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Tichtheid wrote:No offside in this game then
The Chiel wrote:Unfortunately some good stuff going forward undone by some basic errors, line out, restarts and then poor tackling to the fore.
Pity nobody told B - B that French teams weren't supposed to bother away from home though.
Rico wrote:Thought Bordeaux were really poor, and the only chances they had were those that we gave them. And therein lies the problem - we might as well have put wrapping paper and a bow on their 2 points.
Some pass marks in terms of performance (the two Vanders, for instances), but so much of our play was sloppy, clumsy and rusty.
The ref did us no favours but we only really have ourselves to blame.
Tichtheid wrote:I think playing players who might not be up to the opposition is more of an injury risk,
tell that to Barclay and Crosbie, one the player most experienced at that level and the other the most physical and abrasive player on the books
Shiel and Taylor haven't played at this level of intensity yet,
so they needed to in a game that should not be a be all and end all
and to be honest Scott and Bennett have missed a hell of a lot of rugby in recent years, these are our game breakers, they need as much time as possible together right now to build the partnership that will be needed at the sharp end of the season for Edinburgh (and possibly Scotland).
they will get plenty of time as someone said about someone. And the Scotland call is just deflection - that will happen if and when etc. It won't be earned in the diddy cup round 2
How BB are approaching the game is precisely the point, I think Cockers has probably anticipated things exactly as they turned out, and putting out a weakened team could have ended up like it did for Agen last week where the home side were completely outplayed but battled back into it in the second half after the game was lost.
psychic Cockerill. Or same old same old
As for when will the guys in question get game time, they'll get it towards the end of this game tonight, it's nothing to get worked up about.
7 mins between 3 of them. Actually one of them, other 2 bench warmed with added skelfs
There is actually a danger of leaving the front line guys under-played if they don't get on the park, I'm not particularly thinking of anyone in the side tonight but WP needs to get back in the saddle asap, he is a player who has always looked better when playing a lot of rugby, same with Rambo.
they were not options otherwise I have no doubt Cockerill would have picked them
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