Munster on Sunday

[SanSepolcro]

No effort. No fight. No focussed aggression. No spirit. No clue. Nothing. I despair.

[Tierboskat]

At least Glasgow have the excuse that even though losing 1) They have virtually the whole of their first team injured, 2) They've not been getting thrashed, 3)whatever else they have deficiencies in (attack), Glasgow fight to the death every game (thanks to people like Kellock - who is an 'actual' captain).

Edinburgh have no such excuses. Absolute garbage, and Bradley has to go. Not after next week - now.

[BruceLee]

What made that even more difficult to stomach was the fact thats probably the worst Munster team ive ever seen,it was also shocking how easily they breached our defence second half...that for me was some of themost inept and gutless rugby i have ever had the misfortune to witness; hell will freeze over before i ever pay to watch that crud again...surely this has to be the lowest of the low.

[concernedposter]

Anybody see Embra rugby's tweets?

Thanks 4 the supportive msgs tweeps. Sorry we couldnt do the business 4u 2day - need to front up to the facts of the recent results & improve

Maybe they need to recalibrate their twitter app?

[Dalkiethladdie]

Poor lineouts, Poor scrummaging, hammered at the breakdown = No ball for the backs to do anything with, which causes unforced errors.

[Fullglass Gunner]

I thought the ER tweet was a spoof tweet! Need to front up (ya think!!)

[concernedposter]

I thought the ER tweet was a spoof tweet! Need to front up (ya think!!)

Who do you think has been sending them supportive tweets?

[SanSepolcro]

Friends and family of Mr Bradley? Can't think of anyone else who would want to after the last two performances.

[concernedposter]

Friends and family of Mr Bradley? Can't think of anyone else who would want to after the last two performances.

Wondering if he's staying behind in Limerick?

[djphilp]

Friends and family of Mr Bradley? Can't think of anyone else who would want to after the last two performances.

Wondering if he's staying behind in Limerick?

Forever hopefully.

[Ron]

Friends and family of Mr Bradley? Can't think of anyone else who would want to after the last two performances.

Wondering if he's staying behind in Limerick?

Many of the Munster supporters asked us to make sure we didn't leave him behind.

[jodo]

The match report on the ER website is laughable. Were they watching the same game?

Resolute defence my KelvinDeaker - the only reason we were only 6 points down at half time was because Munster offerred nothing in attack. They were just moving the ball from side to side with no penetration whatsoever - a decent school team would have been able to keep them out.

[djphilp]

Friends and family of Mr Bradley? Can't think of anyone else who would want to after the last two performances.

Wondering if he's staying behind in Limerick?

Many of the Munster supporters asked us to make sure we didn't leave him behind.

They definitely dodged a bullet when there was media talk of him leaving us to go and "coach" (a loose description of what he does) them last season.

[Weegie]

The match report on the ER website is laughable. Were they watching the same game?

Resolute defence my KelvinDeaker - the only reason we were only 6 points down at half time was because Munster offerred nothing in attack. They were just moving the ball from side to side with no penetration whatsoever - a decent school team would have been able to keep them out.

Moving the ball from side to side with no penetration. Ah the good old days when Edinburgh may have been poor, but looked good.

[Flinty's Barmy Army]

The match report on the ER website is laughable.

How does this version seem?

Edinburgh Rugby (fans) suffered (boy, did we suffer) their second successive bonus-point (and no scoring) defeat in Heineken Cup pool one to two-time European champions Munster at Thomond Park today (33-0).



Despite the disparity in the score line at the final whistle (we were lucky to score nothing), the visitors did well (were lucky) to hold (gift) their opponents to a six-point lead at the break, thanks to a sterling and resolute (TonySpreadbury poor) defensive effort in the face of their dominant hosts (poor play and missing a couple of penalties).

By contrast, the second half saw the home side run(without breaking sweat) in four tries to nil, as they took full advantage of the uncharacteristic (What? Have you been watching us this season) offensive (and defensive) inadequacies that plagued Edinburgh's performance throughout 

(the whole of this season).

Ten minutes into the second-half, Munster’s (finally started to play)dominance was rewarded with a (toy)hammer blow to Edinburgh's (non-existant)defensive efforts, which eventually cracked(like a meringue) and allowed scrum-half Conor Murray to break free and stretch for the try line under the posts.



Stand-off Ian Keatley added a conversion and a third penalty one minute later to take the lead from six to sixteen points (16-0).



The match reverted to type as Edinburgh stood firm(were clueless) against a tide of Munster possession, failing to relieve the pressure in part due to a stuttering (totally SteveWalsh)set-piece and an inability to retain possession and find fluency in attack.



The result was that, by the 70th minute (Edinburgh fans had given up any hope of even scoring a point and were praying for this lot of SteveWalsh to finish), the side's valiant efforts to withstand the Munster juggernaut (that never got into top gear) had finally taken it's toll, as the men in red set about sealing an emphatic bonus-point win with tries from Peter O'Mahony, Sean Dougall and Damien Varley at the death seems a better option than watching Edinburgh, if you ask me).



The victory sees Rob Penney's men climb to second in Pool One, ahead of a make-or-break December double-header with leaders Saracens.

Meanwhile, Edinburgh stay bottom of the group and (kissed goodbye) face an uphill task to qualify, needing a LawrenceBryce miracle marked improvement before their double-header with Parisian side Racing Metro and the arrival of Scarlets at Murrayfield Stadium this Friday (26 October, kick-off 7.35pm).(God help us all)