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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Manx" data-source="post: 587226" data-attributes="member: 50236"><p>Who?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You, rightly, supported Clermont who were playing Biarritz today...hence the sarcasm!!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it was a lovely sunny day at Aguilera and the second team of ASM did not break into much of a sweat to beat a wretched Biarritz team for whom nothing went right, apart from the score, although mostly through their own ineptness!!</p><p></p><p>Same old, same old from kick offs without organisation, penalties galore, failure to read the ref, individuals taking the ball into the hit with no support either to pass to or to clear the ball, dropped passes, Traille failing to pass (or in the case of the try that should have been, much too late), Thomas wafting at his opponent to keep them away rather than to tackle, woeful kicking out of hand from 10 and 15 etc etc. It looked to me like the TV guys were trying to say that Traille was impressive but he really is one of the problems and not part of the solution.....he does not pass outside (where the wingers have only the one talent and that is to run), he is slow, and it seems the kick offs are now being directed at being short so that he can attempt to catch them....this would have been a good alternative but not every kick!!</p><p></p><p>Clermont's scrum was immense and completely annihilated the BO front 8 in the tight and loose to such an extent that they took one line out maul from the half way to the try line.....the back up and clear outs were huge as was the obvious organisation and defence. The backs did not need to do anything as James controlled the territory and kicked his goals. Very impressive but I will leave the real judgement until they meet a team that can play rather than the relegation material headless chickens I saw against them today.</p><p></p><p>There was just plain nothing that could possibly give any supporter any glimmer of hope in the display and, like this am, the home scrum half took an interception try from his own 22 to somehow drag the team back into a game that should have been way beyond them. It was very generous of ASM to leave us with a losing bonus point but quite how this was possible beggars belief!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Montpellier next week....Gaston, you can leave your best players at home and win even if you play Hape!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Manx, post: 587226, member: 50236"] Who? You, rightly, supported Clermont who were playing Biarritz today...hence the sarcasm!! Anyway, it was a lovely sunny day at Aguilera and the second team of ASM did not break into much of a sweat to beat a wretched Biarritz team for whom nothing went right, apart from the score, although mostly through their own ineptness!! Same old, same old from kick offs without organisation, penalties galore, failure to read the ref, individuals taking the ball into the hit with no support either to pass to or to clear the ball, dropped passes, Traille failing to pass (or in the case of the try that should have been, much too late), Thomas wafting at his opponent to keep them away rather than to tackle, woeful kicking out of hand from 10 and 15 etc etc. It looked to me like the TV guys were trying to say that Traille was impressive but he really is one of the problems and not part of the solution.....he does not pass outside (where the wingers have only the one talent and that is to run), he is slow, and it seems the kick offs are now being directed at being short so that he can attempt to catch them....this would have been a good alternative but not every kick!! Clermont's scrum was immense and completely annihilated the BO front 8 in the tight and loose to such an extent that they took one line out maul from the half way to the try line.....the back up and clear outs were huge as was the obvious organisation and defence. The backs did not need to do anything as James controlled the territory and kicked his goals. Very impressive but I will leave the real judgement until they meet a team that can play rather than the relegation material headless chickens I saw against them today. There was just plain nothing that could possibly give any supporter any glimmer of hope in the display and, like this am, the home scrum half took an interception try from his own 22 to somehow drag the team back into a game that should have been way beyond them. It was very generous of ASM to leave us with a losing bonus point but quite how this was possible beggars belief!! Montpellier next week....Gaston, you can leave your best players at home and win even if you play Hape!!! [/QUOTE]
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