Irish in the final

deema1 · Post by **deema1** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:29 pm

What a win for Irish, should be a great final!!!

vinniechan · Post by **vinniechan** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:37 pm

Gotta say I'm not too worried. Our entire backline with the exception of Dan can kick so we're covered all over the park.
In any case, we always have crazy horse to go after their kickers, and if we can designate someone to look after Steffon, we should be pretty confident to play our own game against the Exiles/

deema1 · Post by **deema1** » Sat May 09, 2009 7:42 pm

Don't want to speak too soon, but I would have been more concerned if it had been Quins in the final. Should be a great, running final, but I feel we have the strength in most areas of the park.

WiggoTiger · Post by **WiggoTiger** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:07 pm

Feel we may have one trophy in the bag on saturday, more scared of sequins than Irish

MJ Chairman · Post by **MJ Chairman** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:47 pm

Kennedy will be out Casey and Catt were both absolutely knacker ed at the end i think it will be a close match but our front 5 will be too strong our back row at least competitive to starve them of any decent pill

gingertigers · Post by **gingertigers** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:53 pm

deema1 wrote:What a win for Irish, should be a great final!!!

Personally I'm disappointed tha we won't be up against Deano & Skinner even though that would be the harder final. We'll have to make do with Toby2 & Buckland instead!

Suz · Post by **Suz** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:59 pm

Toby2?

(or am I being a bit dense?)

gingertigers · Post by **gingertigers** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:05 pm

Suz wrote:Toby2?
(or am I being a bit dense?)

Yes you are - Toby Booth, coach/director London Irish!

Suz · Post by **Suz** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:08 pm

gingertigers wrote:
Suz wrote:Toby2?
(or am I being a bit dense?)
Yes you are - Toby Booth, coach/director London Irish!

Thanks (I should of known that

)

gingertigers · Post by **gingertigers** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:14 pm

Suz wrote:
gingertigers wrote:
Suz wrote:Toby2?
(or am I being a bit dense?)
Yes you are - Toby Booth, coach/director London Irish!
Thanks (I should of known that )

Not necessarily - a mixture of alcohol & elation does strange things to the mind - I even started likng the Welsh last Sunday!

WharfedaleTiger · Post by **WharfedaleTiger** » Sat May 09, 2009 9:16 pm

Should be a great game; the breakdown will be crucial IMO. Irish live off turnover and breakaway ball, we have enough in attack to break down their defense but we need to nullify Steffon and try to hammer Catt out of the game. There three key pivots are Steffon, Catt and Traki'bi (SP) and its vital we nulify their running from the deep. The keys will be good work at the breakdown, good contact skills and accurate kicking for touch. Quins showed today how not to play against them.

smalldell · Post by **smalldell** » Sun May 10, 2009 6:51 am

I think Irish will be the most difficult opponents we could have met in the GP final. They play a structured\unstructured game and we saw when we played them away how dangerous they can be.

I know we are playing well and the attitude is excellent but defensively we will have to be right at the top of our game next week.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun May 10, 2009 2:24 pm

we have to have the same attitude for next week as we had for all our last few games....power, pace, control...

mol2 · Post by **mol2** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:08 pm

We have the players to beat them - how many would displace their opposite number from the Tigers' side?

A final is a final & anything can happen so it's down to the better side to make sure it doesn't.

RobGale · Post by **RobGale** » Sun May 10, 2009 7:20 pm

mol2 wrote:We have the players to beat them - how many would displace their opposite number from the Tigers' side?

Don't like that theory. Rugby is a team sport so whilst one individual may be better than another individual the more talented individual may make the team worse (attitude, ego etc) so it doesn't really matter than our individuals are better than their's

We probably should win but that's because (for me) our team is better than their team

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