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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2018 6 Nations] Round 4 : Ireland v Scotland (10/03/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 894653" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>You are misrepresenting the quote. It is entirely fair to comment on a match being closer than the scoreline. For the sake of argument, if Ireland are even with England next week on possession, territory, tackles made and line breaks in the opposing 22 but lose by 20 points due to a lack of execution it would be utterly fair for someone to say, as above, that the "match was closer than the scoreline suggests". </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying Scotland were that close against Ireland in this game, but it's a fair argument that a 20 points loss doesn't fully reflect the performance of both teams. Similarly, I'd argue that Ireland losing at Murrayfield last season didn't quite reflect Ireland's superiority in other statistical areas (other than the scoreline).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 894653, member: 74121"] You are misrepresenting the quote. It is entirely fair to comment on a match being closer than the scoreline. For the sake of argument, if Ireland are even with England next week on possession, territory, tackles made and line breaks in the opposing 22 but lose by 20 points due to a lack of execution it would be utterly fair for someone to say, as above, that the "match was closer than the scoreline suggests". I'm not saying Scotland were that close against Ireland in this game, but it's a fair argument that a 20 points loss doesn't fully reflect the performance of both teams. Similarly, I'd argue that Ireland losing at Murrayfield last season didn't quite reflect Ireland's superiority in other statistical areas (other than the scoreline). [/QUOTE]
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