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PB is being gracious and balanced. Let’s not split hairs.

Agreed. No criticism intended.

It shows the challenges of refereeing and making the right decisions these days. It is the inconsistent approach and variations in how the laws are applied that is maddening more than specific decisions ...

Refereeing was a major contributor to Scotland’s wins over England in 2018 and 2022, off the top of my head. I will concede that you seem to be getting the wrong side of the coin a fair amount recently, equally this could all change very quickly and you’ll get a run of 50/50s.

We also tend ...

Ok France were the deserved winners. But seeing the consistently excellent Holly running touch earlier today and the consistently awful Carley getting repeated top table gigs is galling.

I can’t get past the feeling that we’re going to see yet another game where Ireland turn us over without ever really getting out of third gear. I really hope I’m wrong as I am so tired of losing to this mob, but here we are.

With you on that!

My concern is that our experience is that our ...

12 is now quite the conundrum. I can't recall a time when we had 3 options that I find myself flitting about on. Form wise, Hutchison is the one, seems to be playing as well as he ever has. My concern though is that it leaves our backline somewhat unbalanced. One of the centres needs to truck it ...

No, Penicuik. It's an incredible resource right on our doorstep and I've been up three times in the last week alone. I often head down to the southern Pentlands and park up around West Linton. You are often the only ones around.

On Sunday, my Mrs S and I were going to walk from West Linton up ...

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Dec 28, 2024 3:53 pm Dave Cherry has been the best player on the park so far. Matt Currie has shown up well too.

I thought Skinner had a good hour or so and brought a bit of grit to the defense

Very disappointing Dobie not involved against Oz. Probably be White and Price.

Can't believe Townsend has overlooked Dobbie (well, I can because GT is in charge - but ... WTF!).

It is clear that Horne can't be trusted to start but he can offer something if the game loosens up. But if we need ...

Apparently 170kg at his peak and genuinely athletically gifted. Wow! Would have been quite a force on the rugby pitch if the shot or strongman hadn't beckoned.

Article on the BBC saying we’d have picked Gray Jr but he elected to stay with Bordeaux.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cwy4wg7y021o

Reads like GT throwing his toys out of the pram. A confident coach would say "We've got a great group of 2nd rows and whilst it will be great ...

Saw Andy Christie got a potentially career ending injury today. All the best to him. Probably the most consistent and effective SQ back rower over the past year (maybe Matt F or Jack D aside) but a shoo in for the autumn IMO.

How Scottish. Best of luck to him.

Why can't Townsend put teams on the pitch that are adequately focused and able to build and apply pressure? We are world champs at making it easy for the opposition to get a foothold in the game when we get ahead. Very, very poor tonight.

Because he’s not very good.

I've no argument with ...

I just can't understand how our full-time professional players can be so utterly and consistently shite at managing games. Franco seems to have turned Glasgow around in no time, yet Townsend remains unable to build anything even when he's given the best groups of players we've had in the pro era. I ...

Why can't Townsend put teams on the pitch that are adequately focused and able to build and apply pressure? We are world champs at making it easy for the opposition to get a foothold in the game when we get ahead. Very, very poor tonight.

I always enjoy watching talented people doing talented things. But this has been a complete shambles. Horse down the river could have looked great but was so badly done. Can't they do a couple of speeches, sing a song or two, light the fire and then just get on with the sport? Rather than splurging ...

I'm still buzzing from this, it becomes even more incredible as time goes by.

Me too, of course I hoped they’d win but I certainly didn’t expect it, not after their recent trip to South Africa and reversals against the Bulls and Lions, even through the first half hour of the final it ...

I feel the WP didn't/doesn't get the recognition from refs as to how good he was/is. He seemed to get pinged when the loose head ran down his side while he was square or the LH had hinged. Probably due to Scotland never being regarded as a strong scrummaging team (even when on occasion we are) and ...

C69 wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:48 pm
Big D wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:46 pm Congrats Ireland.

Can't fault the effort of the Scottish team.
They have not had the rub of the green this 6N tbh.
Today was no different.

Ireland dominated but the knock on disadvantage and the line out penalty were Carley at his best.

The team is the epitome of GT as a player - very occasionally brilliant, consistently inconsistent and often feckless. After 7 years of opportunity it is resoundingly clear that Townsend doesn't have the capabilities to be an international coach. Time for him to go.

Yr Alban wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:10 pm Fucked off now. Decent start to the season and now they blow it at home against a mid-table side.

Yep. Same old Edinburgh. Headless chickens. Error on error and coughed the game up. The leadership on the pitch is continuously awful.

