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<blockquote data-quote="mosfeldt" data-source="post: 887005" data-attributes="member: 74779">It feels very good knowing that this Ireland squad can come back from the depths of defeat and stick it out with composure and accuracy to seal a win. It was times like that we really see the positive side to Schmidt&#039;s drilling and discipline, &quot;Roman Legion Rugby&quot; as the 1014 calls it. Good mental resolve and steadiness under pressure.On the other side though it was absolutely depressing seeing us offer literally nothing in attack, though credit to the French defense too. The team looks too afraid to take any risks whatsoever. I don&#039;t think Wales are gonna be bothered about the fact they&#039;re playing away to us. Wales have an excellent record against us recently, home and away, and the Scarlets as we all know have no problem playing in the Aviva. Tbh they&#039;ll probably love it. Gatland is a 6N veteran and yesterday proved Wales are never to be underestimated, not that I ever have.Going to seriously need to spice things up though. I&#039;m going to enjoy the win for what it was, and acknowledge the fact that playing away to a nothing to lose young French team who actually put in a really good defensive effort, backed by a massive cheering home crowd is very difficult. I think England will struggle there too, but I can picture England scoring tries unfortunately.As always it&#039;s impossible to predict what&#039;s best for Ireland to do in developing our attacking game. A lot depends on Townsend, if he&#039;s found out by the time we play them we could put in a seriously good shift and get a lot of momentum going. A whole other week awaits!The saying &quot;forwards win the games, backs decide by how much&quot; was so true of this match.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mosfeldt, post: 887005, member: 74779"] It feels very good knowing that this Ireland squad can come back from the depths of defeat and stick it out with composure and accuracy to seal a win. It was times like that we really see the positive side to Schmidt's drilling and discipline, "Roman Legion Rugby" as the 1014 calls it. Good mental resolve and steadiness under pressure. On the other side though it was absolutely depressing seeing us offer literally nothing in attack, though credit to the French defense too. The team looks too afraid to take any risks whatsoever. I don't think Wales are gonna be bothered about the fact they're playing away to us. Wales have an excellent record against us recently, home and away, and the Scarlets as we all know have no problem playing in the Aviva. Tbh they'll probably love it. Gatland is a 6N veteran and yesterday proved Wales are never to be underestimated, not that I ever have. Going to seriously need to spice things up though. I'm going to enjoy the win for what it was, and acknowledge the fact that playing away to a nothing to lose young French team who actually put in a really good defensive effort, backed by a massive cheering home crowd is very difficult. I think England will struggle there too, but I can picture England scoring tries unfortunately. As always it's impossible to predict what's best for Ireland to do in developing our attacking game. A lot depends on Townsend, if he's found out by the time we play them we could put in a seriously good shift and get a lot of momentum going. A whole other week awaits! The saying "forwards win the games, backs decide by how much" was so true of this match. [/QUOTE]

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