Scotland v Wales

[talkingrugbyunion]

Poor poor poor performance from Scotland they missed Richie Gray alot, although they do have quite a few injuries. Check out my view of the match http://talkingrugbyunion.co.uk/six-nations/scotland-6-24-wales

 

[SelimNiai]

Southwell is naff.

GARRYOWENS ALPLENTY!!

(just keep them away from Max Evans)

Case rested. How this lump of uselessness has played near 60 Tests is either mystery

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Case rested. How this lump of uselessness has played near 60 Tests is either mystery

Picked on the club he plays for I presume.

 

[LittleGuy]

http://www.therugbyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?20844-Scotland-s-cupboard-is-bare

Would just like to point out Post 6 and 14, can Little guy and Hiz please retract their comments. After Saturday the best thing the SRU can spend money on is sending Parks on a one way ticket back to Oz.

The performance of Parks coupled with De Luca and Walker resulted in the ball being either knocked on, turned over or kicked into nowhere.

As said before let Jackson start with David Blair on the bench and give both time at international level before the WC or we are going to get walked all over and become a bigger joke than we already are. We aren't going to get anything out of the 6 nations other than the wooden spoon so why not bring some of the younger players up and see how they cope, we might get a suprise.

Why would I retract my comments? Parks played great in last years Six Nations the Spring and during the November internationals. I stand by my defense of his performance throughout 2010 and there is utterly no way Scotland would have had those results with an inexperienced Jackson starting. I think the proper place to put your points was in the aformentioned thread instead of posting an "I'm right" after just two lousy games. If Parks has a great game in one of the three remaining will you go to your posts in that thread and "retract" your comments?

You are correct in crituiquing his last two performances, he was invisible against France and terrible against Wales so far and I haven't defended those performances. I am surprised Jackson wasn't put in at half time, it was a great time for him to get a run out and I really hope he gets a start against Italy.

Everyone but Lamont (and in the second half Jacobsen) looked like rubbish, although I'm not sure what Parks had to do with the inablility of players like Ansbro to catch simple passes. Likewise Kellock made a terrible decision not to kick for the corner when Scotland held a two man advantage and took a penalty instead. That was the time to make a push and put seven on the board.

 

[minidod]

Why would I retract my comments? Parks played great in last years Six Nations the Spring and during the November internationals. I stand by my defense of his performance throughout 2010 and there is utterly no way Scotland would have had those results with an inexperienced Jackson starting. I think the proper place to put your points was in the aformentioned thread instead of posting an "I'm right" after just two lousy games. If Parks has a great game in one of the three remaining will you go to your posts in that thread and "retract" your comments?

You are correct in crituiquing his last two performances, he was invisible against France and terrible against Wales so far and I haven't defended those performances. I am surprised Jackson wasn't put in at half time, it was a great time for him to get a run out and I really hope he gets a start against Italy.

Everyone but Lamont (and in the second half Jacobsen) looked like rubbish, although I'm not sure what Parks had to do with the inablility of players like Ansbro to catch simple passes. Likewise Kellock made a terrible decision not to kick for the corner when Scotland held a two man advantage and took a penalty instead. That was the time to make a push and put seven on the board.

I don't want to signal out one player as 15 players make the team but for the critical like between the forwards and backs and the one palyer that can control the game Parks is not that person. Everyone was shouting his praises after the South Africa game but all he really done was to kick 5 penetlys if Patterson was on the pitch he would have been kicking and Parks would never have got a mention. Other than his place kicking the only other good thing he done the whole 80 mins was to get one penetly from Scotlands half to reach touch inside the SA 22.

As for his performance against Wales I've seen school kids better than him, Scotland need someone to stand closer to the scrum/ruck and get the backs moving quicker also being able to offer a reasonable pass would be helpful then Ansbro would look like an arse trying to catch balls that are either behind him, above or too far infront. Yes there were lots of other faults on Sat but Parks has never showen he is an international fly half all you have to do is compair him to the others around, the difference is wider than the pitch. Start Jackson against Ireland with Patterson at full back, the only way he is going to get expereriance is to play international rugby and 15 mins at the end of a game is not enough and we need someone other than Parks.

 

[Seaton]

although I'm not sure what Parks had to do with the inablility of players like Ansbro to catch simple passes. Likewise Kellock made a terrible decision not to kick for the corner when Scotland held a two man advantage and took a penalty instead. That was the time to make a push and put seven on the board.

