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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 308096"><p>I think it's too easy to jump on D'Arcy and say he's finished. He wasn't even fit enough and you could see that from the first moment he took the ball into contact, the problem was with Murphy getting injured he couldn't come off. Wallace should have started. </p><p></p><p>Scrum was a mess and Healy didn't have his finest day but it's the job of the tighthead to hold the scrum together so we really need to start blooding other tightheads cause a near 38 year old Hayes won't cut the mustard in 2011 especially with the improvement in the Australian scrum not to mention the Italian challenge. </p><p></p><p>Kidney really has to take the flak that comes his way in the aftermath of this defeat. Just because he won a grand slam doesn't mean he should be free from criticism. I'd no issue with O'Gara coming on but Court and Cronin really should have come on with him, I know Best is a decent scrummager but we were going backwards in that department already so Cronin may not have made a difference there but he certainly could have with the throwing. </p><p></p><p>Robinson though has made great strides with the Scots, their pack can match any side on their day especially with such a strong set piece. The backrow were all over us yesterday, never expected to see Ferris beaten up so badly in an international. </p><p></p><p>Still don't rate Parks and don't believe the Scots can progress if they persist with him, he's not the man to get the backline moving, Jackson or Godman are. He may well have been man of the match in 3 games but that says more about the quality of those contests than it does about the quality of Parks as a player. It's also easy get man of the match as outhalf when you've got a disproportionate number of 10s as co-commentators.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 308096"] I think it's too easy to jump on D'Arcy and say he's finished. He wasn't even fit enough and you could see that from the first moment he took the ball into contact, the problem was with Murphy getting injured he couldn't come off. Wallace should have started. Scrum was a mess and Healy didn't have his finest day but it's the job of the tighthead to hold the scrum together so we really need to start blooding other tightheads cause a near 38 year old Hayes won't cut the mustard in 2011 especially with the improvement in the Australian scrum not to mention the Italian challenge. Kidney really has to take the flak that comes his way in the aftermath of this defeat. Just because he won a grand slam doesn't mean he should be free from criticism. I'd no issue with O'Gara coming on but Court and Cronin really should have come on with him, I know Best is a decent scrummager but we were going backwards in that department already so Cronin may not have made a difference there but he certainly could have with the throwing. Robinson though has made great strides with the Scots, their pack can match any side on their day especially with such a strong set piece. The backrow were all over us yesterday, never expected to see Ferris beaten up so badly in an international. Still don't rate Parks and don't believe the Scots can progress if they persist with him, he's not the man to get the backline moving, Jackson or Godman are. He may well have been man of the match in 3 games but that says more about the quality of those contests than it does about the quality of Parks as a player. It's also easy get man of the match as outhalf when you've got a disproportionate number of 10s as co-commentators. [/QUOTE]
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