[2013/14 Aviva Premiership] Round 16

[TRF_Olyy]

Round 15 Fixtures

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[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tigers team vs Falcons Manu starts.



15 Mathew Tait
14 Blaine Scully
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Dan Bowden
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Logovi'i Mulipola
4 Louis Deacon
5 Ed Slater (c)
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Pablo Matera
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Neil Briggs
17 Boris Stankovich
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Sebastian De Chaves
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 David Mele
22 Toby Flood
23 Adam Thompstone

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Great to see Tuilagi back.

 

[goodNumber10]

bench for England next week?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I'd have him over Goode.
Nowell and May can cover 15 from the pitch, Burrell can cover wing from the pitch (not ideal, but I'd rather 10mins with him on the wing than 10 with Goode at 15).

 

[Draggs]

Home wins except for Leicester? Bath v Saracens seems the one to watch!

@ollie yeah but he can't pass, lololol

 

[ratsapprentice]

Not having Garvey is a big blow, he's been integral to our forward dominance.
Fa'osiliva can blow hot and cold.

 

[Maverick1987]

Home wins except for Leicester? Bath v Saracens seems the one to watch!

@ollie yeah but he can't pass, lololol

I fancy Gloucester to give Northampton a run too . Presuming the England contingent/North are staying with country ?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Charlie out for Sarries in the warmup, Goode starts at 10 with Taylor on the wing.
Reckon Bath will win this comfortably now.

 

[Draggs]

I fancy Gloucester to give Northampton a run too . Presuming the England contingent/North are staying with country ?

Correct. Approaching ten minutes, Saracens chucking it about near the Bath 22.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Attwood has been insane so far

 

[Draggs]

Banahan... What a clown.

 

[HenryChinaski]

Agree on both previous comments: Attwood smashing Vunipola was something to see.
And Banahan just...literally never does anything right

EDIT: Didn't realise Strettle was so, well, 'Northern'.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Yeah that was ridiculous.
God knows why he's started over roko - he's thrown some horrendous offloads this half as well.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Banahan is playing really badly.

We've struggled to string phases together TBH, partly us trying to force it and partly Sarries defence, I think

 

[Big Ewis]

Banahan... What a clown.

you can be very insensitive sometimes, you know that ?!!.....
*runs away crying*

 

[HenryChinaski]

****e...didn't realise Webber was on crutches...Youngs it is then for the forseeable future!

Glimpses of real class from Ford.

Oh Bananaman... in the way he carries the ball he is almost precisely like a banana. It much be easy to tackle a guy - 18st or not - if he refuses to alter his body position for different situations

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Bath are just going to sh*t every time they go into the Sarries 22.
Stupid passes and offloads are killing any momentum they build.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Bath could find themselves in a dog fight between Tigers and Quins for the 4th/3rd spot if they are not careful.

they panicked today.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Very frustrating game.

All credit to Sarries' defence.
Their slowing of the ball at the breakdown is cynical as ****, but it's equally as effective and refs seem to be blind to it.
They lie all over the place and take up an absurd amount of space beyond the tackle, frankly I don't understand how the get away with it.

Nice to see Bosch congratulating Chris Wyles on his shoulder charge on Rokoduguni in the changing room after the game... classy. <_<

How good was Attwood though?!!

I do feel we gifted them most of their points through our own unforced errors through being loose and the game would have been different had they had to create their own opportunities.
Really missed Garvey and Webber - we need a new backup hooker, Guinazu and Batty just aren't good enough.