honestly united

From the sounds of things Hare-Reid has done ok in the Friendlies so no need to panic - we will be outscoring these championship diddies anyway

Granted we do need cover for international I thought we might go for a cheap option and spend the rest of the budget somewhere else

9 caps for Oz so should be fairly decent, seems a bit left field given we have good options at 9. Would rather we spent cash on other positions that need first choice strengthened but hopefully he's a good addition

Glasgow have hardly made any signings at all this year, i think its only 2. Pyrgos going is a lose, but having 3 of the top 4 Scottish Scrum halfs at one club is hardly ideal. From a Scotland perspective it makes sense. Is Blair still coaching at Glasgow or is he only doing Scotland now?

I think I would be ok with Hare-Reid getting a few betfred games if it was definite McCrorie would be signed for hte league starting, but if its not a done deal we should be starting to look elsewhere (where i dont know though)

I wonder if they would consider Hampden / Ibrox / Parkhead for the last game - still in Glasgow so more of a home game, but opportunity for a much bigger crowd than Scotstoun, potential for 25,000 attendance

Samoa have won 1 game in about 20, not a patch on the side they once were

He played over in the Toulon tournie with the u21's, then had about 2 weeks off before signing for us, and assume he has trained all week, so should be OK for today

If they manage not to blow their 51 point lead in the 2nd leg then yes

To be fair thats not to bad a result for Germany. Samoa have been preparing for the play off since they finished bottom of their qualifying group. Germany finished last in the 6 Nations B and thought their next game was in November against Portugal in the Promotion / Relegation play off to stay in 6 Nations B. All their profesional players (who are contracted to the Wild Academy, which is the reason that Hilderberger have not been allowed to play in the European Challenge Cup next year) had been refusing to play for them all year. Then the whole Spain / Romania / Belgium eligibility row kicks off and its not until early June that German find out they have gone from last to 2nd and are about to face Samoa for a place in the world cup. There was then a lot of meetings to resolve the situation with Wild to allow the best players back in the team - there were some still missing as they had booked holidays etc so was to be expected - hopefully a more respectable score in the 2nd leg in Germany

If Glasgow were playing in a much bigger stadium the prices would be lower as attendances would be higher. At the moment they know people are wanting tickets, if they have a couple of bad seasons the prices will drop.

I'd take a Colts team, and see if we can put double figures on them As long as we get through as Im hoping we get an away tie vs the New Saints

Surely something has too be done about this, correct decision should be to give a scrum to NZ, not just award the try

As far as I can tell its him, Jackson and P Horne as 10's, so should get plenty game time unless they bring anyone else in. I would have added Thompson but dont think Rennie rates him, i thought he looked good when he was on loan to us, but has only been in about 2 squads since Rennie took over.

Just watched the Scotland game, fantastic attacking performance, against an Argie team who have obviously chucked and it being the coaches last game after a horrendous run. Thats the worst Argentina team I can remember seeing ever, but not to take anything away from a great Scottish performance. I think last week we underestimated USA who are vastly improved, but forwards this week dominated, Horne who was great last week stepped up again, Hastings was better and took more responisblity and the 2 ran the show. I think Hastings just needs a decent run of games at Glasgow as he just needs the experience. We have definately found some players that will add to the squad and will be pushing to be starters Kinghorn, Bradbury, Horne should all be part of the squad going forward and Carmichael & Ritchie will be there or there abouts Edit to add thought Brown had a great game in the back row also

Current in's and outs for Glasgow and Embra Surprised that Hardie, Burleigh and the Bryce's haven't signed on somewhere else yet - would take Hardie at Glasgow

I would tend to agree with you, I was more offering the rationale that will have been used. To be fair I wouldn't have left Fagerson return home early, and given he was one of the better players against the US, would have had him on the bench (as he can play along hte backrow) and played Ritchie, Bradbury and Denton. Tooney though maybe just wanted to give Brown some more game time as only played about a half vs Canada, and about a half vs USA

my point was slightly tongue in cheek as having 2 hookers on the bench would like quite odd. It is usually better though if you are having someone playing out of position, to have them on from the start to play there way into the role, rather than having to come on as a sub and trying to hit the ground running near the end of the game. Pretty much get the errors out the way early rather than in the last 20 minutes

I was suprised he let Fagerson leave given that Hamilton was out injured leaving us with only 3 back row players, I guess leaving Ritchie on the bench and starting Brown was probably the only option left. Im hoping Lang gets a run at 10 at some point, also suprissed Bennett didn't get a start

I stated earlier that Lyon and Cardiff would be the best choice for 3rd and 4th seed, and if we dont beat them home and away we dont deserve to make the QF's, should come down to bp's or maybe snatching something in the home game vs Sarries to go through. Its a bit cliche but with the change in qualification there are no easy teams in the champions cup anymore, anyone finishing top half of any of the 3 leagues are going to be a quality side - we just need to ensure we are at out best for each game.

Dreadful 30 minutes at the start of the 2nd half. We were 2 busy trying to keep Hastings out of the way that McGinty ripped us a part and looked the best player on the park as he was getting to much space. Toony definateley underestimating US with his selection, as they were head and shoulders better than Canada last week. Having to bring Brown on the back row for example as only Denton as a replacement wasn't great. Hard to pinpoint the bad & good performances as the mistakes came from everyone in that 2nd half, even Hogg when he ran into Fagerson. Kinghorn has played himself into a squad place (where to play him though!) Turner is getting better, Horne jr was good also, Grigg had a few good runs, but overall its a good workout given 7 players their first starts, and probably the majority of the first choice players are not on the tour

Bit concerned by the lack of pace in the backrow as we usually have 2 more openside type players, and this is more like 3 8's or 3'6's so will be interesting to see. Will be a tougher game than last week and should a good test with 7 players getting their first start. Interesting to see that Hamilton is without a club, would like to see him at Glasgow as would give our pack a bit of bite

Shiels and Fife joining up with the squad ahead of the USA game as replacements for Price and Jones

Dont know if its just me, but I prefer to see Crawford in one of the wide roles, rather than in centre mid, where he can look a bit lightweight at times. I'd rather see 2 solid centre mids like Doc / Bell / Adams / Kerr who aren't as attack minded, and 2 forwards and 2 attacking wide players - Crawford and McDaid if he re-signs hopefully with McGuffie and Forrest as back ups

I thought the younger lads put in some good performances, Lang, Hastings, Carmichael, Bradbury all looked good. Denton again flattered to decieve, loads of ball carrying, but makes no yards. It's a shame we have 2 good hookers but both are made of chocolate and miss more games than they play. Turner though not really a hooker is a good player and about the park is really good. For the first game of a tour, with a development side thought it was a decent performance, although the fitness levels of the Canadians was shocking. 2 tougher games to come so hopefully will see a step up in performance next week