Rugby Union (was 2014-15, now an ongoing thread)

[lovejoy]

Fuckety fuck

[PaulWinch again]

Shocking half, terrible execution, no leadership and no game plan.

[cheltenhamlion]

All the territory, poor decision making and no width. I despair of Farrell at times. They need to get there shit together second half. And Walsh is still a prick.

[PaulWinch again]

This is a massive half with for Lancaster he needs to make some big decisions.

[PaulWinch again]

Dreadful.

[PaulWinch again]

Good response and against 14 we need to take advantage now.

[PaulWinch again]

Excellent response we have to win this now.

[PaulWinch again]

And back to shocking again.

[paul_e]

Farrell needs to be dropped now, he was fucking terrible for most of that hour.

[cheltenhamlion]

Right then Ford, kick the sodding thing and create.

[paul_e]

Ford was fine when he came on, but our complete lack of threat from the 10-12-13 group means teams just hhold us as arms length and then punish our errors.

On top of that I'm pretty fed up of us having a 7 who is the european player of the year who doesn't get picked and then seeing opposition 7s boss the game and get man of the match, Lancaster is looking out of his depth now.

[PaulWinch again]

Major question marks over Farrell and Robshaw in particular. Farrell simply has to be dropped now he was diabolical. We were dreadful against a South African side who weren't that great. First real pressure on Lancaster.

[paul_e]

Farrell is unfit and off form, he shouldn't have been picked in the squad but his dad clearly has lots of influence and makes sure he first choice whenever he's available.

[aev]

It is tough for Ford to come on for 15 minutes when we are inevitably chasing the game. We can chop and change the rest of the backs but it is pointless as they never have the chance to get their hand on the ball. Eastomond to me looks our most creative player.

I also think that the breakdown is an issue, certainly defensively, as we never seem to turn over ball as frequently as other teams.

[PaulWinch again]

Our basic skills were poor today, as was our discipline. In fact in all facets of the game we were pretty poor. We lacked intensity with the exception of that small phase of the second half. It's not good enough we appear to have gone backwards. I don't think Farrell is a bad player, but as said he's not fit or in form and shouldn't be near the side. Lancaster needs to make tough decisions on the players he's loyal to now, because they are letting him down.