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New Gunner wrote:KenMavor wrote:Nobody seems to have told the Edinburgh team that they are due a doing.....
With the exception of Doomedin. Who was talking out of his JohnLacey as usual (see what I did there?)
royc wrote:I like the way Cockerill is handling team selection, all the available senior players have now had game time (the only exception is Kennedy, who may well be injured). I think the team is responding well to that, with good performances from previously unheralded players. It certainly increases the competition for places and means nobody has a cosy sinecure any more.
BigD163 wrote:royc wrote:I like the way Cockerill is handling team selection, all the available senior players have now had game time (the only exception is Kennedy, who may well be injured). I think the team is responding well to that, with good performances from previously unheralded players. It certainly increases the competition for places and means nobody has a cosy sinecure any more.
Kennedy has been playing for Boroughmuir this season I think.
doedin wrote:New Gunner wrote:KenMavor wrote:Nobody seems to have told the Edinburgh team that they are due a doing.....
With the exception of Doomedin. Who was talking out of his JohnLacey as usual (see what I did there?)
I think we got zero points from that game? Lets not get into the 'plucky losers who deserved to get something out of the game' scenario again! That attitude has got us SFA but 8th place or worse in the last 3+ years. I will cheer up once we get even a LBP from this type of performance. Unfortunately this is typical Embra and the low level of standard we have when we are cheery about not getting trounced ... and not getting a single point from the game.
BTW it was a decent game of rugby at Myreside, Heriots deserved winners in a tight game.
New Gunner wrote:
The other element that interested me is who is providing the backs coaching? Admittedly our mid-field are not renowned defenders but Edinburgh's lines of running and angles of passing were a thing of beauty in the first quarter and even in the last 15 mins when they finally got some ball again, they were making the Leinster defence look slow and uncertain.
New Gunner wrote:It might be interesting to 'see us as others see us' - 'Ruckedtobits' had this to say on The Leinster forum:
"Wholly agree with that assessment. If Cockerill can produce that performance with so many changes, he has a range of players who could produce a lot of good results this season.
The other element that interested me is who is providing the backs coaching? Admittedly our mid-field are not renowned defenders but Edinburgh's lines of running and angles of passing were a thing of beauty in the first quarter and even in the last 15 mins when they finally got some ball again, they were making the Leinster defence look slow and uncertain.
Very impressive display from Edinburgh both in attack and defence."
Now I'm not sure I'd agree completely on the attack side, but Leinster fans probably recognise attacking skills when they see them. We can't forget we picked up 0 points, but if that performance does lay down a marker for upcoming fixtures, I'd be surprised if we didn't start moving up the table.
Realistically this season the best we can hope for is 4th, maybe with a very very outside chance of sneaking 3rd...
doedin wrote:Happy to admit I got it wrong in that it was a far better display than I expected, a mixture of our improved performance and Leinster being under par. I got it wrong about the BP loss but correct about the most important number, the zero points we took from the game!
However lets be clear Cockerill would have planned his season out some time ago and decided to play a number of our internationalists in the first 4 games and as a result, according to SRU protocol, would have needed to be rested for this game. He obviously decided to throw them into the other games on the basis this was the least winnable. He is probably pleasantly surprised at the performance and in particular of the likes of Johnstone.
I have seen time and time again Embra put in a decent, plucky and unexpected display against a top team but fail to take anything from the game. This seems to spur some guys on this forum to suddenly decide we are 'almost there' and the misplaced optimism comes flooding back only to be dashed in the next game or two. Surely the first signs of any improvement is when we take something tangible from a game like this rather than a decent performance and some half hearted plaudits from the opposition's supporters forum?
Lets not forget our miserable display against the Italian giants Benetton when we managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory after being two tries up. This was probably a better yardstick of where we are in our development.
Lastly I would encourage everyone on this site to get out and support Scottish rugby, whatever the level, rather than sitting on their lardy DonalCourtney watching the tv. Heriots v Watson game was an excellent game in front of a decent crowd and worth having to watch the Embra game later once I got home. I suppose I am a rugby supporter first and foremost, I make no apology for that.
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