Potential trivia question – when was the last time anyone scored a try against Scotland without the Scottish players going in for some afters?
It’s boring, and more than a little pathetic.
Also, if you kick a penalty three minutes from time, with the aim of scoring a try to win the game in the remaining minutes, you need to keep hold of the ball, not waste it by kicking it poorly.
Bruce…he is trying to get a rise out of you. The master race won and now the likes of Genge,Farrell, itoje and marler aren’t irritating, they are plucky, stout yeomen.
I really don’t see a way out for Scotland TBH. Toonie going is not going to help matters. Dodson going might but that ain’t happening so we’re ****, basically.
No, I really really mean it. Not only on the pitch, but as Genge showed with his deep insightful interview and Eddie with his limitless class in his, they’re world beaters off it too.
Also, if you kick a penalty three minutes from time, with the aim of scoring a try to win the game in the remaining minutes, you need to keep hold of the ball, not waste it by kicking it poorly.
I thought that as well. The commentary said they should have gone for the corner, but I thought they made the right decision, as getting a try could easily have taken them beyond the 80 min. They kicked the penalty, giving themselves a glimmer of hope, then have England the ball. Confusing.
Wasn’t a good game to watch and I imagine it wasn’t a great game to play. Would rather lose a good one game than a messy game like that. Think Ireland or Wales have looked most impressive so far and can’t see past them for the win.
Disagree Bruce – a decent coach would get better out of the p-layers. Townsend is not that man. We have the talent but not the tactics
I can’t see us persuading Gatland to take the job so who do you have in mind?
Pretty much every Scottish coach has people calling for his head after three years. The main reason we have people saying we should bring back Cotter (who thankfully is unavailable so we don’t have to go up that blind alley again) is because he left before he got to three years.
I would be looking for a young ambitious coach from the super 15. LIke the Japanese did.
We should not have got rid of cotter when we did. townsend is clearly not ready and the team performances have gone backwards at a rate of knots under him
But it looks like we are stuck with him now for the year at least. I almost want the wooden spoon so he has to go and then we will not waste any more time with him
Anyway Hogg is shit Lamour my new 15 man crush. Ireland dispensed with Kearney at least 2 years too late.
North needs some time away from the welsh team. 1/2p Adams and Mcnicol for next game.
The Scotland England game was pretty bloody dire, not helped by some diabolical weather. Fair play to the fans for sitting through that game and that weather. Jesus.
England did what they needed to do, but the lack of ambition was frustrating. After Farrell missed 500 kicks at goal, why not go for the line out and try and drive over?
What the frigging hell were Scotland thinking in the first half when they had the wind? Their tactics were bloody wrong.
One of the comments at 1/2 time was sometimes it was easier into the wind, as the ball held up to chase on to. Both teams struggled to kick with the helping wind.
The refs interpretation of “straight” at line out was interesting. In the first half, every time an English throw bent their way on the wind, he pinged them. In the second half, every throw Scotland managed to catch was exactly the same but he let them all go.
The first kick off of the game the Scotland chasers were yards offside – hence they managed to get to May even though the ball flew all the way deep into the 22.
I think Gauzerre fancied being out there even less than the hookers & kickers!
Poite made some interesting calls too. Biggar getting a turn over sat on his arse, then clearly knocking on but play on. The idea that the jackler should support his own weight has clearly gone out the window. POM would have had a field day a few years back when he was good. Cant begrudge Standers MOM but by **** Tips was immense for us.
I just **** love Furlong. He’s standing there – hands out. They know he’s coming with the ball and he just drags them all over the line. L’amour is looking good for the 15 Ireland have needed for quite some time.
England deserved the win, as TJ said their defensive lineout was good and some of their other forward play was effective at times. Scotland had nothing to offer in attack, gave away possession stupidly with kicks at the wrong time and too often were kicked beyond any hope of an effective kick chase.
Hastings was better than many of the Scots today but in my opinion we should get Russell back in for the next game. I think if anyone should go it’s Dodson but Gregors coat has to be on a shoogly peg too, the lack of an obvious affordable alternative is the biggest factor in his favour
You just know what’s going to happen. The SRU’s authority has been challenged and all challenges to the SRU must be met with the same response. Pissing Contest!
Dodson is now going to back Townsend to the hilt, regardless of results or any other ‘incidents’ with players.
We might as well settle in because it’s going to be a few years before we see any changes to the Scotland set up.
