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<blockquote data-quote="edinburgh_gunner" data-source="post: 170699"><p>Well here's my take on Scotland's chances:</p><p></p><p>We've got a fair bit of grunt upfront. As shown against Ireland in the summer, we took their pack to pieces. Our scrum needs work, but given that Jacobson, Ford and Kerr have been playing together at Edinburgh I think that we'll see an improvement. The consisitency of that front row could be key for us. Hines has been in excellent form in France, Hamilton is also going to be a big player for us. Murray's experience could be important too, even if only from a squad point of view. In the back row is where our real strength lies. Hard hitting leaders in White and Hogg who can turn over the ball at the break down, Taylor - while struggling for game time in France with Stade - is still a big player. If he sorts his discipline out, who knows? Al Strokosh has been a fantastic player for Glouscester since he quit Edinburgh, and Ross Rennie has been in great form this year since establishing himself at Edinburgh last year. Both inexperienced but could turn the heat up on the more established back row players. Pressure for places is something we've not had for a while.</p><p></p><p>Our backline has had it's share of selection problems, especially 10,12 and 13. This year, I think we have two option...depending on how we want to play. If we want to play a tactical kicking game, go with Parks at 10. A running game, go with Paterson or Godman. The latter has been in excellent form recently and he's also been working on his kicking game which has come on leaps and bounds in recent weeks. In the midfield, I think we should move away from Dewey. At first he was a very useful player. But defences in the Magner's League have found him out at Ulster, so how will he fare at international level? I prefer to see Henderson at 12. Experience is what we need, and he's solid in defence and is a line breaker too. At 13, there's only really one choice for us. Nick De Luca. An absolutley key player for Edinburgh this year. Excellent skills, fast, strong and big in defence he's what we've not had at 13 for a while. We've got strength in the back 3. Rory Lamont, Paterson and Webster are the 3 I'd like to see starting at 15,14 and 11. But we've also got players like Cairns, Southwell and Thom Evans (though I do doubt whether or not he'd be able to cope with international level right now).</p><p></p><p>We've got our best shot at it for a while. It's a young team, but with leaders and a hunger to do well and with a high work rate as shown at Edinburgh and Glasgow. We have no one to fear, and I think the fact we face France and England at home could be key. We can beat them at home, I think we will. Our defence is strong, we have the world's best goal kicker and we're starting to develop a sence of attack. We need consistency and get wins away from home, but I think we will see that this year.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying we're going to win, but I think we have a chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edinburgh_gunner, post: 170699"] Well here's my take on Scotland's chances: We've got a fair bit of grunt upfront. As shown against Ireland in the summer, we took their pack to pieces. Our scrum needs work, but given that Jacobson, Ford and Kerr have been playing together at Edinburgh I think that we'll see an improvement. The consisitency of that front row could be key for us. Hines has been in excellent form in France, Hamilton is also going to be a big player for us. Murray's experience could be important too, even if only from a squad point of view. In the back row is where our real strength lies. Hard hitting leaders in White and Hogg who can turn over the ball at the break down, Taylor - while struggling for game time in France with Stade - is still a big player. If he sorts his discipline out, who knows? Al Strokosh has been a fantastic player for Glouscester since he quit Edinburgh, and Ross Rennie has been in great form this year since establishing himself at Edinburgh last year. Both inexperienced but could turn the heat up on the more established back row players. Pressure for places is something we've not had for a while. Our backline has had it's share of selection problems, especially 10,12 and 13. This year, I think we have two option...depending on how we want to play. If we want to play a tactical kicking game, go with Parks at 10. A running game, go with Paterson or Godman. The latter has been in excellent form recently and he's also been working on his kicking game which has come on leaps and bounds in recent weeks. In the midfield, I think we should move away from Dewey. At first he was a very useful player. But defences in the Magner's League have found him out at Ulster, so how will he fare at international level? I prefer to see Henderson at 12. Experience is what we need, and he's solid in defence and is a line breaker too. At 13, there's only really one choice for us. Nick De Luca. An absolutley key player for Edinburgh this year. Excellent skills, fast, strong and big in defence he's what we've not had at 13 for a while. We've got strength in the back 3. Rory Lamont, Paterson and Webster are the 3 I'd like to see starting at 15,14 and 11. But we've also got players like Cairns, Southwell and Thom Evans (though I do doubt whether or not he'd be able to cope with international level right now). We've got our best shot at it for a while. It's a young team, but with leaders and a hunger to do well and with a high work rate as shown at Edinburgh and Glasgow. We have no one to fear, and I think the fact we face France and England at home could be key. We can beat them at home, I think we will. Our defence is strong, we have the world's best goal kicker and we're starting to develop a sence of attack. We need consistency and get wins away from home, but I think we will see that this year. I'm not saying we're going to win, but I think we have a chance. [/QUOTE]
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