Team v Toulouse (A) looks ok except at 7

[POSTIGER]

Brainless and rudderless as usual away in the HC.

[sapajo]

Reverted back to our one dimentional selves, the JC kick away at the end just sums up a dire performance.

[Jimmy Skitz]

Think Ben Youngs is in for a hard week at Oval Park after that decision right in front of the posts, the turn over there swung the momentum massively in favour of Toulouse which Tigers showed no signs of having the ability to reverse, starting with Flood not cutting back when he was practically gift rapped a try midway in the 1st half

[TigerLad]

Topping the group is going to be very difficult now, oh for a group like Quins's . And what was Crane thinking? A grubber kick in injury time when we have an overlap, stupid decision. So many unforced errors in terrible conditions, we need to get a TBP against Ospreys if we want to qualify.

[Darc Tiger]

Not the end of the world, but we need to play very well in our remaining games now. Toulouse too good today.

[Tigerbeat]

A strong performance from Toulouse. The lack of a true 7 has not helped and discipline needs to be improved.
Defence has been good but Ben Youngs decision to take the quick tap was poor.
Too many mistakes and the conditions were not great. This is not an excuse and they will have to front up next week against the Ospreys.
Toulouse is a very difficult place to go play, and win.

Tigers could not have recruited another 7 whilst Woods, Newby and Salvi were still on the payroll.

Now that Wooods and Newby have retired, cash is available in the cap. Expect to see a recruit when they have identified the right player.

[jgriffin]

Alas the judgement day came, and the naysayers were right, all Plan A and nothing else. What I'd like to know is why, with a hell of a lot of really good players, when push comes to shove, we play like Burntwood Extra A, brainfarts left, right and centre. and why we have no Plan B. And why bring on Thorpe so late?

[DaveRave]

An abysmal 2nd half performance. European force? My bottom we are.

[Jimmy Skitz]

A strong performance from Toulouse. The lack of a true 7 has not helped and discipline needs to be improved.
Defence has been good but Ben Youngs decision to take the quick tap was poor.
Too many mistakes and the conditions were not great. This is not an excuse and they will have to front up next week against the Ospreys.
Toulouse is a very difficult place to go play, and win.

Tigers could not have recruited another 7 whilst Woods, Newby and Salvi were still on the payroll.

Now that Wooods and Newby have retired, cash is available in the cap. Expect to see a recruit when they have identified the right player.

People say that Richard Thorpe should have played. Is he registered for the Heineken Cup?

Thorpe replaced Mafi so yes he is

[Big Dai]

There was a time when we may not have had the best team on the park but we won games because we were streetwise. The latest crop look leaderless and what's worse, Brainless.

As marullus puts in in Julius Caesar

"Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome (Ratae),
To grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!"


Why Oh why do we wait till 5 mins to go before we try a genuine openside? Why continue with youngs when he's struggling. Heart on the sleeve does not quite cut it. Once the best and most cussed team in Europe now gets the respect it deserved from a Toulouse crowd.........A mexican wave! Ospreys next week is a breaking point in the season.

[fleabane]

Too little penetration, too many penalties, poor decision making by BY, team unravelled. End of.

[drc_007]

Brainless and unprofessional.

Sadly a don't think they will be able to change those two attributes in a week.

[Soggypitch]

A terrible 2nd half performance. Bad/brainless decisions by some of our players today, Both Youngs brothers, Cole, Crane and Flood.

Scrum collapsed (a lot!) when Castro came on, I can't remember the last time Castro played well let alone scrummaged well.

Manu should have been standing at 12 today, he was the only player capable of consistently getting over the gain line and worrying the Toulouse defence, in those conditions he was never going to see enough ball at 13. Smith should have been outside him and Thorpe starting.

All in all very dispiriting - to put it mildly!!

[Darc Tiger]

Scrum was fine with Castro and Ayerza. Won a few penalties to hold a glimmer of hope of a LBP.

[sapajo]

Scrum was fine with Castro and Ayerza. Won a few penalties to hold a glimmer of hope of a LBP.

What glimmer must have been watching a different match?