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In attack he offers nothing, hes actually defensively pretty good and has a good work rate and tackle rate.Mikey Brown wrote:Is being an irritating gangly bastard in mauls literally the only thing Charteris offers?
Look like it.Big D wrote:Reid has been used at the interviews/press conf. Sign that he will be starting?
Not at all. He is excellent at Sudoku, can make a decent omelette and is very good at remembering birthdays and anniversaries.Mikey Brown wrote:Is being an irritating gangly bastard in mauls literally the only thing Charteris offers?
He is good with the tee, but I'm sure Halfpenny will be taking the kicks. He's good too.hugh_woatmeigh wrote:Only way we're going to win this is by playing fast and loose. Biggar is immaculate with the tee so we will need tries.
They do that. Just need a bit of pragmatism from Price and Russell if that's the starting pair. Also, the weather looks like it could be unsettled.ARM wrote: Glasgow actually play a pretty structured game - they look to get into a shape, create quick ball and that creates gaps.
Yep....he also tackles well ...but please dont give him the ball to run or we will the second coming of the much missed Bill Mclarens "runaway giraffe".Mikey Brown wrote:Is being an irritating gangly bastard in mauls literally the only thing Charteris offers?
Is this intended as a rhetorical question? I will take it at face value. Charteris is second only to AWJ in terms of class for Wales IMO. His maul defence is one of his strongest attributes but he's obviously excellent in the lineout, scrummages powerfully and is effectively in slowing bal at the breakdown. It's not his stand out attribute, but he's no mean carrier either. He's one of my favourite players and has had some outstanding games for Wales. He's only not playing because he's coming back to full fitness.Mikey Brown wrote:Is being an irritating gangly bastard in mauls literally the only thing Charteris offers?
You have to imagine Watson would be top if he wasn't bizarrely subbed early against Ireland.Big D wrote:Decent write up about Jonny Gray: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39057852
He, Watson and big bro are in the top 5 tacklers after 2 weeks. Probably a sign we are defending too much and not keeping a hold of the ball enough.
It is good to see them working hard but nearly 110 tackles from only 3 players shows we are not keeping the ball enough.hugh_woatmeigh wrote:You have to imagine Watson would be top if he wasn't bizarrely subbed early against Ireland.Big D wrote:Decent write up about Jonny Gray: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39057852
He, Watson and big bro are in the top 5 tacklers after 2 weeks. Probably a sign we are defending too much and not keeping a hold of the ball enough.
Great to see and I imagine Wilson & Barclay would be right up there if they'd been able to play longer parts.
That would be a fantastic display of fuckwittery by the coaching staff.hugh_woatmeigh wrote:There are murmurs that Watson will be dropped.
He's an absolute sick note. More to the point he isn't in form, he doesn't even start for Edinburgh and if Watson was ever going to be dropped it should have been for a ball carrier - that I could at least understand although I wouldn't agree with it.Big D wrote:Pleased for Barclay.
Hardie over Watson is a fucking nonsense. Hardie will be off injured at somepoint anyway.
This is what I'm having to go with for the sake of sanity. Hardie when he was playing well before tackled very hard and carried very hard. If he can do that great but it doesn't sound like he's been playing well. At least we have someone exciting to bring off the bench with Bennett.ARM wrote:Trying to rationalise the Watson/Hardie thing.
Could be that they want Hardie to play as a stopper to combat the Gatlandball/one out play around the rucks. Watson is a good tackler but Hardie - when on form at least - is probably a little more destructive. So despite the numbers on their backs, Hardie will be more of a six, allowing Barclay to get over the ball at the breakdown aided by the likes of Brown.
The problem is when we have the ball. Strauss is a better carrier than Wilson. Watson carries better than Hardie and Dell > Reid.
Mind you Watson will make more impact off the bench than Hardie would so if we keep the score tight and tire out their fatties, he might be the catalyst to run them hard in the last 20
Not entirely convinced by this analysis myself, but might be the coaching view.
Being analytical about it makes it worse IMO.ARM wrote:Trying to rationalise the Watson/Hardie thing.
Could be that they want Hardie to play as a stopper to combat the Gatlandball/one out play around the rucks. Watson is a good tackler but Hardie - when on form at least - is probably a little more destructive. So despite the numbers on their backs, Hardie will be more of a six, allowing Barclay to get over the ball at the breakdown aided by the likes of Brown.
The problem is when we have the ball. Strauss is a better carrier than Wilson. Watson carries better than Hardie and Dell > Reid.
Mind you Watson will make more impact off the bench than Hardie would so if we keep the score tight and tire out their fatties, he might be the catalyst to run them hard in the last 20
Not entirely convinced by this analysis myself, but might be the coaching view.
Haha, good lads.OptimisticJock wrote:You can fuck off with that arm. We want hysterical screeching here not analysis. At least you never actually backed it up with evidence I suppose.