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[2013 Premiership] Round 1
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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 590956" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>I don't think this is true any more. It certainly happened the season before ND arrived, but he's stomped a lot of that out. It happened twice last year from what I remember - against Sale and Biarritz. But for the first half of the season, Glos ground out a number of wins when we lost our strike players (May, Trinder, JSD, Olly Morgan). Glos scored the fewest number of tries amongst the top 8 teams. In particular, we scored fewer<strong> and </strong>conceded more than Bath! We still got 5th, and that's because we've become more than just an attacking team. We can hammer away, and win by scoring a 3-point multiple. And as far as attacking from side-to-side goes, I think in Morgan and Kalamafoni, with Qera on the bench, we have the strongest carrying backrow in the league. And Burns varies his kicking options. He grubbered a kick for Twelvetrees to jot down just last week. From memory, he did the same for Sharples last year, and there was that chip-and-collect against the Tigers. JSD also creates as much as he finishes, and can create magic out of nowhere.</p><p></p><p>That's what I think is great about the Glos backline. The fast handling of Burns and Twelvetrees, plus the pace and finishing of May and Trinder punishes a blitz defence, whereas the carrying ability of Kalamafoni and Morgan plus the creativity of Burns and JSD punishes a drift defence. And when neither works, we grind.</p><p></p><p>Gloucester are experts at breaking down defences... it's the set piece, the ball retention, the number of players which are prone to injury, the simple mistakes, the lack of a tight carrying game, that stops Glos taking it to the next level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 590956, member: 55446"] I don't think this is true any more. It certainly happened the season before ND arrived, but he's stomped a lot of that out. It happened twice last year from what I remember - against Sale and Biarritz. But for the first half of the season, Glos ground out a number of wins when we lost our strike players (May, Trinder, JSD, Olly Morgan). Glos scored the fewest number of tries amongst the top 8 teams. In particular, we scored fewer[B] and [/B]conceded more than Bath! We still got 5th, and that's because we've become more than just an attacking team. We can hammer away, and win by scoring a 3-point multiple. And as far as attacking from side-to-side goes, I think in Morgan and Kalamafoni, with Qera on the bench, we have the strongest carrying backrow in the league. And Burns varies his kicking options. He grubbered a kick for Twelvetrees to jot down just last week. From memory, he did the same for Sharples last year, and there was that chip-and-collect against the Tigers. JSD also creates as much as he finishes, and can create magic out of nowhere. That's what I think is great about the Glos backline. The fast handling of Burns and Twelvetrees, plus the pace and finishing of May and Trinder punishes a blitz defence, whereas the carrying ability of Kalamafoni and Morgan plus the creativity of Burns and JSD punishes a drift defence. And when neither works, we grind. Gloucester are experts at breaking down defences... it's the set piece, the ball retention, the number of players which are prone to injury, the simple mistakes, the lack of a tight carrying game, that stops Glos taking it to the next level. [/QUOTE]
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