Well we're not playing the all blacks, who I might remind those of a more tender age we defeated (with a little help from Cov ) back in the day. Granted we were a top side then but back to the present we have to back ourselves against whatever opposition we come up against
Well we're not playing the all blacks, who I might remind those of a more tender age we defeated (with a little help from Cov ) back in the day. Granted we were a top side then but back to the present we have to back ourselves against whatever opposition we come up against
Talking of All Blacks, Rams have Zinzan's son on the bench!
My impressions of Bruce's twitter reports are that the Rams, like cinderford, have perfected their catch and drive because apart from those scores Moseley seem to have put up a good show.
All the same reading of a loss is less heart breaking than the heart break watching a loss so on that basis alone I am glad I didn't go.
All the same Come on Mooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooose
think a better chance next up v Rosslyn park who will be smarting from their narrow loss at home to cambridge. Likewise we will be smarting from a bit of a thumping to rams.Home advantage in front of our own supporters so fingers crossed we can get a result. Come on Mose
Post by Westcountry Mose on Oct 30, 2022 14:44:37 GMT
We got thumped. There does not appear to be any significant improvement on last seasons performances and we appear to be heading into another relegation scrap. Sorry to be so glum but we were told that keeping the bulk of last seasons squad would move us towards the top half of the table. Unless we can get a win next week then I think a shake-up in the coaching set-up will be necessary to move us forward.
Does seem odd that in terms of coaching we haven’t been able to benefit in any way from the fall out from the sad situations at Worcester and Wasps - including from AJ. We seem to be able to score tries - which is, of course, great! - but defensively we seem too fragile and unable to protect our leads. This seems to be the area we should concentrate on - even though we can’t call on Shaun Edwards any time soon!
Post by kingsheathlad on Oct 30, 2022 20:07:51 GMT
My weekend didn't go to plan. I stayed with my sister in South West London and set off at midday for Rams, after being stuck on M4 for two hours after it was closed 15 miles from ground I could not see myself getting to the game and turned around. I managed to get to the Rosslyn Park v Cambridge game. A close game which the home should have won with a last minute penalty. I would say Cambridge have a big pack while Rosslyn Park had the better backs, so for our game this week I think our pack can hold their own but our defence needs to be on top of their game to hold back the swift backs. Come on Mose....
My weekend didn't go to plan. I stayed with my sister in South West London and set off at midday for Rams, after being stuck on M4 for two hours after it was closed 15 miles from ground I could not see myself getting to the game and turned around. I managed to get to the Rosslyn Park v Cambridge game. A close game which the home should have won with a last minute penalty. I would say Cambridge have a big pack while Rosslyn Park had the better backs, so for our game this week I think our pack can hold their own but our defence needs to be on top of their game to hold back the swift backs. Come on Mose....
Sorry to hear your plans were spoiled. I went via the M40, but saw a huge queue on the opposite carriageway and one on the road toards Marlow. So on the way home I decided to go via the M4...... horrendous!!! Did a detour through lovely Slough and then went through the equally lovely Uxbridge to get back on to the M40. Arrived home 2 hours later about the same amount of time it takes to get back to Billesley Common.
Post by Westcountry Mose on Oct 31, 2022 11:02:17 GMT
Thanks Martin. We appear to have had no way of stopping their driving maul from line-outs ( I thought this was a well known tactic of Rams) and butchered a try that would have given us a 4 try BP. At least the lads kept going until the end.
Thanks Martin. We appear to have had no way of stopping their driving maul from line-outs ( I thought this was a well known tactic of Rams) and butchered a try that would have given us a 4 try BP. At least the lads kept going until the end.
You have to applaud the spirit in the squad as the lads did not give up. You are correct about The Rams and their "go to" tactic. They have a large pack and have honed the catch and drive skill over the past few seasons. In addition they have recruited well. Our failure to deal with this style of rugby is partly down to poor coaching and also to selection. As much as I dislike "up the jumper" rugby, teams do employ this style and we must know that before we start a game. We needed to select a pack big enough to take them on.
I'd imagine were keeping our powder dry for the upcoming home games with a few players rested. On top of that we have a very long injury list. Yes we got well beaten but to the form side in the league. Just trying to put things in perspective.
All teams have injuries. My question to the coaches would be why are we not one of the form sides in this league?
We've got a great squad on paper, unfortunately (and I know I've said this before) even before the start of the season a load of them were long term injured. Some we even signed injured (which is presumably why they were looking for a club).
We've clearly got no problem scoring tries, it's the fact we go awol for large parts of every second half that's costing us. Clearly losing to Rams is no disgrace given their current form - but we *can't* say that about every match we've lost so far.
Something's not right is it? Yet again we're throwing matches away, and in the meantime the teams round us are at least racking up the BPs...
