Leicester Tigers

Watched it on 365 and wish I hadn't! Much as I'd like to find a positive, I can't. Taking nothing away from Bristol and accepting 14 men we cannot make a line break or retain quality ball. We lack pace, commitment and guile. These are basic requirements in the game of rugby union. Add to that the na...

Don't care when kick off is, had it been a league game or European game I would have been there. On Saturday I enjoyed a stroll down to the pub, a very competitive and enjoyable game of rugby and a few beers. No excuses for not being at Welford Road, I probably won't be there on Friday either. As fa...

In no way am I arguing against player welfare I just don't like the way the powers that be are now using it as the justification for major decisions that affect the game. Hiding behind player welfare to make changes that are commercially motivated is distasteful. As pointed out there has been no pla...

For rugby supporters wanting to holiday in the northern hemisphere with good weather but avoiding the inflated prices and overcrowding of school holidays this is a disaster. June and September have always been the best months to achieve this. Sacrificing the opening fixtures in September is a compro...

What a fantastic game of rugby, two really professional well drilled sides putting it all on the line for the shirt. A display of absolute quality by both sides in very difficult conditions. Players able to think on their feet and adapt to the conditions and the opposition. Yep, great game a Sandy P...

Defence, while still needing some work was head and shoulders better than last week. Scrum looked good. Lineout improving. For me it's our attack where work is needed. We persist with the flat ball game which is great when you have players running on to the ball at pace but we don't. The majority of...

Interesting that everyone thinks a defence coach is a priority. It probably is but don't overlook attack. We went through phases today but made hardly a yard in comparison to Worcester who seemed to make ground at will. Yes we have scored a lot of points but mainly later in the game when we are play...

And sorry but while I'm on my end of season dispondent rant, have a think about this. How many times do you find yourself out of your seat because of a great Tigers line break or a forward making a 10 metre carry against the number of times you have your head in your hands as the opposition charge t...

Yet again many seem to be resorting to half back bashing. For me the difference in the last two games compared to our brief resurgence post Bakewell is that the forwards are back to being bullied. With the exception of the scrum we don't have any sort of solid platform from line out, rolling maul, b...

Not sure why Micky Young was booed off but can I suggest that it was probably down to him being a niggling, irritating scrum half constantly in the referees face and displaying undoubted pride in the shirt he had on his back, oh how we could do with some of that!! Congratulations to Deano and John W...

I haven't read all of this thread but I get the gist which is the opportunity to complain about the catering services at Welford Road. Now I know its not perfect and probably never will be but by way of comparison....... I was at the Ricoh last Friday for the Women's and U20's England v Ireland fixt...

Julian White, although I saw a lot of him, someone I would never tire of watching. Sums up perfectly what we no longer have!

So MOC out, Cockers back and everything will be rosy. My view is that Tigers current problems are down to the quality of our forwards. It's a simple game as demonstrated recently by Munster, Exeter and to some extent Sarries. Go forward, break the gain line and recycle quality ball. Fitzgerald, Will...

I thought for a relegation battle it was an excellent game!

Reading this thread with interest and finding it difficult to find many positives. The post by JohntheGriff as ever providing some balance and light through the gloom. It's little more than 6 months ago since the majority of people were berating players, coaches, board as we plumbed new depths in re...