BruceLee wrote:Tbh we will will finish 9th out of the 14 teams in the league overall,thats a sad state of affairs and to me shows very little improvement whatsoever, back to the Diddy cup i dont think we have the consistency to even win that fantastic, world class trophy!
This isn't the whole story, though. We've beaten some good teams and lost to some poor teams.
I see it as more a lack of consistency. We ran Munster close for a semi final spot in the Heineken Cup and it was only experience that won the game for them and lost it for us, we were the better side on the day but that only really matters if we can learn how to win from those situations, same as with the other games we've lost from strong winning positions.
The problem with our game plan is that it works well when we get everything right, there is no room for error, none at all. If the kick chase doesn't work then our press defence doesn't work and then we are on the back foot fighting to get out of our own 22 as opposed to being camped in the opposition red zone for the majority of the game.
Compare that to Glasgow where you know they can and will score from 5m to 95m out. They are never really out of a game because of that, and because the opposition know it they have to play differently against them.
Against us if the opposition pack stay in the game and they cover the box kicks well they have nullified us more or less completely.