TRF_nickdnz : lol no nick, I'm not being Sadam Hussein from South Park ! :lol:
And I've got nothing to back up, that's all I have to say ! I'm not going to go back and watch the matches again and highlight specific plays and names etc...and work my ass off coz someone's asking me for proof on some forum. You know what I mean ?
Scotland just lost the match last week because their forwards couldn't follow what England's were doing; and the general tendency out of this past year of Scottish rugby seems to be their occasional/opportunistic individual prowess. That's all they had against NZ, it's all they had against England; they can't build a true play for a try, there's always something going wrong even though they do show some nice speed in execution; but then they have those wingers notably who will throw in some momentum out of the blue. And it proves to be short-lived momentum too, every time.
Remember it was Visser and Scotland that scored first in the NZ match. Visser scored another try, can't remember if that was the other interception, but smt similar. Their defense is meh. Fine in parts, and then a big-ass fail. They couldn't even score a try on Tonga for e.g., also.
There: that's all the backing up I'm willing to do. I'm not going back to watch the match and give specifically at what minute player X does this or that, but yes I do watch rugby lol and those comments I make are based on things I SEE. Things I see that draw a general tendency of course, not like if I see just one bad scrum, I just go and say Scotland's forwards suck.
My god...wasn't willing to spend that much time on that idea !!...
My main point again, the essence of my position on the match:
Italy= solid, forwards, defense, momentum from win vs France + perhaps some more Orquera, good quick ball, backs good position spacing field.
Scotland=will succumb to scrum, forwards overwhelmed by Italy, some great potential in certain individuals (wingers notably) but not enough accuracy and structure for attack, defense questionable.
therrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre....
goddamn, think I'll have a beer !
