Re: v Maori
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:59 am
Maori doing lots of holding off the ball.
He has nailed the 13 spot today.Stom wrote:Better...
But the Maori can't deal with any high balls! It's crazy.
Davies has been much improved, that's for sure. Though I'd still like a better handler at 13...
I wouldn't say that...(although he had before the series even started). He is even more like Mike Brown than Mike Brown...Can't pass, won't pass.skidger wrote:He has nailed the 13 spot today.Stom wrote:Better...
But the Maori can't deal with any high balls! It's crazy.
Davies has been much improved, that's for sure. Though I'd still like a better handler at 13...
Give it a rest Stom, you're becoming even more boring. We get it you don't like JD.Stom wrote:I wouldn't say that...(although he had before the series even started). He is even more like Mike Brown than Mike Brown...Can't pass, won't pass.skidger wrote:He has nailed the 13 spot today.Stom wrote:Better...
But the Maori can't deal with any high balls! It's crazy.
Davies has been much improved, that's for sure. Though I'd still like a better handler at 13...
Hey, look, he's been very good today. He's run good lines, he's made good tackles and he's put in some good kicks. He's had a good game, and deserves to start next week. But his handling ability and vision are nowhere near good enough. You surely cannot deny that.bruce wrote:Give it a rest Stom, you're becoming even more boring. We get it you don't like JD.Stom wrote:I wouldn't say that...(although he had before the series even started). He is even more like Mike Brown than Mike Brown...Can't pass, won't pass.skidger wrote:
He has nailed the 13 spot today.
Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.Stom wrote:Oh, and the last 5 have shown one thing: Webb needs to be the test 21... Laidlaw is absolutely shunt.
And then he drops one :pStom wrote:Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.Stom wrote:Oh, and the last 5 have shown one thing: Webb needs to be the test 21... Laidlaw is absolutely shunt.
In other news, Ken Owens has really shown off his handling skills in his cameo.
Owens is normally very good in that respect. Webb would offer a lot more off the bench.Stom wrote:Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.Stom wrote:Oh, and the last 5 have shown one thing: Webb needs to be the test 21... Laidlaw is absolutely shunt.
In other news, Ken Owens has really shown off his handling skills in his cameo.
Not just bad passes, but so fwcking slow too.Stom wrote:Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.Stom wrote:Oh, and the last 5 have shown one thing: Webb needs to be the test 21... Laidlaw is absolutely shunt.
In other news, Ken Owens has really shown off his handling skills in his cameo.
On that we're in agreement - along with 99.9% of the rugby watching public.jared_7 wrote:Barnes is appalling.
The slowness was my original problem. The Lions went from making a metric fecktonne of metres 1 out after quick service from Murray and forward/Te'o carries, to going backwards with glacial service and a set defense. That cannot happen against NZ, as we'd be picked off and destroyed.WaspInWales wrote:Not just bad passes, but so fwcking slow too.Stom wrote:Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.Stom wrote:Oh, and the last 5 have shown one thing: Webb needs to be the test 21... Laidlaw is absolutely shunt.
In other news, Ken Owens has really shown off his handling skills in his cameo.
Maori and sanders bad? Possibly, but I wonder if this version of the lions match day team is actually ptettygood at shutting teams down.WaspInWales wrote:Good second half. Could've been great had they put the Maori to the sword properly, but much better all round.
Sexton and Murray were good. 12, 13 - good. Pack very good. Halfpenny kicked very well...solid even, just not world class, certainly no Farrell anyway.
Maori were crap. Expected much better from them, just like the Crusaders.
Will need a lot more to beat the ABs, unless they fall apart too.
Ha. This is what we've putting up with for years attempting to get this Scotland team moving (and look what happened this morning without him) and is frankly exactly how I feel about Youngs, just trade goakicking for the occasional linebreak.Stom wrote:The slowness was my original problem. The Lions went from making a metric fecktonne of metres 1 out after quick service from Murray and forward/Te'o carries, to going backwards with glacial service and a set defense. That cannot happen against NZ, as we'd be picked off and destroyed.WaspInWales wrote:Not just bad passes, but so fwcking slow too.Stom wrote:
Can I revise this. What the flying F was that pass? That should have been at least a scoring opportunity. From an international 9. And we thought Ben Youngs was bad.
In other news, Ken Owens has really shown off his handling skills in his cameo.
On that match, I have to say I was not impressed with any Maori except NMS. They were poor, we were decent.
I thought our pack went very well, although their pack didn't turn up. But while Sexton is looking better, he's still not looking great...which isn't a good look for us. Te'o is so powerful and clever. Surely now George and Te'o will be England's 2 and 12...they have to be after these displays.
How? With the gameplan and the centres inside them, they don't really stand a chance...Mikey Brown wrote:Have any of the wingers done anything good yet?