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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 378184" data-attributes="member: 13739">Gatland&#039;s post match interview was poor today. He usually at least says it like it is, but he just complained about Lee Byrne&#039;s disallowed try. What about the attrocious kicking? I want to know why Phillips is being allowed to continually and aimlessly hoof the ball to the opposition. Is he being instructed to do so by both the Ospreys and Welsh management? And if he isn&#039;t, why the hell isn&#039;t he being told to stop? If I were Gatland I&#039;d tell him that the next time he puts in an aimless box-kick he&#039;s getting replaced there and then.&nbsp;I&#039;m not going to be overly critical of the attackign gameplan in this game (although I&#039;m not a bloody fan of the side to side thing), as we simply didn&#039;t go through enough fazes to know what the gameplan trully was. When we had attacking ball in the opposition half today we looked dangerous. We should have scored four tries in the first half, Stoddart butchered one, and the other was called back for a forward pass (Shane stepping back from the pass made it look worse than it was, had he not, I think it would have been allowed). However I would like to know if Gatland sends the boys out with such a regimented gameplan. I&#039;m sure Gatland doesn&#039;t tell them to ignore overlaps and never deviate from the pattern, so why does it appear that way most of the bloody time? Is it Phillip&#039; fault, or the outhalf (both Jones and Hook so far this championship)? Is Phillips ignoring any calls coming from 10, or are the calls simply not coming? It&#039;s difficult to know, but in the past when Richie Rees has played, he seems more prepared to play what&#039;s in front of him and switch play when necessary, so it seems Phillips is the problem yet again. The cons list is growing for Phillips. Please Gatland, Peel, Knoyle, try anyone else, because Phillips is driving me round the bend!!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 378184, member: 13739"] Gatland's post match interview was poor today. He usually at least says it like it is, but he just complained about Lee Byrne's disallowed try. What about the attrocious kicking? I want to know why Phillips is being allowed to continually and aimlessly hoof the ball to the opposition. Is he being instructed to do so by both the Ospreys and Welsh management? And if he isn't, why the hell isn't he being told to stop? If I were Gatland I'd tell him that the next time he puts in an aimless box-kick he's getting replaced there and then. I'm not going to be overly critical of the attackign gameplan in this game (although I'm not a bloody fan of the side to side thing), as we simply didn't go through enough fazes to know what the gameplan trully was. When we had attacking ball in the opposition half today we looked dangerous. We should have scored four tries in the first half, Stoddart butchered one, and the other was called back for a forward pass (Shane stepping back from the pass made it look worse than it was, had he not, I think it would have been allowed). However I would like to know if Gatland sends the boys out with such a regimented gameplan. I'm sure Gatland doesn't tell them to ignore overlaps and never deviate from the pattern, so why does it appear that way most of the bloody time? Is it Phillip' fault, or the outhalf (both Jones and Hook so far this championship)? Is Phillips ignoring any calls coming from 10, or are the calls simply not coming? It's difficult to know, but in the past when Richie Rees has played, he seems more prepared to play what's in front of him and switch play when necessary, so it seems Phillips is the problem yet again. The cons list is growing for Phillips. Please Gatland, Peel, Knoyle, try anyone else, because Phillips is driving me round the bend!!!! [/QUOTE]

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