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Spring Tour: Australia v Wales -2nd Test. (16/06/2012 10:00GMT)
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<blockquote data-quote="Me 1" data-source="post: 511812" data-attributes="member: 47398"><p>After watching the game a second time I still can't blame Priestland for that loss. He has been made a scapegoat ever since he hit the post against Ireland and people seem to ignore everything he does well and just highlight everything else as a reason to lynch him. He played relatively well today, with mistakes, it wasn't perfect, I'll admit that. But for God's sake he was not the wost part of our game today. He did a horrible kick out on the full (which was very bad, yes) plus about 1, maybe 2 too long kicks. People are blaming him for trying to run instead of kicking to touch, but if the lineout isn't functioning right what's he supposed to do! Criticising people for not kicking the ball deep enough into touch is, for want of a better word, quite pathetic really. People complain if it is kicked to deep into touch because it could've gone further, people complain when it doesn't go out because they failed to find touch, and now people complain that it's too close? It has to be one of those surely? His defence was good today, one of our best backs at defence (and stopped Genia sniping once or twice). His support play was excellent, which was showed with Philips' break (which was instigated by Priestland btw) He did some fine weighted kicks (not all of them were as there were some pretty bad ones), cross kick to Cuthbert early on was a good example of this. I didn't see anything wrong with his passing game. He did some good side steps, although he could potentially have done a little more of them, plus I would have liked to have see him vary his attack a little more, like a chip or something. And when Priestland kicked down field about a minuet at the end it was, as I've said earlier, the right decision. For a start, Priestland wasn't calling for the ball, he was calling for it to remain tight. Webb was the one who chose to pass to Priestland. He couldn't take it into contact because it was about 3 against 7 and he would have been turned over, or worse, penalised. It was the safe option to pin the opposition back (it's not like he gave away the penalty afterwards). Plus, I think the main reason he kicked too deep when he did was because Jamie Robert normally chases them, as he's not playing now it's going to be hard to adapt seeing as our back play is based around him. This is more of a coaching problem. However, this could be improved by him but we've got to adapt our game plan to be able to combat this. </p><p></p><p>I apologise if this post comes across as a little hostile but I'm just so frustrated at so many people (not just on this forum) blaming everything on Priestland during this match. Yes he was a factor but there was so much more to it than that.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Edit: I'm not sure if this is true, but I've heard Matthew Rees was playing with a dislocated finger which may help to explain his awkward line-out throwing.</p><p></p><p>Re. Hook- It might be an idea to play him next week, I wouldn't as I think Priestland's getting better each match, getting back to form. Hook will bring something different but I don't think he suits our current game plan, although maybe we need a change. Plus I'm terrified whenever he throws a pass of an intercept<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Me 1, post: 511812, member: 47398"] After watching the game a second time I still can't blame Priestland for that loss. He has been made a scapegoat ever since he hit the post against Ireland and people seem to ignore everything he does well and just highlight everything else as a reason to lynch him. He played relatively well today, with mistakes, it wasn't perfect, I'll admit that. But for God's sake he was not the wost part of our game today. He did a horrible kick out on the full (which was very bad, yes) plus about 1, maybe 2 too long kicks. People are blaming him for trying to run instead of kicking to touch, but if the lineout isn't functioning right what's he supposed to do! Criticising people for not kicking the ball deep enough into touch is, for want of a better word, quite pathetic really. People complain if it is kicked to deep into touch because it could've gone further, people complain when it doesn't go out because they failed to find touch, and now people complain that it's too close? It has to be one of those surely? His defence was good today, one of our best backs at defence (and stopped Genia sniping once or twice). His support play was excellent, which was showed with Philips' break (which was instigated by Priestland btw) He did some fine weighted kicks (not all of them were as there were some pretty bad ones), cross kick to Cuthbert early on was a good example of this. I didn't see anything wrong with his passing game. He did some good side steps, although he could potentially have done a little more of them, plus I would have liked to have see him vary his attack a little more, like a chip or something. And when Priestland kicked down field about a minuet at the end it was, as I've said earlier, the right decision. For a start, Priestland wasn't calling for the ball, he was calling for it to remain tight. Webb was the one who chose to pass to Priestland. He couldn't take it into contact because it was about 3 against 7 and he would have been turned over, or worse, penalised. It was the safe option to pin the opposition back (it's not like he gave away the penalty afterwards). Plus, I think the main reason he kicked too deep when he did was because Jamie Robert normally chases them, as he's not playing now it's going to be hard to adapt seeing as our back play is based around him. This is more of a coaching problem. However, this could be improved by him but we've got to adapt our game plan to be able to combat this. I apologise if this post comes across as a little hostile but I'm just so frustrated at so many people (not just on this forum) blaming everything on Priestland during this match. Yes he was a factor but there was so much more to it than that.:) Edit: I'm not sure if this is true, but I've heard Matthew Rees was playing with a dislocated finger which may help to explain his awkward line-out throwing. Re. Hook- It might be an idea to play him next week, I wouldn't as I think Priestland's getting better each match, getting back to form. Hook will bring something different but I don't think he suits our current game plan, although maybe we need a change. Plus I'm terrified whenever he throws a pass of an intercept:p [/QUOTE]
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