AngusTheBull Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Genuinely one of the worst refereeing performances I’ve ever seen yesterday, utterly abysmal. Gibbons and Wilson were getting very obviously (and understandably) frustrated which didn’t seem to help. Was it Poite that Laidlaw and Townsend came out criticising during the 6 nations? Doesn’t appear he has warmed to anything Scottish since... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Poite in particular, and the frnech refs in general never seem to give us anything. But on to the match, best performance of the season from Glasgow. IF that team had turned up against La Rochelle in the last game we would be in great position going into the last game against Sale, not whinging about poor refereeing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Benetton beating Northampton here would be ideal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Benetton beating Northampton here would be idealEdit. Not looking good now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Lyon v Northampton - Lyon winToulouse v Gloucester - Toulouse win.Sale v Glasgow - Glasgow win.Glasgow qualify.It can happen but unlikely as Lyon have nothing to play for . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Was it Poite that Laidlaw and Townsend came out criticising during the 6 nations? Doesn’t appear he has warmed to anything Scottish since... It was and was just after the Ireland game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingscot Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Glasgow very much have a chance to qualify. Need to beat Sale well and hope for favours but Northampton, Gloucester and Saracens have tough games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Bad news for Glasgow as Mike Adamson is moved off the Lyon-Northampton game! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northsea80 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 What’s the justification in Dodson doubling his salary in the space of a year? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Bad news for Glasgow as Mike Adamson is moved off the Lyon-Northampton game!Had to happen. Totally forgot that Racing have an ex Munster coach for their attack. Hopefully they can do something against Saracens. Unlikely but it's another avenue.Scottish teams traditionally don't do well when they rely on other results.#naeluck 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 On 12/01/2020 at 18:22, flyingscot said: Glasgow very much have a chance to qualify. Need to beat Sale well and hope for favours but Northampton, Gloucester and Saracens have tough games. Northampton are no great shakes but had the luck to get a fairly easy pool (outside Leinster). I don't see them tripping up against a disinterested Lyon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieda Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It really is an incredible level of executive pay relative to the financial results. Couple that with on field performance being less than meeting targets and it's really does require an independent review. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 21 minutes ago, Stevieda said: It really is an incredible level of executive pay relative to the financial results. Couple that with on field performance being less than meeting targets and it's really does require an independent review. It's pretty obvious that Townsend is in the last chance saloon as well as coach. As popular as he is with the fans, there's no doubt that Scotland have went backwards under him.....we simply can't go on conceding an average of 3 tries and 25 points a game. There's a good article below from Tom English, which highlights exactly what we're missing.....an aggressive defence and an element of savvy brutality that countries like Ireland and Wales have, whereas we're constantly an easy touch. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51109386 Maybe a new defensive coach will make a difference, but it's certainly true that it's time for quite a few Scotland players to discover their inner khunt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It's pretty obvious that Townsend is in the last chance saloon as well as coach. As popular as he is with the fans, there's no doubt that Scotland have went backwards under him.....we simply can't go on conceding an average of 3 tries and 25 points a game. There's a good article below from Tom English, which highlights exactly what we're missing.....an aggressive defence and an element of savvy brutality that countries like Ireland and Wales have, whereas we're constantly an easy touch. https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/51109386 Maybe a new defensive coach will make a difference, but it's certainly true that it's time for quite a few Scotland players to discover their inner khunt. Read that article. Previously mentioned that we need to toughen up and grind victories. I'd have Aaron Mauger as head coach and Cockerill as forwards coach.Make it happen SRU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 If Scotland ever click for eighty minutes, they’ll thrash somebody good. When they don’t click, the don’t have the capacity to Gatlandball themselves to an undeserved win. They are very much Townsend’s team; he was the best 10 in the game when he was on form, had support at 12, and not playing in the centres. When he had no support at 12, he often looked hapless. Same with this team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hoggy is set to be named as captain for the 6N. It's the right call for me - he's a first pick, the talisman, and has the respect of players and officials. Being at Exeter rather than at Glasgow or Edinburgh probably helps a bit too in that he's out of the main SRU bubble now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 The squad has been announced, some big changes. No Wilson, R. Gray, P. Horne, Skinner, Taylor, Thomson, Reid or Matt Fagerson, guys like Haining, Gordon, Crosbie, Du Press and Ratu Tagive make it. There is also some guy called Alex Craig I've never heard of. Very surprised Fagerson has not made it, I thought he was a cert. Apparently Du Preez has been excellent recently though. A lot of guys who went to the world cup gone now, much younger side. I guess now is as good a time as any to start the rebuild. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 So much for Blade Thomson. That World Cup squad makes even less sense in retrospect. Skinner is a surprise given he was being given big licks the other week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Skinner isn't fit yet. Matt Fagerson is a very strange one. I'd still rather have Ryan Wilson in a test match than CdP. Tagive playing international rugby is a mental thought. Hopefully the four decent back three players we have see us through until DVDM comes on board. The World Cup squad was sheer idiocy. Thomson, Taylor and Barclay should never have been there never mind starting big games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 If Hoggy is captain that almost certainly means that he's intending to start Brown instead of McInally at hooker. Brown is playing well, but I always see him as a penalty waiting to happen. His handling in the ruck (after being warned) in the last 10 seconds at Twickenham was probably the most blatant act of stupidity I can think of from a Scottish rugby player. I would have dropped him for life for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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