I loved at the end there was a French player(Lamaret I think?) who passed to....himself.....he passed no one was there it bounced and he fell on it himself. Pretty much summed up this game.
Rémi Lamerat, yes. I saw that
Surely France have to get rid of PSA. Average in the past two 6Ns, beaten in the Autumn v the big 2, abject last week and scoreless this week. 1 year out from the WC.
credit for not saying "awful in the last two 6N" because France indeed weren't awful if one actually watches the games, despite the results (Wooden Spoon for the most emphatic one). And losing to NZ and SA last November wasn't an issue, it's the way we played during the games that was an issue. Had we tied that match against NZ for e.g. as we should've with that last scrum 5m from the line, we'd still be a fairly awful side considering HOW we play. The result means very little for France, the game in Scotland was a monumental disaster although you can check it in the win column for the season.
Same here tonight, and that's all I'll comment on the game: conceding 6 points and 0 try is much better than 50 and 7, so I clap my hands to France for their defense Whatever they were trying to run last week was obviously another insane fail to add to PSA's illustrious coaching career.
But then, the fact that we never scored a try or only looked like half-doing so about twice isn't even the issue, again. We have absolutely no attack. It doesn't matter that we score or not, because we don't have any attacking. Scoring 3 tries against England and Italy last Feb. wasn't a sign of anything. Anything at all.
We have only guys who play pro Rugby at the top level along with kiwis and Aussies and Fijian wingers and co. in France, who are part of a real system, a real team for their respective clubs.
This here sums it all up, so read this part only (if not my whole post): the
ONLY reason France survive (somewhat !!!!!) as a national side - the *only* reason - is the players' individual class. If we had average players or half-good, we'd be absolutely doomed, because behind, there is absolutely no certainty, no confidence, no gameplan, no real system, and a ton AND I DO MEAN A TON of elements lacking in the """"style""" - notice the three pairs of quotation marks.
I won't lose my time analyzing who played well, and what moment was good or wtvr for France. Seriously, nobody gives a fk, and nobody should. Bottom line: we are to
SURVIVE from here on til the end of the PSA nightmare.
