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2024 Guinness Six Nations
Ireland vs France - 09/03/2013
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 556230" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>good points up there jaunard...</p><p>and yeh you make an excellent point in that during the 2000's 6N we would typically lead any game (but vs England) and tries were pouring in, sometimes like diarrhea really...and then we'd commit silly mistakes in the 2nd half, put the foot off the pedal - remember that 2006 match against Ireland ?! the best example of that.</p><p>Right now, we look totally beatable every single match we've played since Feb. We look like this mediocre team that really doesn't have much, but it's really that we're confused and lost our confidence.</p><p></p><p>And <em>French inconsistency </em>isn't a myth, but it's just that it's a lot less 'magical' than ppl (like myself not so long ago...) would like to think. There are very tangible reasons first, but also a certain psychological temperament we've always had. As I've said many times, you take France against Tonga, we thought "yeh wtvr, we know, they're physical...okay, we get it...we won't underestimate them...fine, no problem..." - but we did. England for e.g. would never ever ever ever lose to Tonga the way we did. They will one day, but not *the way* we did. They'll play a college team like it's the AB because their culture is if they lose a game, it's the end of the world, and they MUST by all means win the game. </p><p>Or the AB as another good example, who'll never step off the pedal, not even at the 79th minute when they're up 100-0 against a Tier 3 nation.</p><p></p><p>We have this sort of attitude, like, of course winning is important but hey it's just one match. It goes back to our very nature...if you but lay a finger on the Queen, even new generation kids will get ****** off like INSANE (for a lot). With us, you can make fun of anything and we're cool with it, heck, our self-criticism goes beyond freedom, it's violent. There's a certain "old fashion" pride, which is both horrible and very good, in some peoples like England. We don't have that, which is both horrible and good...we're less drones, but we'll drop in intensity because a victory isn't as ABSOLUTELY VITAL as it is to other nations...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 556230, member: 57076"] good points up there jaunard... and yeh you make an excellent point in that during the 2000's 6N we would typically lead any game (but vs England) and tries were pouring in, sometimes like diarrhea really...and then we'd commit silly mistakes in the 2nd half, put the foot off the pedal - remember that 2006 match against Ireland ?! the best example of that. Right now, we look totally beatable every single match we've played since Feb. We look like this mediocre team that really doesn't have much, but it's really that we're confused and lost our confidence. And [I]French inconsistency [/I]isn't a myth, but it's just that it's a lot less 'magical' than ppl (like myself not so long ago...) would like to think. There are very tangible reasons first, but also a certain psychological temperament we've always had. As I've said many times, you take France against Tonga, we thought "yeh wtvr, we know, they're physical...okay, we get it...we won't underestimate them...fine, no problem..." - but we did. England for e.g. would never ever ever ever lose to Tonga the way we did. They will one day, but not *the way* we did. They'll play a college team like it's the AB because their culture is if they lose a game, it's the end of the world, and they MUST by all means win the game. Or the AB as another good example, who'll never step off the pedal, not even at the 79th minute when they're up 100-0 against a Tier 3 nation. We have this sort of attitude, like, of course winning is important but hey it's just one match. It goes back to our very nature...if you but lay a finger on the Queen, even new generation kids will get ****** off like INSANE (for a lot). With us, you can make fun of anything and we're cool with it, heck, our self-criticism goes beyond freedom, it's violent. There's a certain "old fashion" pride, which is both horrible and very good, in some peoples like England. We don't have that, which is both horrible and good...we're less drones, but we'll drop in intensity because a victory isn't as ABSOLUTELY VITAL as it is to other nations... [/QUOTE]
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