Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby Crichton Gunner on Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:04 pm

Strong looking Newcastle side, so difficult evening (or should that be afternoon?) in prospect. Still, it's only a friendly, so result not the most important thing.
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby germain on Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:00 pm

Strong looking Edinburgh side too.
Ford, Dell, Nel, Toolis, Watson and Hoyland (and Mata?) will come back later as starters, but I guess it's very close to Cockers' first pick team anyway.
Baggott and Crosbie still in the mix.
As Hodge is still there, Dean is still third choice at 12 :roll: .
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby Friday Knight Lights on Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:39 pm

germain wrote:Strong looking Edinburgh side too.
Ford, Dell, Nel, Toolis, Watson and Hoyland (and Mata?) will come back later as starters, but I guess it's very close to Cockers' first pick team anyway.
Baggott and Crosbie still in the mix.
As Hodge is still there, Dean is still third choice at 12 :roll: .


Will be interesting if Baggott gets game time over Tovey.

Dean not getting a game at 12 is frustrating, Fife getting a real shot at a contract, would like to see Farndale, Johnstone, Fenton and Grant get significant gametime to show what they can do.

It is interesting Cockers has mentioned a young captain and Ritchie has started both matches...
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby germain on Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:52 pm

Yeah, I'm glad for Fife too. Time to deliver again, boy !

Ritchie wouldn't be my first choice for captaincy. I really like him and I'm happy to see him play at 6 but he is too young. I'm not so bold. The "young" stuff is just an excuse for not nominating Ford as captain.

Toolis is quite obvious for me. Or HClyne.
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby Tichtheid on Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:43 pm

I never subscribed to the point of view that the performance is more important than the result in preseason games, it's good to get the win chalked up going into the first league game, though following on twitter is frustrating.

I look forward to the dispatches from the front line
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby Sonicboom on Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:42 pm

I thought there was a general step up in intensity. The line out was much more competitive and I thought the defence kept up the intensity without offering as much space on the outside. Sam appears to have worked wonders on his service, our try came from him throwing a massive miss pass directly to the wing. Gilchrist had a decent game and was aggressive both with ball in hand and defensively. Front row creaked a bit at times. We still look a little stodgy in midfield but that improved a bit when Tovey came on.
Overall a decent performance
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby Sonicboom on Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:45 pm

Oh and it appeared Bradbury was captain!
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby germain on Sat Aug 26, 2017 11:05 pm

Thanks for your opinion on the game. It seems we are very slowly improving. :o
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Re: Edinburgh v Newcastle @ Melrose Friday 25th August

Postby frosticles on Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:08 pm

First trip to Melrose for a pre-season match and thoroughly enjoyed it. I leave the on field observations to more experienced contributors but was most impressed by the hospitality extended by Melrose. The inflatable pub was a nice touch. Ice and lemon with the G&T(£3) and the same cost for a can of Best was most refreshing. It made me wonder if similar pricing at Myreside wouldn't help in building that atmosphere. It would certainly encourage me to Get them In There. Sorry to stray off topic. Could I tentatively suggest that SHC's passing was somewhat erratic?
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