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<blockquote data-quote="shazbooger" data-source="post: 137559"><p>Jesus you would swear that Ireland had a glorious history of previous World Cup wins and numerous Grand Slams. You need to remember that historically, weve been absolutely shite at rugby. Warren Gatland had a similar playing pool to O'Sullivan and got absolutely nowhere. </p><p></p><p> We have cover in pretty much every area apart from 1, 3 and 10. The talent isnt there to fill those positions. I agree were critically short on cover in those areas but I dont think its fair to blame Eddie for those shortages, he can only play whats presented to him. As for impact subs, I would have thought that Geordan Murphy, N Best, O'Kelly, Trimble and Flannery were pretty handy impact players to bring off the bench.</p><p></p><p> First of all, he's not judged on the Development Tours. The only one he brought a full squad too was NZ and I thought they were fairly close on two occasions and could well have won. The team was ready, they were in place, they lost it on the pitch. </p><p></p><p>They one area I fully agree with you on is the mental side of the squad. Its our biggest problem and it hasnt been addressed in a way that any of us would have liked. It would be foolish to ignore, as results show, we tend to buckle under pressure, not thrive on it. When the pressure is on we lose (France last year), when we have no pressure at all we play better then ever (e.g. Italy last year, 2nd half of France two years ago). It only seems to be when were free from expectation that we play at our absolute best. At this late stage, I dont see any of this changing, and it is my biggest worry.</p><p></p><p>He has without doubt made mistakes and will probably make more, but he aint no Andy Robinson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shazbooger, post: 137559"] Jesus you would swear that Ireland had a glorious history of previous World Cup wins and numerous Grand Slams. You need to remember that historically, weve been absolutely shite at rugby. Warren Gatland had a similar playing pool to O'Sullivan and got absolutely nowhere. We have cover in pretty much every area apart from 1, 3 and 10. The talent isnt there to fill those positions. I agree were critically short on cover in those areas but I dont think its fair to blame Eddie for those shortages, he can only play whats presented to him. As for impact subs, I would have thought that Geordan Murphy, N Best, O'Kelly, Trimble and Flannery were pretty handy impact players to bring off the bench. First of all, he's not judged on the Development Tours. The only one he brought a full squad too was NZ and I thought they were fairly close on two occasions and could well have won. The team was ready, they were in place, they lost it on the pitch. They one area I fully agree with you on is the mental side of the squad. Its our biggest problem and it hasnt been addressed in a way that any of us would have liked. It would be foolish to ignore, as results show, we tend to buckle under pressure, not thrive on it. When the pressure is on we lose (France last year), when we have no pressure at all we play better then ever (e.g. Italy last year, 2nd half of France two years ago). It only seems to be when were free from expectation that we play at our absolute best. At this late stage, I dont see any of this changing, and it is my biggest worry. He has without doubt made mistakes and will probably make more, but he aint no Andy Robinson. [/QUOTE]
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