Saints vs quins tonight, 9-3 at half time but that's half the story. Saints have been massively frustrating, a huge number of handling errors, mostly in good areas. Could've had 25+ on the board with a little more concentration.
Quote from: paul_e on September 07, 2018, 08:47:54 PMSaints vs quins tonight, 9-3 at half time but that's half the story. Saints have been massively frustrating, a huge number of handling errors, mostly in good areas. Could've had 25+ on the board with a little more concentration.Good win for Saints in the end, I'm sticking with my prediction that there's a very good team in there, they just need a bit more work on the handling skills (because they're playing an offloading game that requires a lot more practice) and get the familiarity of playing together. There were 3-4 moves that were superb. Mallinder came on after about 20 minutes and had a great game, he's still my outside bet for the England 15 shirt for the world cup. Marcus Smith was excellent and will be a top player but he's not quite there yet, he needs to focus on his game management.
Quote from: paul_e on September 07, 2018, 10:46:21 PMQuote from: paul_e on September 07, 2018, 08:47:54 PMSaints vs quins tonight, 9-3 at half time but that's half the story. Saints have been massively frustrating, a huge number of handling errors, mostly in good areas. Could've had 25+ on the board with a little more concentration.Good win for Saints in the end, I'm sticking with my prediction that there's a very good team in there, they just need a bit more work on the handling skills (because they're playing an offloading game that requires a lot more practice) and get the familiarity of playing together. There were 3-4 moves that were superb. Mallinder came on after about 20 minutes and had a great game, he's still my outside bet for the England 15 shirt for the world cup. Marcus Smith was excellent and will be a top player but he's not quite there yet, he needs to focus on his game management.Harry Mallinder seems to have been around for ages, but, he's only around 21.Marcus Smith will be a fantastic player, I agree, not quite there, but he's only 19. I'd really like it to see him get a few international minutesEdit: Mallinder is 22. 6'5" & 17 stone according to Wiki
Be interesting to see how Bristol go against Gloucester on Friday.
Quote from: cheltenhamlion on September 12, 2018, 05:20:14 PMBe interesting to see how Bristol go against Gloucester on Friday.I was very impressed with Bristol on Saturday. They totally outplayed us at the breakdown, and looked very dangerous whenever they got wide. Would have been an extremely tight game without the sending off.
No Farrell or Lozowski available for Sarries at Saints today, so Goode playing 10. Liam Williams comes in at full-back so no big loss there but it's been a while since Alex ran the show, and Tompkins is potentially lightweight at 13.Virtually full strength pack including first start for Billy though, so we should still be competitive.Shame it's not on TV.
Saracens away on Sunday so it will be interesting to see how Gloucester hold up to that challenge.