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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 944126" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>Yeah, I think Ireland have had a better record than us of protecting a first half lead.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Those were 2 pretty evenly matched teams and a brilliant example of how when momentum shifts it is bloody difficult to get it back (minor digression; very impressive from Sarries with the much maligned Farrell steering the ship....). </p><p></p><p>Momentum's at the centre of my argument. If have you have an early head of steam its going to drop off as no team can have their pedal to the floor the whole way through. The opposition don't need to panic as they still have time, then you've got the natural break in the rhythm that HT brings which also gives the coaches a chance to fix things.</p><p></p><p>Conversely if you've got the wind in your sails in the 60th minute, the oppo are tiring, they're going to be disrupted by subs, risks will start to be taken and its harder for coaches to influence. I'm not suggesting that we have all our best players on the bench, but there should be players on it who can positively up the ante. Its a 23 man game and the finishers were a very big part of our winning run.</p><p></p><p>Looking at this 6N vs Wales, a real crunch match. We led at HT and were 4 pts up with 12 to go. We didn't use 3 of our subs, of those we did Coka had 10 mins, Genge 3, Shields 3, Launchbury 16 and Williams 23 (recall Sinckler was losing it a bit?). No real chance for the subs to influence and of those that did come on only the raw Coka and Genge could be termed impact. Wales got the momentum and their 12 unanswered points in the last 12 mins pretty much sealed their GS.</p><p></p><p>Scotty, its not a binary either or. Take the points when they're on offer, but the challenge was fast start vs fast finish and if its a straight choice I'd take the latter. We can have Ita and Fra beaten by half time, but good sides (and Scotland) are inevitably going to bite back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 944126, member: 73144"] Yeah, I think Ireland have had a better record than us of protecting a first half lead. Those were 2 pretty evenly matched teams and a brilliant example of how when momentum shifts it is bloody difficult to get it back (minor digression; very impressive from Sarries with the much maligned Farrell steering the ship....). Momentum's at the centre of my argument. If have you have an early head of steam its going to drop off as no team can have their pedal to the floor the whole way through. The opposition don't need to panic as they still have time, then you've got the natural break in the rhythm that HT brings which also gives the coaches a chance to fix things. Conversely if you've got the wind in your sails in the 60th minute, the oppo are tiring, they're going to be disrupted by subs, risks will start to be taken and its harder for coaches to influence. I'm not suggesting that we have all our best players on the bench, but there should be players on it who can positively up the ante. Its a 23 man game and the finishers were a very big part of our winning run. Looking at this 6N vs Wales, a real crunch match. We led at HT and were 4 pts up with 12 to go. We didn't use 3 of our subs, of those we did Coka had 10 mins, Genge 3, Shields 3, Launchbury 16 and Williams 23 (recall Sinckler was losing it a bit?). No real chance for the subs to influence and of those that did come on only the raw Coka and Genge could be termed impact. Wales got the momentum and their 12 unanswered points in the last 12 mins pretty much sealed their GS. Scotty, its not a binary either or. Take the points when they're on offer, but the challenge was fast start vs fast finish and if its a straight choice I'd take the latter. We can have Ita and Fra beaten by half time, but good sides (and Scotland) are inevitably going to bite back. [/QUOTE]
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