Leicester Tigers

JP14 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 27, 2020 2:12 pm

Biggest battle will be the front row, the Exiles' front row on paper is arguably stronger than ours collectively.

Whilst that will be a challenge, the reality of the game today is there may only be 6 scrums but over 200 breakdowns. Battle of the breakdown is more likely to win matches.

How do we know that Sale players have breached the rules? Saints could not field a front row so had to cancel. Tests may be false positives and still expect the game to be cancelled if the number of Sale positives remain. Yeah, but the main point.... Sale can't field a side on Sunday... so why are ...

With COVID cases on the increase and the sight of fans not observing social distancing or wearing masks there is a risk that the game may not go ahead..........similar circumstances to the Castres game. I hope not but it is a genuine possibility. South of France makes pretty grim viewing at the mom...

Tigers need to be smarter, soft penalty compound by further penalties. Inevitable yellow cards.

Stats are here https://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/playerstat ... gue=267979

Clare made 15 tackles missed 2.

I think the coaching squad should get some credit for identifying what was not working and changing things immediately and not waiting till half time.

Would not be surprised if some players don't appear in the first team again.

Not sure what people were expecting. Compared where Tigers were at the start of the year I saw real signs of improvement. Fitness was better, defence was better, commitment was better. Tigers lost two second rows leaving the scrum vulnerable but dug in a got the win. Lots still to improve but at lea...

Time for the young guns to grab their chance.

We also need to look at the wider perspective.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2020 ... -the-virus

I also rather suspect that the actual number of cases is way more than the published figures. I know of 20 or so people who have had an illness that presented with covid symptoms in the last couple of months. Only one of those was actually tested, so only she will appear as an official victim. Now,...

This virus is here to stay, look at the distribution around the world, many estimates suggest true infection rate is 10 to 100-fold higher than "confirmed" cases. Long term we have to look towards immunity either by infection or vaccination, vaccine is 12 months away and you need to add on productio...

Whilst the defence was better in getting people into the correct positions on the field, we still miss too many tackles. According to the stats 36 missed tackles against Saracens, you just can't hope to stay in the game with those stats. The real weakness is out wide with wingers missing 10 tackles ...

Based on current data from here https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 HK 107 cases 51 recovered 2 deaths, number of new cases declining UK 164 cases, 8 recovered 2 deaths, number of new cases accelerating A brief visit to HK airport for a ...

Based on current data from here https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 HK 107 cases 51 recovered 2 deaths, number of new cases declining UK 164 cases, 8 recovered 2 deaths, number of new cases accelerating A brief visit to HK airport for a f...

BFG wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 23, 2020 5:39 pm

Watching England v Ireland was like watching paint dry!
A win today but England aren't developing to win a World Cup with Ewels playing at No8 in my opinion!
He's a big fella but he is no Duane Vermeulen!

He is just a placeholder for Billy Vunipola.

England do need to identify a back up though.