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Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:09 pm
by Edinburgh in Exile
Pack showing up well the day.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:10 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
I think I'm going to bust a nut over our scrums.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:11 pm
by Mikey Brown
Yeah Wilson has been better than Denton has managed so far. Tight 5 turning up probably helps.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:13 pm
by OptimisticJock
A score up at HT and I'm disappointed

Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:26 pm
by Edinburgh in Exile
Feel like we really need to score first here.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:30 pm
by 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.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:32 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
hugh_woatmeigh wrote: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.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:32 pm
by Edinburgh in Exile
Hoggy must have had to run about 40 yards to hug Eskimo there...
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:33 pm
by OptimisticJock

laidlaw is a cockwomble for delivering slow ball
We need slow ball

Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:33 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
Score a pen, fail to collect the restart. Just another day in the life of being a Scotland international.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:35 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
Taylor is gonna get carded that was as blatant as they come.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:38 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
How many times have Italy held us up in the tackle today? Christ almighty.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:39 pm
by 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.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:40 pm
by Mikey Brown
Support play has gone out the window. What a shock.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:40 pm
by Edinburgh in Exile
That was excellent from Barclay... Now... Feild the fucking restart...
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:42 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
I've us carded for that sort of thing... Taking the man out in the air...
Seymour looks hurt as well.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:44 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
You'd be insane to give MoM to anyone other than one of our tight 5. Insane, I tell you.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:47 pm
by 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.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:48 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
Peyper.. that is illegal, you cannot play the ball on the ground.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:49 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
I wouldn't be surprised if we got carded. We're committing a lot of offences in the red zone.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:50 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
hugh_woatmeigh wrote: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.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:51 pm
by Mikey Brown
Did Gori not have that in his hands when Russell grabbed it? Not that we deserve any better.
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:51 pm
by UKHamlet
Entertaining game for the neutral
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:55 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
And of course we are kicking it. Can we retain the restart ball though?
Re: Scotland v Italy thread
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 3:56 pm
by hugh_woatmeigh
hugh_woatmeigh wrote:And of course we are kicking it. Can we retain the restart ball though?
No. Is this real life?