jaggyness Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Winning 3 out of 5 should be seen as an average season, winning 4 or 5 a successful season, 2 or less a poor seasonLargely I agree. But we won three last year, including at Twickenham and the stade and still finished fourth. What we need to be better at is securing bonus points when we win. That'll make a real difference to our finishing position. We only took bonus points for scoring 4 tries against Italy. Wales managed it 3 times. We did pick up a losing bonus point in both matches we lost however. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 43 minutes ago, jaggyness said: 4 hours ago, honestly united said: Winning 3 out of 5 should be seen as an average season, winning 4 or 5 a successful season, 2 or less a poor season Largely I agree. But we won three last year, including at Twickenham and the stade and still finished fourth. What we need to be better at is securing bonus points when we win. That'll make a real difference to our finishing position. We only took bonus points for scoring 4 tries against Italy. Wales managed it 3 times. We did pick up a losing bonus point in both matches we lost however. The bonus points make it dificult, for example a team could lose all their games but pick up 10 bp's and finish theoritcially above teams winning 2 games but not getting any bp's - granted they are higher in the table, but would you say they are more successful? Not that I dont agree, just as you say its never easy to gauge based on the final table 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
come on shire Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 20 hours ago, John Lambies Doos said: On 26/01/2022 at 12:40, come on shire said: Sean Maitland called up to the 6N squad. However he's approaching mid 30s so he'll need to have the training of his life to shift Duhan, Kyle and Hoggy surely. An acceptable 6N needs to surely be beating England and France at home and winning in Rome. This isn't the Andy Robinson days where we spoke a big game but delivered nothing. In the Challenge Cup last 16 Glasgow are away to Newcastle or Sarries. For Newcastle to play us they need to equal or better Sarries result. So assuming Sarries go to Brive and beat them with a winning BP, Newcastle will need to do the same at home to Zebre. Disagree, thats not a successful six nations, we need to be aiming higher than that. A win in Cardiff or Dublin coupled with above will give us a good chance, which we can deem successful. I wouldn't imagine any other team, bar Italy, would see that scenario you outlined as successful? With respcect, I said winning both our home games and in Rome would be acceptable, not a success. However, we have a squad that really should be aiming to win the 6N this season but it's typical Scotland that we still can't seem to deliver the tiny margins that can win tight games vs the serous teams. England at home is a massive game. However we'll be up against it potentially as since Farrell's injured, Eddie Jones will just start Marcus Smith who could easily run the show. He's arguably one of the best 10's in the world already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 It's good to see Smith getting a chance at fullback. It's the usual Glasgow team this season, the pack looks good but it might not matter with those backs. As for the 6 Nations away wins are extremely rare these days other than Rome. We should be focusing on less daft penalties and no red cards *Zander* and keeping the line out functioning. Do that and we are in every game then it comes down to Russell, Hogg and Duhan to get the scoreboard going. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Scotland qualify for QF in Spain sevens with 14 10 win over kenya 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Good start from Glasgow, Rufus McLean scores after 3 minutes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Daft from Richie Gray 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Glasgow's play is so brainless sometimes. They are their own worst enemy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Ollie Smith looks like he's put on about 4 stone of pure muscle since last season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I probably just don't notice it with other teams, but the amount of penalties Glasgow concede on their own ball seems massive. At least 5 and a yellow card already today, when we had ball in hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Ollie Smith looks like he's put on about 4 stone of pure muscle since last season He looks a completely different player. He's playing ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 minute ago, GAD said: He looks a completely different player. He's playing ok. To be fair to him, last season most of us would have said there was a player there, just a bit small. That is certainly no longer an issue! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 It's that kind of decision making that has stopped Horne from progressing. Utterly brainless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Commentators right that that's a harsh call on Kebble, but to be fair to Berry, he's at least been consistent with that stuff all day. Best half I've seen him have in a NH game tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Ollie Smith looks like he's put on about 4 stone of pure muscle since last seasonI didn't recognise him at all to begin with, he's hugely built up since I saw him last season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Commentators right that that's a harsh call on Kebble, but to be fair to Berry, he's at least been consistent with that stuff all day. Best half I've seen him have in a NH game tbh Why is he doing this game anyway? Is it normal for Aussie refs to do URC games? I always thought it was just those affiliated with the countries involved? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddfg Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, GAD said: Why is he doing this game anyway? Is it normal for Aussie refs to do URC games? I always thought it was just those affiliated with the countries involved? Pretty sure the commentators said at the start of the game its a warm up for him for the 6 Nations games he has. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Absolutely suckered into carrying that ball there. Got bored with the kicking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Fraser Brown is spot on there. It's accidental, but it's head on head with a guy who has never attempted to go low. It's a penalty, and a yellow minimum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, Mark Connolly said: Fraser Brown is spot on there. It's accidental, but it's head on head with a guy who has never attempted to go low. It's a penalty, and a yellow minimum Yep, ref has made a c**t of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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