Scotland v Italy thread

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Pack showing up well the day.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I think I'm going to bust a nut over our scrums.

[Mikey Brown]

Yeah Wilson has been better than Denton has managed so far. Tight 5 turning up probably helps.

[OptimisticJock]

A score up at HT and I'm disappointed

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Feel like we really need to score first here.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Russell taking the game away from the two packs is only going to work if they have men running lines, at space, etc. he almost always lobs it to an isolated man that gets gang tackled. Not something that can really be rectified in-game, needs a training paddock revisit. Best case scenario we emerge with slow ball, worst case its a turnover.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Russell taking the game away from the two packs is only going to work if they have men running lines, at space, etc. he almost always lobs it to an isolated man that gets gang tackled. Not something that can really be rectified in-game, needs a training paddock revisit. Best case scenario we emerge with slow ball, worst case its a turnover.

I do wonder if part of that is missing the Scott/Dunbar type 12 that'll smash it up for him. I think Taylor is capable but we don't often see him used in that way.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Hoggy must have had to run about 40 yards to hug Eskimo there...

[OptimisticJock]

laidlaw is a cockwomble for delivering slow ball


We need slow ball

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Score a pen, fail to collect the restart. Just another day in the life of being a Scotland international.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Taylor is gonna get carded that was as blatant as they come.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

How many times have Italy held us up in the tackle today? Christ almighty.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

Getting a bit tired of our lot being held up in the tackle. Gray in the first half Ford just now. It's so frustrating to watch.

[Mikey Brown]

Support play has gone out the window. What a shock.

[Edinburgh in Exile]

That was excellent from Barclay... Now... Feild the fucking restart...

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I've us carded for that sort of thing... Taking the man out in the air...

Seymour looks hurt as well.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

You'd be insane to give MoM to anyone other than one of our tight 5. Insane, I tell you.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I genuinely don't think we should kick penalties sometimes. We never retain the restart and the opposition usually get 3 points minimum... sometimes a try. Best case scenario its a net gain of 0 points.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

Peyper.. that is illegal, you cannot play the ball on the ground.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I wouldn't be surprised if we got carded. We're committing a lot of offences in the red zone.

[hugh_woatmeigh]

I wouldn't be surprised if we got carded. We're committing a lot of offences in the red zone.

Yup. Failure to deal with restart and going to sleep are letting Italy right back into this.

[Mikey Brown]

Did Gori not have that in his hands when Russell grabbed it? Not that we deserve any better.

[UKHamlet]

Entertaining game for the neutral

[hugh_woatmeigh]

And of course we are kicking it. Can we retain the restart ball though?

[hugh_woatmeigh]

And of course we are kicking it. Can we retain the restart ball though?

No. Is this real life?