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<blockquote data-quote="retired9" data-source="post: 1083477" data-attributes="member: 79608"><p>Another 6N is over and it has really been disappointing in terms of results for Scotland. I felt that on last years tournament and an OK ish Autumn we could have been a decent 3rd placed team maybe second with the bounce of the ball. France and Ireland were always going to be especially difficult but after the opening win over England we really threw away the chance to beat Wales too.</p><p></p><p>The defence has been off compared to a year ago (where it was exceptionally good), and the unforced errors and cheap penalties really quite worrying - it suggests an attitude or concentration problem.</p><p></p><p>There are 2 distinct sides of the same coin, the Team and Townsend. What I don't know is are they both compatible now for future success, there seems to be a problem with Finn and Hogg is not at the best he can be. Combined with Beergate there has to be a culture problem amongst some of the senior players that they are above the team - maybe because they haven't been seriously challenged for their positions this tournament.</p><p></p><p>Toonie is capable of more, I think the issue is that he is much earlier in his coaching career internationally than some others and needs to be much tougher on under achievers. If Price and Russell were seriously battling for selection every week and they knew that Toonie could drop them I think we may have got more from those guys. To be fair Ali has been decent, but White and Vellacott have been really sharp too. Finn suddenly got stuck in after the defense debarcle V France and being dropped against Ireland had wiped the smirk away, he was on a mission when he came on.</p><p> </p><p>As I said above, the Hogg scenario is much more challenging, I think taking the captaincy away would be a better option, partly because we don't have a replacement waiting and also it will dent his ego enough to get the best from him. Ireland was infuriating, he did so much well before the tackle the easy pass was all that remained. Partly it will be him trying to make amends for the week (if he had scored it would be a wonder try), but also his trait for Scotland has been to create something from nothing so he must fix his blinkers quickly - we can't miss walk-in tries in future. Maitland is the only proven back up with a bit of ability at 15 so we really need a decent answer for selection options.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I don't like is the very PR bland approach to interviews (I know they all do it but the script is boring and smacks of repetitive lies when not performing), a little more realism would be better. The media have tried to make it sound like Scotland were expecting a tournament win which I don't think anyone ever was, yes it is our best squad in 20 odd years but we really are not performing well enough to do it.</p><p></p><p>For now I have faith in Gregor to go away and improve himself and his coaching, he has done it before. I don't know who could replace him anyway, does Gats want a job?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="retired9, post: 1083477, member: 79608"] Another 6N is over and it has really been disappointing in terms of results for Scotland. I felt that on last years tournament and an OK ish Autumn we could have been a decent 3rd placed team maybe second with the bounce of the ball. France and Ireland were always going to be especially difficult but after the opening win over England we really threw away the chance to beat Wales too. The defence has been off compared to a year ago (where it was exceptionally good), and the unforced errors and cheap penalties really quite worrying - it suggests an attitude or concentration problem. There are 2 distinct sides of the same coin, the Team and Townsend. What I don't know is are they both compatible now for future success, there seems to be a problem with Finn and Hogg is not at the best he can be. Combined with Beergate there has to be a culture problem amongst some of the senior players that they are above the team - maybe because they haven't been seriously challenged for their positions this tournament. Toonie is capable of more, I think the issue is that he is much earlier in his coaching career internationally than some others and needs to be much tougher on under achievers. If Price and Russell were seriously battling for selection every week and they knew that Toonie could drop them I think we may have got more from those guys. To be fair Ali has been decent, but White and Vellacott have been really sharp too. Finn suddenly got stuck in after the defense debarcle V France and being dropped against Ireland had wiped the smirk away, he was on a mission when he came on. As I said above, the Hogg scenario is much more challenging, I think taking the captaincy away would be a better option, partly because we don't have a replacement waiting and also it will dent his ego enough to get the best from him. Ireland was infuriating, he did so much well before the tackle the easy pass was all that remained. Partly it will be him trying to make amends for the week (if he had scored it would be a wonder try), but also his trait for Scotland has been to create something from nothing so he must fix his blinkers quickly - we can't miss walk-in tries in future. Maitland is the only proven back up with a bit of ability at 15 so we really need a decent answer for selection options. Another thing I don't like is the very PR bland approach to interviews (I know they all do it but the script is boring and smacks of repetitive lies when not performing), a little more realism would be better. The media have tried to make it sound like Scotland were expecting a tournament win which I don't think anyone ever was, yes it is our best squad in 20 odd years but we really are not performing well enough to do it. For now I have faith in Gregor to go away and improve himself and his coaching, he has done it before. I don't know who could replace him anyway, does Gats want a job? [/QUOTE]
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