antdad said:I don't really know what to think...seems he's been slated everywhere for dropping BoD but for me BoD no longer has the power in that channel offensively or even defensively as I thought the Aussies targeted him with their larger runners in the last test. With Warburton out Faletau brings more mobility and ball carrying impact to the back row but I won't be surprised if there's no more than a pen between them.
Maybe the Lions should have taken that pen instead of freekick early in second test, cripes they won't be doing that again.
pugh-the-special-one said:..... we have also gained a big forward game which we never had before he turned up.
Bechet45 said:pugh-the-special-one said:..... we have also gained a big forward game which we never had before he turned up.
Never is too long a time, surely. I seem to remember Welsh domination up front when your forwards worked in the pits.
pugh-the-special-one said:Well It's so nice to give those Aussies a good bashing, the only critics now saying Gatland picked to many Welsh players are the Australians, some people are born with a winning stamp on them at birth I've always thought that way about Gatland no matter what team he coaches they always win the big one, like Wasp, Wales, the British & Irish Lions, and no doubt when he eventually leaves for the All Blacks job after the next world cup with Wales I'm sure he will also keep them in their number one spot. PS one thing I'm so pleased about is the legacy he leaves behind with Wales he's really as shown the larger and I must say very knowledgeable Welsh rugby public including myself you don't have to play with flair to win games, we have lost a little of that in our game in Wales but we have also gained a big forward game which we never had before he turned up.
The Mackem Shaver said:Today supported the cliche that you've got to earn the right to play by doing the hard work up front first.
jds said:For what it's worth I think Gatland has blown it. We have been unlucky with injuries - O'Connell and Warburton especially. By dropping BoD I far we have no leaders. The experience of George Smith will be vital, I feel, to the Aussies.
I was unsure of BoD prior to the tour, but I really feel it is an error to drop him now. Part of me thinks that Gatland really wanted to say "I'm the first coach to drop Brian O'Driscoll". I hope I am proven wrong. I just think we need to bring something more to the table that power and Leigh Halfpenny's boot.
Glad to see Corbisiero back. I rate him. Just goes about his business very well, very professionally. The bench could be important, there is some impact there.
We shall see. One things for sure. It'll be a humdinger and there will be claret spilt.
Jon
Bechet45 said:The Mackem Shaver said:Today supported the cliche that you've got to earn the right to play by doing the hard work up front first.
I've never thought of that as a cliche, just a fact of life! Nine years in a row, the tactic has taken Tigers to the English Premiership Final. And who coached the Lions pack? One of the Leicester ABC Club - Mr. Rowntree himself!
Oh! the old chestnut: the forwards determine who wins the game and the backs by how much.
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