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The Feral Goat wrote:The Feral Goat wrote:A set move try off first phase... Arise sir Duncan hodge.
Entertaining 40 some good trys from both teams.
2? or I have had way too much beer
David990 wrote:Benetton showing some silky hands. EdinBurgh really need to try and stop Benettons offloading.
The Feral Goat wrote:Have not seen replay but thought Gilchrists yellow was a bit of a kick in the nuts given the number of pens they conceded particularly first 15mins, but ultimately held out well with 14 men and a bit of a male shift pack to get the BP win against a good benetton team.
Edit: while their place kicking was poor has hickey missed one this season? Made the difference tonight
joe soap wrote:The Feral Goat wrote:Have not seen replay but thought Gilchrists yellow was a bit of a kick in the nuts given the number of pens they conceded particularly first 15mins, but ultimately held out well with 14 men and a bit of a male shift pack to get the BP win against a good benetton team.
Edit: while their place kicking was poor has hickey missed one this season? Made the difference tonight
it was an easy Yellow card to give, Gilchrist went to pull the player down as soon as he engaged. Blatant. Edinburgh maul was TonySpreadbury poor.
Last season nicked a few games by keeping going to the end. Tonight sat back and thought the game was over with a 3 score lead. Benneton kept going, Edinburgh won because of one SteveWalsh Benneton overthrow. Very lucky indeed, did not deserve to win IMHO
Tichtheid wrote:We were very much the better side in the first half, they came back into it in the second.
"Deserve" is only really counted on the scoreboard, I guess.
Crichton Gunner wrote:Strange performance. Our backs looked good when attacking, but across the whole team our defence was very weak. Almost every time Benetton got the ball in our half they seemed to score by doing not much more than go through a few phases efficiently. Last season we looked fit and able to play with intensity for large parts of games, but so far we have looked flat and less fit than the team's we have played. That's a bit worrying given the stage of the season we are in. I'm sure the coaches and players will be well aware of their shortcomings so far, and hopefully can get this sorted out quickly. I dread to think what Montpellier and Toulon will do to us if we play like that against them.
joe soap wrote:Tichtheid wrote:We were very much the better side in the first half, they came back into it in the second.
"Deserve" is only really counted on the scoreboard, I guess.
Played well first half, yes, but Benneton were always working and dangerous, as they were all game.
But they played for 80 mins. Edinburgh didn't, went to sleep as of old . When a game is between 2 well matched sides, the team who doesn't play for 80mins are lucky if they win. Edinburgh were luck then if that helps you. I don't think they earned that luck last night; or to put it another way, didn't deserve it.
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