[2018 6 Nations] Round 5 : England v Ireland (17/03/2018)

[Aristodemus]

Hahahahahahaha. In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king

See what you like. We deserve to be losing but Kearney touched the ball before Watson, Murray knocked on right near your line and that hit his hand after his knee.

Been other decisions that have been poor/gone against us too.

 

[Groundhog]

Twickenham in goal areas are so thick daddy

 

[NDC89]

First try for Ireland was bullshit. Otherwise, we have been awful. Fair play to Ireland though, been the better team really. Haven't really had to work for it though, our discipline is awful.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Fair to say Stockdale is not too shabby. I love the mentality from Ireland to push for a score rather than head off for halftime.

For the sake of the spectacle I hope EJ gets Ford on and tells them to throw it about a bit. I'm tiring from watching England in the last four games. Setting aside the issue of quality, it's as dull as dishwater.

 

[dullonien]

Understand English fans annoyance with the ref. A few odd decisions, especially the knock on in the first try + the penalty v Itoje in the lineout at the end of the first half.

No knock on in Stockdales try though...

Still Ireland are far better than a very, very poor England.

 

[The5thOfficial]

Wales actually. Same thing essentially I know, but to be fair they have hot water and literacy in England.

Play nicely now!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I'm less certain of a knock on after the other angles shown at halftime, but the game shouldn't have even been down there, cause that penalty against Itoje was 100% not a penalty.

 

[Pom in Exile]

Holy Balls this is suboptimal to say the least, congrats to the Irish fellas on here though.
Sayonara, see you on the other side.

Just going to bed...not committing Hari Kari.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I thought st Patrick was Scottish?

 

[Laighin]

The sour grapes from a certain cohort of a certain section of fans the last few weeks has been a sight to behold.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Why is it only England who bottle grand slam attempts?

 

[ncurd]

I thought it touched his finger on the first replay but the other angles showed no knock on.
England on track for 4th/5th place finish. If France beat Wales it'll be 5th. Who'd have thought. Did even Lancaster lose three in a row?

Nope last time we lost 3 in a row in a 6 nations was 2006...

 

[ratsapprentice]

The sour grapes from a certain cohort of a certain section of fans the last few weeks has been a sight to behold.

Who's that then, pal?

 

[NickBD]

Understand English fans annoyance with the ref. A few odd decisions, especially the knock on in the first try + the penalty v Itoje in the lineout at the end of the first half.

No knock on in Stockdales try though...

Still Ireland are far better than a very, very poor England.

I can't argue with this. Ireland better team clearly, deserves the lead but feels like England can't even look offside without the ref calling it.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I thought st Patrick was Scottish?

I thought he was from the south west

I literally just googled it and apparently the real answer is: no one knows, he was from Britain and that's where evidence ends

 

[Every Time Ref]

Just looking at that second try, Engand defence is horrible. Mako has lined up outside Farrell (which is incomprehensible for a start), then has hared in twards the ball, crossing over with Farrel, leaving a massive space for Farrell to try and cover, all the players outside him are turned inwards so the exact place Ireland are trying to attack is in chaos. Off a lineout, so all the time in the world to set it up right and clarify everyone's role. How on earth did that become such a shambles?

 

[Groundhog]

Play nicely now!

Sorry low hanging fruit

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nah ref is letting Ireland win currently.
Also owens as a linesman FFS.

Meanwhile other teams get the brilliance of Barnes.

 

[Groundhog]

I thought he was from the south west

I literally just googled it and apparently the real answer is: no one knows, he was from Britain and that's where evidence ends

Well he was a Shepard by trade, so they probably just made a fair assumption on his nationality.
EDIT: Jesus I can't help myself.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

If we ask Ireland nicely can we use our travelling reserves as well?
25 vs 23 might level the playing field a bit, And I wanna see Solomona play. At least he knows how to run support lines and deal with high bombs