Much improved performance this week. Always going to be a difficult fixture as they will finish in the top 4. We need to build on this and pick up some league wins soon. Coaches need to sort out our front row and we need to play De la Harpe and Thomas to release our (potentially) potent backs.
I was at the Scottish and Welsh games and today was an improvement. Welsh are a good side and i agree they will be a top four side. When we had limited ball we looked dangerous but it seemed anytime Welsh had the ball they could score and our try was good. Roll on next week . I see Leeds won at Scottish so it will be another tough encounter.
I agree that Welsh looked very good, it would be easy to simply criticise the Moseley performance today, but I think you need to give credit to the opposition sometimes, Welsh looked very fit, fast and found it easy to get lots of quick ball. I know its early days but they looked better than Pirates did.
However, does appear that we struggled in the front row - we struggled in the scrum all game (again) and did we end todays match with 3 props playing across the front row ?
Much improved performance this week. Always going to be a difficult fixture as they will finish in the top 4. We need to build on this and pick up some league wins soon. Coaches need to sort out our front row and we need to play De la Harpe and Thomas to release our (potentially) potent backs.
I'm afraid I'm naysayer with regard to Ollie starting at 10. No one could possibly doubt his kicking abilities, but there is so much more to the position than that. Yesterday's cameo involved a standard pass in the lead up to Andy Reay's try, a tremendous out of the back of the hand pass and chip over the defence which cost 5 points. Always entertaining to watch, but he is undpredictable even to his own team mates and too inconsistent.
Yesterday was always going to be tough and, to clutch at straws, 41 is an improvement on 68. LW will be in the top 2 at the end of the regular season and despite so many reports I thought Mose started as though they were up for it. The yellow for Chevvy was always going to happen and from that point the game was likely to be gone. The hardest part for me yesterday was after he returned and we conceeded 14 points in a couple of minutes as Mose lost their shape - that was game over.
To clutch at a few more straws, both Ireland and England never recovered from their start either - the Welsh try from their first attack and England from losing an attacking 5m line-out in the opening moments.
There are no easy games for Mose (or indeed anyone else) in this division - the teams who do best will be fit, together and applying themselves for 80 minutes. Mose will do better when they achieve that.
I too thought that this was a much improved performance. I didn't expect Chevvy to be up to much after his long absence but he was massive as was Mason. If only others were as committed! And what was Adams doing on the wing - is he really fast enough? Never mind, I don't think he got a pass all afternoon.
I think one or two people are being a bit harsh though - as the report says, Welsh have a budget more than four times ours. Little wonder then that we struggle against them. Indeed this league seems to be all about money.
Twit of the match was the Welsh coach - if it was indeed he at the back of the stand constantly shouting for a yellow card at every penalty and other similar inane remarks to the ref.
Since the first team are away next week and indeed play on Sunday, could I recommend to regular Moseley supporters that the under 19 Colts are usually well worth watching. It seems to me that there are some very talented and exciting young players in the team which also works extremely well as a unit.
If you want to watch a winning team (famous last words!) for a change, this one hasn't lost a match yet - even away against Worcester. What they don't get is enough support - in the matches that I have been to the opposition seem to have more supporters or at least supporters who make much more noise than we do.
Perhaps people don't turn up because they often play on the Common, but this week it seems likely that they will play on the main pitch - at least I hope so.
So please join us to give the boys some encouragement, and have a good time as a bonus - it's free!!!!.
Post by kingsheathlad on Oct 10, 2011 14:36:35 GMT
Apart from playing budgets do we not have a smaller squad than other teams in the championship. I read at the weekend that Esher had 22 players either out injured or dual regs not available as with their own clubs while world cup is on. Therfore if Esher had 22 playing on Saturday plus 22 out this mens they have a squad of over 40. I doubt ours is over 30. Any thoughts.
To answer Mr Steve, yes, at the conclusion of the game we had Colin Quigley playing at Hooker, Charley Thomas at Flanker and Neil Mason at No.8. Not counting Waggy, that makes it 4 front rows in the pack! I wonder how Tex is doing at Dijon?
Thanks Professor for confirming that, I hadn't spotted Charley Thomas in the back row though.
As for twit of the match, quite right Rick. The Welsh coach was up and down the steps in the stand all game, talking to a guy on the side of the pitch passing on messages. At one point the coach was up at the top of the stand giving some instructions, the guy at pitch-side was looking at him trying to hear/understand him through his ear piece, he couldn't so he went to give the ear piece to the Welsh winger who had wondered over ! Quite funny to see flashy technology not working !
