Leicester Tigers

I have often posted that Tigers lack genuine pace and a ball carrying threat. I thought we solved that issue signing OHC and Watson not to mention Wiese. Strikes me that OHC as has been widely muted is a different player from when he was at Irish, Watson is still long term injured and Wiese is off....

For me personally I think if someone came in for pollard I’d let him go, I don’t think he’s a club player I think like a lot of the South African he’s only really bothered about the springboks look at the number of them that have gone to Ireland and France and aldi not really done anything. I thoug...

I always think on the big players you want them settled down. So on Pollard (presuming his contract finishes 2025) as soon as the season finishes I'd have two offers for him. 1) A contract extension for a further two seasons (to end in 2027) on good terms. 2) A transfer to a SA franchise. Basically...

[ quote=Tigersunited post_id=881794 time=1713642190 user_id=9987] What a massive excuse that is - do you really think he wasn’t given the option of an experienced Attack coach - he was and chose Matt Smith. We are going no where but backwards under DM - I fear for next season if he is in charge. It...

Stop the experiment of playing an international quality fullback.on the wing and an international winger at 12. Ideally get Kelly back to 12. We did miss Reffell when he went off but Cracknell although a different style of player was not too bad. Our discipline was awful and that has to.improve. Cr...

None of them are sound business nor is Watson I think Hatherall is a good player and Rogerson is a good squad player. Cracknell as an option at 8 might be fine. It's just none are the type of 7 we need. The whining over Watson is tiresome. As his contract with us didn't start until Nov/Dec time the...

Old Hob wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:41 pm Jordie Barratt has confirmed that the money he was offered was a big motivating factor.

Wow there's a surprise. I know he bugged up the short period his family lived in Ireland but there was always going to be an element of lining his pocket (not that I blame him).

And, indeed, the schools themselves. It's worth noting that private schools in Ireland are a fraction of the cost of private schools in the UK. The Irish government offer subsidiaries to keep the fees low so you can attend for around £3k a year compared to roughly £13k if you are looking at a priva...

None of them are sound business nor is Watson I think Hatherall is a good player and Rogerson is a good squad player. Cracknell as an option at 8 might be fine. It's just none are the type of 7 we need. The whining over Watson is tiresome. As his contract with us didn't start until Nov/Dec time the...

Really thought we were well in it, until the red card. Thought we were decent for the first 50 minutes or so. I honestly thought Ridley was right with his initial analysis when he said yellow. It's a shame the TMO kept pushing for a red. Losing Tommy was big, too. Sorry, but Cracknell offers nothin...

Forwards played well but backs butchered 3 try scoring opportunities. Is this just lack of confidence or what? Looks like we're trying to evolve the attack in the backline that's just never had chance to settle. OHC looks like he's carrying an injury. Only positives from the backs were JvP looking ...

mol2 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:08 pm Fitness clearly an issue since Aled left. Back to the old second half collapses.

You can't play with 14 men against Saints for 50 mins and not expect to see the players blowing.

Have not watched this game so cannot comment on who played well or who did not. However, last time I looked rugby union was a game for fifteen not fourteen or thirteen, which is how we seem to play it. Just exactly how are we supposed to compete with anyone if we cannot maintain discipline and keep...

Have not watched this game so cannot comment on who played well or who did not. However, last time I looked rugby union was a game for fifteen not fourteen or thirteen, which is how we seem to play it. Just exactly how are we supposed to compete with anyone if we cannot maintain discipline and keep...

DaveRave wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:48 pm Well this has got really rather rubbish rather quickly.

We look shattered. Too long defending against Saints with a man down.

No Reffell and Montoya means no breakdown threat so they've got quick ball.