@dd that’s a result

Chokes on beer and peanuts (don’t all cheer at once 🙂 ) Farrell is pretty reliable at basic kicks (to international standard) but he has no real range and imo not world class out wide. He is however the best we’ve got right now as Ford has been off-key.

Yup our forwards where excellent and thankfully we made the change in midfield before the game was out of sight.

Yep, but it didn’t work at all. Aus always seemed to have a big overlap outside and made hay. Brown was at 6s and 7s in defence I thought.
Say what you like but Farrell has been the starting 10 and has played as big a part in the season as anyone for a team which has won the not-heinekin cup and the prem. The man is comfortably world class at present. I never thought I would say that but you have to give a player his dues when he lifts his game by as much as he has. He’s obviously worked like a dog. Most pundits rated him at 9/10 for saturday and have him in their (world) team of the week.

He is the No1 ranked international kicker in 2016 – combination of success and difficulty.

The real long-rangers often aren’t the primary kicker, as their accuracy isn’t as good.

Bang on. Let’s not forget where the defensive coach came from, and how long Farrell has been working with him.

I would agree he’s the best kicker we’ve got, my question is that enough to keep him in the side. I would not be totally surprised to see him at full-back in the future.

Getting humped by the Chiefs 😥

0uch!!!

“Not really” but you agree with me? huh. Oh, you mean you predicted Wales thrashing?

It is now.

I guess Wales 2nd string, especially with all the injuries, is a bit different to the Lions midweek team. Even without the AB players, these Chiefs have played/trained together with this one match as their focus.

It’s funny, I watched the start of the 1st half and the first 20 mins of the 2nd half and all I saw was Wales making numerous breaks and lots of goal line pressure but coming away with nothing except a single try.

Missed all the Chiefs scores except the first. They did defend extremely well though – both in terms of organised defence and scrambling back when Wales got in behind them frequently.

I hope none of the welsh contingent think what I’m about to say is a slight, because it’s not meant that way at all.
This;

Said by Gatland is bang out of order. Wales have never had huge strength in depth, the lack of an “A” team (like the Saxons, Wolfhounds etc) is evidence of this. There is no shame in having your effective reserve team lose to the Chiefs, one of the best club sides on the planet even if they are missing a few players. I’d bet that a well drilled quality side like Saracens who play together week in, week out would beat most international “A” sides and I include the Saxons in that.
Publicly shaming your squad is detrimental to team spirit and damages player confidence. I neither like nor dislike the chap ordinarily, it’s disappointing to hear what should have been said behind close doors.

Yeah I don’t think he does factor in weather but maybe he should. It’s not exactly great in the UK either, with half our season in the middle of winter though is it?

The model doesn’t allow for temperament either. I think Chris Paterson had a better % than Jonny Wilkinson but even if Wilko missed a few kicks you knew it wouldn’t affect him if he was lining up a last minute kick to win the match. By contrast I’ll always remember when Paterson was at Gloucester and they had that home Heineken Cup 1/4 against Munster – a huge game for them – and he fluffed 3 straightforward kicks in the first 20 minutes or so.

Saw that this morning – he doesn’t learn does he? Idiot.

I’ve never been a fan of Farrell, but he is in great form at the moment and seems to have developed as a player this year. Wouldn’t want him at full back though.

As it stands, I don’t think Manu would walk back into the side – he’s a great player (but with his own limitations) but the current combinations appear to be working pretty well. The back row isn’t that quick, but it seems to be working well – Haskell was immense. Hopefully he can maintain that form in the next two games.

I didn’t see the other games but have only read the reports etc. Fair play to Ireland to beat SA with a man down for 60 minutes. Wales task will only get harder I fear as the AB’s settle into a routine again.

@aa a bit harsh and agreed twice on Marler

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Well we can expect some big lumps of Aussie centre smashing it up the 10 channel then!! To be fair to Ford, I’ve never watched an England match & thought ” ooh, Fords missing loads of tackles”