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<blockquote data-quote="Thingimubob" data-source="post: 257858"><p>&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (sean43 @ Apr 15 2009, 02:14 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=391208" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;</p><p></p><p>do we? :huh: I&#039;ve always thought of an on form Cardiff as playing a balance between running and forward-based rugby. I mean Roberts and Shanklin aren&#039;t exactly the most free-flowing classy backs around - they like the hard graft up the middle (though they can show a lot more flair than people give them credit for.) And Cardiff proved they have what it takes for a Munster-esque streak of grinding a game out against Toulouse (which was exactly the right game plan in my opinion - very much like Munster did in the final last year.) I;m not saying that Munster play only like that, they have some fantastic backs who can really chuck the ball about, so tbh, they have the perfect mix imo. So it&#039;s very harsh to slate them for something they don;t do most of teh time anymore.</p><p></p><p>&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (MunsterMan @ Apr 15 2009, 03:00 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=391224" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;</p><p></p><p>Cardiff aren&#039;t really that negative, Saturday was the most &#039;&#039;negative&#039;&#039; I;ve seen them. Munster have done it before, and I&#039;m sure they&#039;ll do it again. There&#039;s nothing wrong with that, because it&#039;s one way of winning a game and it works very well. The only time I&#039;ve seen Munster cock it up was a league game against Cardiff last year where they just ground the clock down (after what had been a very good match, with quite a few tries) by pick and drives in their own 22. Warwick then had a chance to put the game at rest with a penalty punt to touch, but mucked it up and Cardiff scored a try at the death. I;m sure Munster learnt a lesson from that match and others like it, that it doesn&#039;t work all the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Thingimubob, post: 257858"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sean43 @ Apr 15 2009, 02:14 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=391208']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> do we? :huh: I've always thought of an on form Cardiff as playing a balance between running and forward-based rugby. I mean Roberts and Shanklin aren't exactly the most free-flowing classy backs around - they like the hard graft up the middle (though they can show a lot more flair than people give them credit for.) And Cardiff proved they have what it takes for a Munster-esque streak of grinding a game out against Toulouse (which was exactly the right game plan in my opinion - very much like Munster did in the final last year.) I;m not saying that Munster play only like that, they have some fantastic backs who can really chuck the ball about, so tbh, they have the perfect mix imo. So it's very harsh to slate them for something they don;t do most of teh time anymore. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MunsterMan @ Apr 15 2009, 03:00 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=391224']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Cardiff aren't really that negative, Saturday was the most ''negative'' I;ve seen them. Munster have done it before, and I'm sure they'll do it again. There's nothing wrong with that, because it's one way of winning a game and it works very well. The only time I've seen Munster cock it up was a league game against Cardiff last year where they just ground the clock down (after what had been a very good match, with quite a few tries) by pick and drives in their own 22. Warwick then had a chance to put the game at rest with a penalty punt to touch, but mucked it up and Cardiff scored a try at the death. I;m sure Munster learnt a lesson from that match and others like it, that it doesn't work all the time. [/QUOTE]

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