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<blockquote data-quote="Bluemoon" data-source="post: 819412" data-attributes="member: 38204">Total respect to the Ospreys last night for what was a very clinical performance at home. From a Cardiff perspective I think that they will be incredibly upset with the lapses in defence, having really sured that area of the game up in the first few games. I think that Cardiff really missed Corey Allen who has been a key person in organising the defence and it was a big ask to ask Garyn Smith to have his first start at the season in the bear pit. He was a key person missing, and at the game, it was clear that Cardiff had lost their shape. It&#039;s the first time this season I&#039;ve seen Cardiff chose the aerial game over the running game, and it&#039;s something that&#039;s never worked for us. They had plenty of possession but it was an equally great defensive performance from the Ospreys. The other problem Cardiff had was having two 6&#039;s in the boiler house. Macauley Cook is a decent 6 but he was up against AWJ and Bradley Davies, who are monsters in comparison to Cook and Turnbull. I think missing George Earle really didn&#039;t help Cardiff up front and it showed in the carrying area. I like Earle, he&#039;s been playing well and it was sad to see him go off against Leinster. I&#039;m disappointed, but the Ospreys are a top 4 team and I still feel top 6 is where Cardiff need to be looking to show progress for this year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bluemoon, post: 819412, member: 38204"] Total respect to the Ospreys last night for what was a very clinical performance at home. From a Cardiff perspective I think that they will be incredibly upset with the lapses in defence, having really sured that area of the game up in the first few games. I think that Cardiff really missed Corey Allen who has been a key person in organising the defence and it was a big ask to ask Garyn Smith to have his first start at the season in the bear pit. He was a key person missing, and at the game, it was clear that Cardiff had lost their shape. It's the first time this season I've seen Cardiff chose the aerial game over the running game, and it's something that's never worked for us. They had plenty of possession but it was an equally great defensive performance from the Ospreys. The other problem Cardiff had was having two 6's in the boiler house. Macauley Cook is a decent 6 but he was up against AWJ and Bradley Davies, who are monsters in comparison to Cook and Turnbull. I think missing George Earle really didn't help Cardiff up front and it showed in the carrying area. I like Earle, he's been playing well and it was sad to see him go off against Leinster. I'm disappointed, but the Ospreys are a top 4 team and I still feel top 6 is where Cardiff need to be looking to show progress for this year. [/QUOTE]

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