Toulouse are mystifying, very strong on paper (I think a full strength Bath is probably stronger) but so many times they fail when it matters.
Bath tonight will destroy that Montpeiller side. 50 is on the cards and Louw is back... Burgess starting at 12... Jesus Eastmond didn't even make the 23.
is that his new nickname or something now ?...
Toulouse just need a new coach now. I know one user in particular will disagree with that, but it's just not normal to look this disjointed and unorganized so often and under-perform like that when you have so much on paper. And tbh Bath isn't as loaded as Toulouse on paper if you take pure individual ability cumulatively, although they do have key players at key positions (David Wilson at TH for e.g., or Toulouse's halfback issues over the past 3 years).
Toulouse are fresh off an
amazing comeback but have sucked again in the past 2 games, and now it's just final for me: Novès is without a doubt one of the greatest coaches of all-time but his time is up. Rugby has moved on, he hasn't. It's clear as of the past 3 seasons. I think he isn't surrounded well either (Servat, superb hooker, terrible coach it seems. Elissalde for the backs I just don't know). Their not coming through in the bigger moments isn't choking, it's just inefficacy. It's not like Clermont that will play superb Rugby all year long consistently, utterly under control, and then lose games they shouldn't - Toulouse just looked fkng clueless in Munster last year for e.g., they gave em a fight merely based on individual quality, but as a team they were just bizarre to look at. Completely underwhelming again vs Racing at home in the Top 14 playoffs.
It looks like Novès is applying the same thing stubbornly without trying to get with the times. You can't blame him too much really, he's an old man who's won his entire career and has been the coach of the great Toulouse for the past century, and all of a sudden he's told he needs to change...but in the meantime, Toulouse are paying the bill result wise.
They'll look magnificent every once in a while in one game, or put a superb series of games together, but in the end they can't overlook their needs from a strategic standpoint or the glaring lack of control in their identity. They live on a "well, let's just see what happens !" attitude.
Their winning tomorrow won't have a big effect on what I'm saying here. I don't think there's a chance in hell they can do anything in the Top 14 or Euro Cup this year. I was under the illusion they maybe, just maybe might during that crazy streak of theirs, but then I'm reminded of the erratic entity they are imminently.
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not really how many time did Tekori won the turnover in rucks ?, The Glasgow line-outs were bad as well as the Glasgow Scrums, that clearly shows that the forwards lost Glasgow the game as Glasgow had a great start
3 times, and that's exactly my point. That's
ONE GUY Scotty. Take Tekori out and you've got 2 tries scored by Glasgow !
