honestly united Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 (edited) Think as has been said good win, but still a good but not great performance from Scotland. I would say im glad we got England first as I think given a few weeks they will click. Once they are fully up to speed they will ne a force. Im hoping we can get the better of Wales next week to give us a platform before France and Ireland which are the real 2 test. edit to add - Also thought it made a difference yesterday that our bench made an impact when they came on, Dempseys pass to no one aside Edited February 5, 2023 by honestly united 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensible Soccer🏴 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 10 hours ago, GAD said: That last penalty is hilarious when you watch it back. The ref standing there, watching it, desperately hoping it wasn't a penalty for what felt like ages as about three Scotland players are screaming at him to the point Horne is actually slapping the player over the ball on the back. He really, really did not want to give it. It was almost comic, the three Scotland players detaching themselves from the game to point out the bloody obvious to a very reluctant referee. The itv commentary was pretty hard to listen to throughout the match too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 7 hours ago, git-intae-thum said: Good win.....but let’s see what haplens when we play a decent international team. Or indeed a terrible one. I know Townsend’s record against England is exemplary, but I’d guess his record against Wales is not far off shambolic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Snobot said: I see Rees Zammit is probably out which is good as he is the one Wales player who has caused us big problems and basically won the game for them a couple of years back. Brace is the ref - could be worse (hi Karl Dickson) and at least he knows the players. Wales will try to turn it into a shitfest and milk scrum penalties off up and under knock ons. I didn’t see much from them as an attacking unit today so expect peak All Black levels of performance from them on Saturday. That and Dan Biggar diving / waving imaginary cards. Breakdown will be crucial as well - Wales seem to get away with so much illegal nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Self-raising Lazarus Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Good win yesterday, and not many 6N wins happen away from home. But means nothing if we can't win against Wales. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 55 minutes ago, Sensible Soccer said: It was almost comic, the three Scotland players detaching themselves from the game to point out the bloody obvious to a very reluctant referee. The itv commentary was pretty hard to listen to throughout the match too. Yeah, it was such a clear penalty. Ritchie did brilliantly to stay over the ball legally for so long as well. You get the impression if he'd fallen at any point the ref would have given it the other way, not to mention the fact he was at risk of serious injury the whole time, another big failing from the ref. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Carrot Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 12 hours ago, GAD said: That last penalty is hilarious when you watch it back. The ref standing there, watching it, desperately hoping it wasn't a penalty for what felt like ages as about three Scotland players are screaming at him to the point Horne is actually slapping the player over the ball on the back. He really, really did not want to give it. Looks like he was waiting on Ritchie going onto the ball and not the body, tbf the ref was consitent in that aspect all match as you can hear him say it to various players 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Top shithousery from Finn. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylish Kid Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 16 hours ago, ajwffc said: the Welsh run them close I was gutted to miss the Wales defeat, only because I wanted to see "Jiffy's" tears 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Question from a 6 Nations/World Cup glory hunter: is there any realistic chance of them just doing away with scrums? Slow the game down to a farcical extent at times, put in is beyond ridiculous now and penalties are almost random a lot of the time. Don't seem to bring anything to the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusTheBull Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 15 hours ago, Snobot said: I see Rees Zammit is probably out which is good as he is the one Wales player who has caused us big problems and basically won the game for them a couple of years back. Brace is the ref - could be worse (hi Karl Dickson) and at least he knows the players. Wales will try to turn it into a shitfest and milk scrum penalties off up and under knock ons. I didn’t see much from them as an attacking unit today so expect peak All Black levels of performance from them on Saturday. That and Dan Biggar diving / waving imaginary cards. Actually thought Dickson had a good game in the Welsh Ireland game yesterday considering Biggar, Williams and Sextons antics albeit you definitely feel more relaxed about the reffing when it’s not your team playing. I’m just pleased it’s not Matt Carley who seems to have a pathological hatred of Scottish rugby. What was most pleasing about yesterday for me (aside from watching it in an English pub) was the fact we really didn’t have to be at our best to match England. Gone are the days when you needed every player to have a 10/10 performance and a stroke of luck to come out on top. I also think Finn’s performance took a bit of unwarranted stick. England trying to smash him every time he got the ball created so much space for others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 27 minutes ago, Virtual Insanity said: Question from a 6 Nations/World Cup glory hunter: is there any realistic chance of them just doing away with scrums? Slow the game down to a farcical extent at times, put in is beyond ridiculous now and penalties are almost random a lot of the time. Don't seem to bring anything to the game. Yeah, scrums are a real problem, especially when it comes to attracting the more casual fans. It's supposed to be a way of restarting the game for minor mistakes that opens up a bit of space, but at the moment they take ages, there are endless resets, and often used just for penalty milking. I don't know what they'll end up doing about them, but there needs to be a bit of a change. I'd make it a free kick instead of a penalty, especially for scrums in the middle of the pitch as it would make it pointless to milk the penalty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Enjoying twitter today. Some tremendous mental gymnastics as to why the number of non-Scottish born players in our team is a disgrace, but the non-English born players that they have are absolutely fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 JUst read that a Gatland Welsh team has never lost to Scotland, ive got the fear for next weekend already 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Foreign born players are only bad when Scotland picks them. Surly everyone knows this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I know I'm a diddy, but that Frnace kit is far too light a blue. Keep thinking they're Italy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Also, if France win today it'll be the first time that there's been three away wins in the opening weekend of a six nations 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 42 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Enjoying twitter today. Some tremendous mental gymnastics as to why the number of non-Scottish born players in our team is a disgrace, but the non-English born players that they have are absolutely fine Being born in Scotland isn't even enough for some of them. I was actually quite sad today to find out Ange Capuzzo doesn't fit the divorced English rugby dad's definition of Italian. He now has to be called the Frenchman accompanied by a shit joke about how he "DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT SPAGHETTI IS!!!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 France 19-6 up after half an hour, could have been more of they had been more clinical. Italy have played borderline suicidal stuff in their own 22. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Good try from the Frenchman who was born in France. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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