Heineken Cup 2013/14 Pool 5, Round 5 (Ulster v Montpellier, Treviso v Tigers)

[Draggs]

How about having the entire Sale Sharks fanclub on TRF?

 

[Big Ewis]

I dunno, having 50% of their fanbase on here is pretty good.

ohhhh !!! I see what you did there !! You're saying the Saracens only have two fans and one of them is a fan on this forum !! aaaaahh !! I understood your joke !! haha !! It is a good one, too !!

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How about having the entire Sale Sharks fanclub on TRF?

aaaaah !!! I get this one, also !! You are saying that Olyy is the.........[etc]

 

[TRF_Olyy]

How about having the entire Sale Sharks fanclub on TRF?

Eerrrrrrrmmmm, I'll have you know there's three of us.
The youth of today, I swear to God

ohhhh !!! I see what you did there !! You're saying the Saracens only have two fans and one of them is a fan on this forum !! aaaaahh !! I understood your joke !! haha !! It is a good one, too !!

Yeah, nice one Fouad.

 

[munstermuffin]

Maybe I'll feel different after some time and re-watching but we didn't deserve the bonus point there. Which now means win at Welford or no home quarter-final.

And, should that pass, based on that and everything else, that should result in Anscombe losing his job. I also think it will.

Been honest it's not Anscombe who is at fault. The pack seem very light but also as Snoop said Anscombe has brought these young guys on and let's them play that expressive game.

 

[LordIslesllah]

yeah what's up with that ?! This forum has a ton of English posters and I think I only know the one Saracens fan...

Surprised very few of the other Americans on the board like the Saries. They would seem like the most logical option for an Eagles fan since they have Wyles and also are training the US prospect ***i Lamositele in their academy.

 

[Amiga500]

Declan Fitzpatrick is being destroyed in the scrum

Correction. Declan Fitzpatrick is presenting his arse in the scrum for the 2nd row and flanker to bind onto but it is being neglected. Maybe he farted!



If they don't push through him its 1 vs. 4. (well, 1 vs. 3 I guess if you add up effort).

Hardly fair.

 

[Amiga500]

Maybe I'll feel different after some time and re-watching but we didn't deserve the bonus point there.

Agreed. We were not good enough.

And, should that pass, based on that and everything else, that should result in Anscombe losing his job. I also think it will.

Disagreed. Not his fault we'd so many injuries pre-Sarries last year, or our captain is not the man he was.

 

[munstermuffin]

Ulsters biggest problem ahead of next week is they've clearly identified their weaknesses and more so with them weaknesses Welford Road is 1 of the last places they will want to go

 

[McTallshort]

Given our current form...Treviso are more than capable of restricting us to 4 points and we are more than capable of losing at home so lets not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[Peat]

In the cold light of day...

First, that is as much my guess as my opinion. Anscombe is on an expiring contract. Nothing has been done about it. The objective was a home quarter final and the guys with their finger on the button aren't exactly known for their clemency. I'm going to guess that Humph snr has a fairly good idea if there's someone better around, put it that way, and would have been pretty quick with the contract if he thought there definitely wasn't.

My opinion... Anscombe was brought in to take us a step beyond McGlock's effort. I'm not sure he's done that and the fact that we've done well with two coaches of no great pedigree suggests to me that replacing him wouldn't be the biggest risk in the world, although then again we are about to take a major hit in strength with no Court/Afoa/Muller(?). I would say his tactics are very lateral and can frequently lead to problems and the lack of backbone shown when the big men are away is quite alarming. Our lack of ability at some of the basics of forward play is also quite alarming. How much do we blame him for not being able to make a silk purse out of a pig's ear? I don't know. But then how much do we credit him for playing youngsters when that was the squad Humph left him, or for work that may have more to do with specialist coaches and the voice of wise Seth Efrikans? Again, I don't know.

I am at the stage where I am ambivalent. There have been some excellent matches and some woeful ones. I am not certain he is the man to get the best out of this squad. No doubt he's a good coach but is he a great coach? It's near impossible to say for sure but he is not making his case in the big games as things stand - although if that changes next game, I would consider the facts to have changed as well.

So let me refine my stance. In Humph I trust - if he thinks he should stay, then fine, and if not, then also fine. My gut instinct is that Humph's decision rests very much on next week's game.

 

[munstermuffin]

In fairness though Anscombe has had injuries to deal with and it's not that he was loosing a lot just simply the lack of BPs

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

13-5 to Treviso at 39 minutes!! About to be 13-8, come on Treviso! Not even watching the quins match now.

 

[munstermuffin]

13-5 to Treviso at 39 minutes!! About to be 13-8, come on Treviso! Not even watching the quins match now.

Leicester really up against it and not surprised as Treviso always really are tough at home

 

[Amiga500]

Given our current form...Treviso are more than capable of restricting us to 4 points and we are more than capable of losing at home so lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Right now, even those 4 points would be gladly taken!!

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

****, Tigers get their 3rd try. Most likely it will be 5 points.

 

[Maverick1987]

****, Tigers get their 3rd try. Most likely it will be 5 points.

I bloody hope so ! Lol

Benjamin just scored ? I can't watch today so I'm on ultimate rugby app

 

[Amiga500]

Well done the Tiggers.

Not easy to get the upper hand on Treviso when their tails are up.

 

[UlsterRugby2012]

Yeah well done, but fair play to Treviso too.

Bit disappointed with that, but I'm still confident we can do the job in their own back yard - if we can go 19-0 up at Thomand when it matters we can beat Leicester. Not underestimating them at all though.

 

[McTallshort]

Never in doubt..........

 

[Maverick1987]

I think both teams will get through anyway won't they ? It's just the home 1/4 that they are playing for really