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by mol2
Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05
Replies: 470
Views: 18634

Re: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05

Kelly looks to be one of the few who have shown signs of form in the last couple of matches. Certainly both Porter and Kelly lost form after their England stints. I think Kelly had only just got back to full fitness so would always have been marginal for world cup consideration and realistically Por...
by mol2
Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05
Replies: 470
Views: 18634

Re: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05

I still struggle with why we play our best full back on the wing and an international wing in the centre....
by mol2
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:07 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05
Replies: 470
Views: 18634

Re: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05

Ignore the defeat to Leinster.
The concern is losing the games to Gloucester and very nearly away at Newcastle.
That form wasn’t going to trouble Saints.
by mol2
Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05
Replies: 470
Views: 18634

Re: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05

Fitness clearly an issue since Aled left. Back to the old second half collapses. Father Time has overtaken Young’s and Wells. Our scrum was feeble. Our loose heads are just not of Premiership level as our are bench back rows. Cronin overweight and lazy. Pollard ambling around. You can see why the Fr...
by mol2
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: LEICESTER TIGERS 2023/24 - KANGAROO MCKELLER: Do you come from a land down under? (Squad thread pt 2)
Replies: 990
Views: 87555

Re: LEICESTER TIGERS 2023/24 - KANGAROO MCKELLER: Do you come from a land down under? (Squad thread pt 2)

For me McKellar gets another year. He's a new coach in a world cup year without the benefit of moulding his own squad. Some bits have been OK but the absence of a dedicated attack coach is concerning. Not his fault but it is clear this is a glaring area of weakness that none of the current coaches s...
by mol2
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05
Replies: 470
Views: 18634

Re: Tigers v Saints (A) - Premiership - Saturday 20th April 2024 - KO: 15-05

Don't think we have ever had much by way of favours from Ridley.

Plays with a straight bat.
by mol2
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Race for the top 4.
Replies: 15
Views: 2288

Re: Race for the top 4.

Yes, the woeful performance at Welford Road will likely cost us dearly.
by mol2
Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Champions' Cup Quarter finals 2024
Replies: 57
Views: 4894

Re: Champions' Cup Quarter finals 2024

Jack Willis world class performance this afternoon It's a shame England persist with their policy of not picking foreign based players. Alongside Earl and Mercer it would make quite a back row. Chessum and Martin as locks. All that would be needed are a couple of decent props to take the mantle fro...
by mol2
Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:14 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Formerly of this parish
Replies: 845
Views: 407949

Re: Formerly of this parish

Don't think he was lazy but injuries took their toll. Alesana was a huge presence that made room for others to exploit but when he left we went some time without crash ball threats other than Manu. A series of journeymen back rows offered no threat in attack. Add to that fairly limited game plans at...
by mol2
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:49 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Autumn Series 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 890

Re: Autumn Series 2024

I do think Sky’s coverage was better than BT/TNT. Amazon’s coverage of the AIs was truly dire so that’s no loss. As a Virgin customer I find the restricted option that TNT give is poor. Red button options mess up being able to record matches they otherwise show on their 5th channel for Sky & Dis...
by mol2
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Formerly of this parish
Replies: 845
Views: 407949

Re: Formerly of this parish

Always was in 2 minds about Manu. At his best he was a star for the club and responsible for one of my favorite nights at Welford Road (V South Africa with my now passed dad). but the way that he left after having spent so much of his time at the club on the sidelines still rubs a bit raw. Yes, thi...
by mol2
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Championship Clubs Promotion
Replies: 49
Views: 4007

Re: Championship Clubs Promotion

Wasps moved to Coventry so they could have their own stadium and with it the revenue stream that comes with it. That wasn’t enough for numerous reasons such as no fan base nearby and other crippling debts. On a short term basis sharing might work but even, for example Tigers shared with Nottingham, ...
by mol2
Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm
Replies: 416
Views: 21802

Re: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm

I think Marcus Smith is now England's best option at flyhalf and probably Fin Smith is close behind him. For me Steward should be at 15 and Furbank on the bench as his skill set equips him to cover several roles in the way Alex Goode should have been used by previous England coaches. Agree. Let’s s...
by mol2
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm
Replies: 416
Views: 21802

Re: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm

Am I alone in thinking it strange that Freddie was dropped after his best attacking/counter attacking game in an England jersey? He was, by some margin, England's brightest spark against Wales. Should have made or scored a couple of tries but for tripping over his own feet having done the hard work!...
by mol2
Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm
Replies: 416
Views: 21802

Re: Leinster mind games begin? - Champions Cup (A) - Saturday 06th April 2024 - KO:8:00pm

I find the whole ruck interpretation fundamentally flawed and needs changing/clarification. If a defending player goes beyond the ball and goes to ground or is taken to the ground there is a significant risk of being penalised. An attacking player entering a ruck seems entitled to dive beyond it, us...