cronin's head? Credit to John Ryan for a 78-minute shift.

[BBD]

Mixed performance

Defensively we were organised and worked well - too many missed tackles though
Line out was bizarre from both sides
Scrum was excellent
From so little ball we were very clinical - a big change from last year when we couldn't convert our chances

[SerjeantWildgoose]

I think that the missed tackles were a consequence of the speed in which the defensive line moved up, but Scarlets let us off the hook. A wiser coaching staff would have spotted that there was more to be made in running at us, rather than trying to ship it wide.

[BBD]

Scarlets weren't the force that we'd been warned to expect, that back line to drool over looked what they were, strangers

[SerjeantWildgoose]

More importantly, I much prefer a red baron to a sturon, but neither can really compare to a yellow rynsburger.

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Scarlets weren't the force that we'd been warned to expect, that back line to drool over looked what they were, strangers

On the shore, or in the night? Did ye see any of them exchanging glances?

[BBD]

I do....be do be do

[hellovating]

Well I wasn't expecting that.


We looked..........well coached.

[BBD]

Ah, so that's what it was, no wonder I didn't recognise it

Is there something in the laws to ban that sort of thing?

[SerjeantWildgoose]

GWAN TIPP!

[Spiffy]

Too much analysis here. It was the blue shirts that made all the diffreence.

[BBD]

Rubbish it was Fla's new haircut

UP TIPP!

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Ah now, mind yer tongue Bubbles!

Naughty words before the Angelus!

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Cracking All-Ireland bombing by Denis Leamy, there.

[BBD]

Not just me thinking "now who do I know that I can dub Bubbles?" From the people I know then

[SerjeantWildgoose]

Good piece on Johnny Holland from Quinny.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/g ... 17708.html