Ireland - England @ New Landsdowne Road, Dublin (27-08-2011, 14:30 GMT)

[Peat]

Followed by absolute dogturd. He's a scrum-half who's been charged down twice, how poor do you want?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

What happened to Healy?
I answer the phone, come back, and he's dead on the floor?

 

[Taylo2]

What happened to Healy?
I answer the phone, come back, and he's dead on the floor?

Tuilagi looked at him

Seriously im not sure i was checking the footie

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I think W'Worth has had a decent game today, but I would've liked to see Simpson get some game time - doesn't look like he's going to get any, with only 8mins left

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

You can't polish a turd. At international level, D'arcy, Reddan, Best, O'Callaghan, Ryan and Leamy are turds. Earls in the centre is also a turd.

This is woeful stuff. It's a glorified cripple fight.

 

[Jockstap]

This is reminding me of an Ireland - England U20 match, we're just getting completely pulverised by their power, boys vs men out there today.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Ferris has lasted the full 80 admirably, at least

and POC has looked good too

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

I think Kidney has to take a big share of the blame for this centre partnership. Noone apart from him expected it to pay off. It would have been better for Bowe to come into 13 and thats saying alot because he has much more to offer on the wing.

 

[TVH11]

Right just tuned in to the game, and was greeted by the commentary line "Tuilagi and Tindall for WC Centre partnership" (or something to that effect). Now I haven't seen the match, but that to me sounds like two battering rams at 12/13???

Ireland look very poor from what I've seen, can't break down that English defense

 

[Irishflanker]

Simply abysmal.

 

[kingpatch]

I think people are going over look the cracks in the England team because of this win.

We only won because Ireland were playing like we were in Cardiff.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Agree, Bowe 13 and Earls 14 would've made much more sense - Bowe has proven he can play 13 to a high standard, whereas Earls hasn't had a good game there in as long as I can remember




Very happy with the win - Wasn't a full strength Ireland squad, but who give's a bipple, it's a tick in the win collumn, and the first in Dublin in 8years
Also Tindall and Tuilagi worked very well, so hopefully that's us set in the centres now
Sheridan played very well considering how long he's been out
Very disappointed we didn't see any of Simpson, who is now going into the WC with 0 game time....


Mike Tindall MOTM, and deserved, imo

Right just tuned in to the game, and was greeted by the commentary line "Tuilagi and Tindall for WC Centre partnership" (or something to that effect). Now I haven't seen the match, but that to me sounds like two battering rams at 12/13???

Oddly enough: No. Tindall put in some lovely kicks and was passing well - Tuilagi is a battering ram, but also has the pace to go outside etc. They worked very well together imo



Loved Tuilagis tackle where he hit Murphy into Trimble and took them both out at once :lol:

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

I'd like to give Philip Browne and the IRFU a hearty congratulations for rewarding Declan Kidney with a brand spanking new contract before the World Cup. Learning the lessons from 4 years ago? Hardly.

Losing to Scotland wasn't much of a concern since it was a B team and the first hit out of the season. Losing away to France was unsurprising. Losing at home to France is acceptable because they're a better team but this? This is dire.

 

[JW.]

Good game from our pack, Tindal and Tuilagi looked sharp, not a thing you could normally say of Tindal but he had a good game. Wilko didn't look very good was dissapointed. But happy we won!

 

[lynam1104]

**** **** **** ****

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

Agree that its a shame we didn't see Simpson, though what I would say is that when it got to 20 and counting it would have been quite a pressurising situation for him to be thrown into. With us defending and Ireland chasing the game he wouldn't have too much license to play, and might have been scarred in a taitesque way if he'd made a donkey of himself.

Happy with all the props and I think Stevens, although not actually destructive in the scrum today is by his all-round game starting to cause a selection headache for Johnson.

Ireland will be disappointed but to be honest what can you even do with a midfield that doesn't work? that the problem england have been having and today showed how much of an obstacle it had been.

 

[Irishflanker]

Oh what a difference a BOD makes.

 

[shtove]

Good game from our pack, Tindal and Tuilagi looked sharp, not a thing you could normally say of Tindal but he had a good game. Wilko didn't look very good was dissapointed. But happy we won!

I dunno, Tinall always has a few tricks up his sleeve. Generally he's a crash ball attacker, but I'd give him top marks today. Tuilagi is interesting, wonder how other teams will interpret the defensive switching with Tindall, but I'm not sure there is a weakness there. At least Tuilagi adds a bit of "what are they going to do next?" - that's been missing from the English midfield for years.

Dullest performance I've seen from Ireland since ... the 6N. I hope Codney is playing his cards close to his chest. Otherwise it's going to be a depressing RWC.

 

[coonor]

That was absolutely pathetic!!! Only Paul O'Connell can hold his head high. Ferris tried but was lost after Wallace and Heaslip went off. ROG didn't play the right game plan, Earls and D'Arcy had no creativity or Penetration and the back three were no way near involved enough. The contact area was weak and we really lacked control and composure.

 

[Jockstap]

Oh what a difference a BOD makes.

BOD wouldn't have made a difference today, maybe he would have stopped Tualagi's try but that's irrelevant, we were incapable of getting over the gain line, Sean O'Brien is who we missed.