Leicester Tigers

OK so it doesn't just impact us, but I'm getting very tired of us fielding a depleted team for league games with so many (10 or so) of our best players missing due to autumn internationals, on top of whoever is injured. Reorganising internationals so they don't take place at the same time as league ...

TFS - this is becoming a habit of me wanting to post to find you've already done it...

Porter reported in the media to be released back to Tigers...assume he's recovered but possibly not match fit?
[edit: sorry just seen this reported above...]

On reflection, I am pleased Matt Everard has been picked up. We forget that it's not just the players who were laid off.

I'm too slow again . Matt seems to be an experienced coach, and that can only help the academy

TFS - you beat me to it! It's possibly as expected given who we have injured and leaving.

Unless someone is off it's hard to see how we could fill in another back rower of that quaility 6. Hanro, Martin, 7. Reffell, Cracknell, Ilione 8. Wiese, Jansen Certainly space for another ball carrier but how much cap can we get in it? Especially with us already missing Reffell and Wiese to intern...

Think I'd prefer to spend my money at MWWR. Hoping the club throw their doors open for an event soon

Excellent job today, with defence back to last season's quality.

What I have no doubt about, is that our coaching team and players are working very hard to sort this out. I think criticism of the former especially is a little unfair after the heroics of last season, and particularly after only 5 games of this season. To be honest, I cannot see anyone better to do...

RagingBull wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 8:48 am Gopperth for all his faults also created our only try from nothing.

Exactly. Give the guy a break.

The morning after, with a bit less emotion, it does seem reasonable that some of the player combinations need time to bed in. So we all - fans, pundits and journos - perhaps shouldn't rush to judgement. Expectations are sky high, but in my view, a large part of the success last year was down to the ...

Personally, I feel some of the things we were doing well last season - speed at the breakdown, defensive management, use of Freddie Steward - seem less in evidence. Maybe it is more that other teams have caught up and worked out how to play us? Or maybe it is various injuries etc are having an impac...

Several of the pundits said the loss of Ford and Genge would make a big difference to Tigers performance this year. I thought that was ridiculous...but now... Unless it makes that much difference to the mentality of the players, then I don't think this is so much the case. We have just looked cluel...

On the plus side, I thought both Cole and Wiese had good games.