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<blockquote data-quote="General Melchett" data-source="post: 1053010" data-attributes="member: 74895"><p>The one good thing to (hopefully) come out of this series loss is the non continuation of Gatland as HC.</p><p></p><p>I was in disbelief watching his post match interview where he claimed 'we tried to play rugby' and yet gave Russell very little credit and chose to highlight his (very few) errors. Russell was 100% from the tee and was the best Lion on the pitch. How can Gatland take the credit for 'trying to play rugby' given his tactics and when his preferred half backs were Murray and Biggar (which pretty much blunted the Lions attack). He just couldn't wait to bring Murray back for the second test even though Price did well in the first test. Shout outs to Henderson, Beirne and Mish who were hard done by and were deprived of test caps. How did Gatland's 'credit in the bank' picks work out? I'm sure he said he could get out of form players back to their best. Hmmm</p><p></p><p>He also chose to praise Marcus Smith during his post match presser calling him an absolute superstar. Looked to me like me was auditioning to replace Eddie Jones or was trying to take credit for being the one who put Smith on the big stage. Good riddance to yesterday's man – an old school grudge holding coach who is living off past glories and now has a 33% series win rate as Lions HC. Time for fresh blood Lions board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="General Melchett, post: 1053010, member: 74895"] The one good thing to (hopefully) come out of this series loss is the non continuation of Gatland as HC. I was in disbelief watching his post match interview where he claimed ‘we tried to play rugby’ and yet gave Russell very little credit and chose to highlight his (very few) errors. Russell was 100% from the tee and was the best Lion on the pitch. How can Gatland take the credit for 'trying to play rugby' given his tactics and when his preferred half backs were Murray and Biggar (which pretty much blunted the Lions attack). He just couldn’t wait to bring Murray back for the second test even though Price did well in the first test. Shout outs to Henderson, Beirne and Mish who were hard done by and were deprived of test caps. How did Gatland's 'credit in the bank' picks work out? I'm sure he said he could get out of form players back to their best. Hmmm He also chose to praise Marcus Smith during his post match presser calling him an absolute superstar. Looked to me like me was auditioning to replace Eddie Jones or was trying to take credit for being the one who put Smith on the big stage. Good riddance to yesterday’s man – an old school grudge holding coach who is living off past glories and now has a 33% series win rate as Lions HC. Time for fresh blood Lions board. [/QUOTE]
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