I stand to be corrected, but I think that the passes to Ansbro were fairly poor, in that they either went behind him or fobbled about in the air

With regards to the kick for touch, imagine if he never went for posts, he went for the corner and still did not score? (Which always seemed to be the likely outcome) He would be critized for not getting points on the board

 

[dullonien]

The problem is that Parks has been **** all season for the Blues. Ha cannot get a backline moving to save his life, and at the moment he's strangling the life out of Scotland and the Blues. Why did Robinson not take note of such poor form?

I hope to god that the Blues tell him where to go at the end of the season and sign someone decent. They should go hell for leather to get Nicky Robinson back, he simply fits the Blues like a glove, especially when there is Blair and Halfpenny to do the kicking.

 

[coonor]

Parks was so good in las years six nations but he has not moved on with the style of the game. He always looks to kick tactically and his kicking isn't really that great. He fails to efficiently communicate with the players outside and they are constantly wandering what he is going to do with the ball. His passing game is poor and he puts the receiver under alot of pressure. He also is a weakness in defense. I don't think he plays a modern game and if Scotland want to move forward they need to play the style of the present and not the past.

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Not many people have eluded to it, but Parks rarely gets the backs going over the gain line, for the simple reason he stands to deep from the halfback. So by the time the ball comes to him the defense is already over the gain line and so Scotland will just not progress.

 

[coonor]

Not many people have eluded to it, but Parks rarely gets the backs going over the gain line, for the simple reason he stands to deep from the halfback. So by the time the ball comes to him the defense is already over the gain line and so Scotland will just not progress.

I agree. If a fly half stands flatter and wider he takes all the defenders near the ruck out the game and forces the opposition to get narrow in defense to cover gaps in the midfield. This therefore creates space out wide.

 

[SelimNiai]

I agree. If a fly half stands flatter and wider he takes all the defenders near the ruck out the game and forces the opposition to get narrow in defense to cover gaps in the midfield. This therefore creates space out wide.

Parks may aswell play fullback the depth he stands sometimes, hes a poor 10 if you consider the attacking talent outside hom in Ansbro, Evans and the Lamonts (when the both play). By the time they get the ball the defense, as we saw Saturday, is in their faces and its hard to make any forward progress. He sure makes the Scots a dull team to watch, like England in 03.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Aye, I never really noticed until the Wales match but Parks stands further back than they do in league,
By the time the setpiece has come off and everyones had their run and pass, they're still behind the ruck, so they're losing ground at every tackle

 

[SelimNiai]

So how long until Jackson gets an extended run. Hes looked good in the ML games Ive seen him in. After him who else is there to play 10? Ive been racking my brains for the last 10 mons thinking (but then I do have Guns N Roses blasting out so i may be a smidge distracted) and apart from the past it Paterson Im at a loss

 

[coonor]

Parks is Scotlands 10 for the world cup and I can't see Robinson dropping him.

 

[minidod]

Robinson needs to give Jackson more game time, after the last two matches I don't see anything wrong with starting Jackson at 10 and leaving Parks on the bench (or on the bus). If we relay on Parks for the World Cup we'll be lucky to get out of the pool round.

What is Jackson like at kicking I've only see a few of the Glasgow games but I can't remember who was kicking, or would it be best to have Patterson at Full back to take that pressure from him.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

As good as any other flyhalf, imo
Got the kick in the last minute vs Samoa to win it, so can function under pressure

 

[Seaton]

As good as any other flyhalf, imo
Got the kick in the last minute vs Samoa to win it, so can function under pressure

You've probably watched him more than me, but I just thought I'd mention that on one of the sites between the SRU and Warriors site, it was not too long ago that one article said he needed to improve his all round kicking game, and that he is a running fly-half.

Once again, I haven't watched him enough to have my own opinion, so I'm just taking the view of those who are supposed to be least critical of him

 

[TRF_Cymro]

Would Paterson not be better than Parks at 10?

 

[SelimNiai]

Would Paterson not be better than Parks at 10?

Well I thought hed retired. If not then yes, I think hes a better 10 than Parks, certainly a more adventurous one. It seems that Robinson has a fixation with Parks at 10 even though he's more conservative than a pacifist in beige.

 

[LittleGuy]

I stand to be corrected, but I think that the passes to Ansbro were fairly poor, in that they either went behind him or fobbled about in the air

With regards to the kick for touch, imagine if he never went for posts, he went for the corner and still did not score? (Which always seemed to be the likely outcome) He would be critized for not getting points on the board

You make a valid point Lordhope, but it just seemed like Scotland had given up on getting something out of an advantageous situation they were already down by 16 at the time as well.