EnergiseR2 wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 7:51 am I'm reasonably confident Scotland timed their run wrong and peaked too early

I'm not sure about timing of runs - it is more that SA and Ireland are Scotland's kryptonite.

Slick wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:07 pm
Soapy wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:05 pm Watched the last10 so no context but Berry looked very quick on the draw for the winning pen.
Best you don’t watch the first half

Fair play. Will watch the full thing in the morn

Slick wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:07 pm
Soapy wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:05 pm Watched the last10 so no context but Berry looked very quick on the draw for the winning pen.
Best you don’t watch the first half

Fair play. Will watch the full thing in the morn

Watched the last10 so no context but Berry looked very quick on the draw for the winning pen.

He will have been om sweetie money up until now , and will be substantially cheaper than Ben Healy

Lad's done well though , but Glasgow need Thomson back - looking at the training pictures posted , looks like RT10 is not far off getting some game time

I don't get it. Thomson has never ...

Tom Jordan has signed a new and much improved contract which takes him up to being Scottish qualified late Oct 2024.

He will have been om sweetie money up until now , and will be substantially cheaper than Ben Healy

Lad's done well though , but Glasgow need Thomson back - looking at the ...

The Thompson to Edinburgh doesn't make any sense to me, unless they are thinking that he's not going to be anywhere near the test team for a while.

If that is the case it would mean Savala and Thompson there all season long and covering the second seat behind Kinghorn, maybe with vdWalt as ...

Really great try by Glasgow. Their pack has dominated again this week, the backs have added the final touch and Tuipolotu has just been sensational.

Edinburgh, 4 losses in 4. How's Blair turning this around?

Unfortunately but not surprisingly Mike Blair as a coach is following the same profile ...

The inadequacy of the citing process and it’s role in a professional era aren’t helped by having an Argentinian ruling on a player of the team playing Argentina next up …

https://mobile.twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1587188272568090625

Three tweets in the thread, showing three nice passes from Finn.

https://twitter.com/OptaJonny/status/1587077547887656960?s=20&t=_S0n9Uplcei4iSbeUL4wAw

Nice to see Scots playing well and perhaps with the shackles off ...

Bye, bye Gregor. Dreadful selector. Dreadful coach. But still will be there for another early exit from the WC …

Rory Hutchinson is right now Scotland's best back. Basically unstoppable at saints.

And again. He's so much fun to watch.

And again. He's too good.

Amazing that he's not good enough in Townsend World.

He doesn't crash ball so not Townsend's type of centre.

The odd thing is that ...

I like neeps wrote: Sat Apr 02, 2022 2:31 pm Rory Hutchinson is right now Scotland's best back. Basically unstoppable at saints.

And again. He's so much fun to watch.

And again. He's too good.

Amazing that he's not good enough in Townsend World.

https://twitter.com/AndyBurke_/status/1504833001800220694?t=uE1HcAvzcYRHIonydIW3xw&s=19

Piss up rumours were true - captain and vice captains involved.

I think this shows the (lack of) respect Townsend commands.

Not condoning the players' behaviour at all but it surely signals that Townsend ...

Cockerill's problem (as far as an outsider can tell) was he was never able to then understand why that was the case and work to change things - he would just blow up at people or freeze them out entirely. If that is true he was a classic poor manager with limited emotional intelligence who didn't ...

I like Vellacott but he's a bit George Horne for me. A very good attacking player who fits an attacking gameplan but when it comes to playing a structured game plan probably doesn't have the kicking skills or consistent speed and accuracy of pass for international standard.

I agree with ...

No matter what, every new squad announcement has at least one surprise. I had never heard of Ben White before now, and as we have a bit of a logjam at 9 (albeit no clear #2) I’m surprised to see an entirely new name there.

Logjam of fairly average alternatives unfortunately (at this point ...

South Africa are going to beat us all day every day if we play to their strengths.

The only justification of dropping Watson one of our very best players for Haining is Watson is injured. Anything else is just stupidity.

Watson has only played about 120 min of rugby since the Lions tour. It ...

I was really impressed by Cherry in the 6N. Sure, he may not offer the same in the loose, but as with a reliable kicker, a hooker who reliably hits his jumpers will win you tight games.

For me, Cherry looks like he's constantly focused on the job and consistently executes what is expected of ...

Christopher Greaves - Saffa born, if you have a doubt listen to his post batting interview...Man of the match.
Richard Berrington - Saffa Born
Bradley Wheal - Saffa Born
Kyle Coetzer (Captain) - Scottish name? Saffa chicken runner heritage

3.5 /11 :wink:

Coetzer and Berrington both moved to ...

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