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Me and the boys in Stade de France on Saturday
Arguably the conclusion here is that Scotland need to come out the blocks fast!Was saying this to my friend. If Ireland go 7 points up early in the game, Scotland need an effective 14 point swing (maintained). Think Ireland need to come out the blocks here.
I disagree, the last time Scotland beat Ireland in a full test match by that margin was 2001 (they did in 2007 v an Irish second string in a warm-up). Scotland haven't scored 8 points in the last two meetings between the sides. Ireland have only conceded 20 points once in our current win streak and failed to score 20 only three times in the same period.On a spectrum of surprising results, this would be relatively tame.
I made a thread without realising you'd STOLEN MY THUNDER, so I merged them both togetherBruh?
Exactly! The pressure lies with Scotland, not with Ireland. And being Scotland a somewhat counterattacking team (generalization, granted), well, i for one am curious about how they'll adjust to this.Arguably the conclusion here is that Scotland need to come out the blocks fast!
Absolutely they can? You made me check. It's actually worse than i thought.It's clearly not the most likely outcome here, but can Scotland beat Ireland by a margin of 8 points? Absolutely they can. On a spectrum of surprising results, this would be relatively tame.
I disagree, the last time Scotland beat Ireland in a full test match by that margin was 2001 (they did in 2007 v an Irish second string in a warm-up). Scotland haven't scored 8 points in the last two meetings between the sides. Ireland have only conceded 20 points once in our current win streak and failed to score 20 only three times in the same period.
Scotland have never beaten a team as good as we are right now. The bookies have Ireland winning the world cup as more likely than Scotland winning this game (not even going through).
It would be Scotland's biggest achievement since winning the 5 nations if they get out of this group.
And so it begins