Next week versus Bath then Irish!

[fentiger]

Interesting hearing what Fordy had to say post match especially regarding Tigers not really doing much attack training yet!
Sounds like they are working on the basics first before bringing more aspects in. Nothing wrong with that, however I feel we will need to bring a bit more to the table to beat the likes of Bath?

[westwinds31]

I thought that (honest) after Exeter. It seemed we’ve worked on defence, maul defence, breakdown and physicality. Attack will come, we were more going for territory through Ford. Bath will ask a lot of different questions than Chiefs. The likes of Joseph and Watson’s footwork which will be a test. Looking forward to it. Once we get Nadolo and Murimurivalu in all of a sudden we have options.

[Noggs]

Once we get Nadolo and Murimurivalu in all of a sudden we have options.

Still no news of when this will be?

[westwinds31]

No nothing. Nadolo is "a couple of weeks away" and being looked at "week on week", the standard reply which could mean anything from, he'll feature against Bath or we won't see him until Gloucester away. Murimurivalu I can't remember what the situation is with him, is he isolating/coming out of isolation ?

I remember seeing Lewis Moody after one of the home games back in 2004 I think it was. He'd been injured for a while and I asked him when he was likely to be back. "Hopefully next week" was his reply. He didn't play for a month

[sapajo]

Interesting hearing what Fordy had to say post match especially regarding Tigers not really doing much attack training yet!
Sounds like they are working on the basics first before bringing more aspects in. Nothing wrong with that, however I feel we will need to bring a bit more to the table to beat the likes of Bath?

It simply beggars the question that if we really have not been doing much attack training yet, how are we going to score any points or indeed win other than via penalties or through the forwards????

[Cagey Tiger]

Interesting hearing what Fordy had to say post match especially regarding Tigers not really doing much attack training yet!
Sounds like they are working on the basics first before bringing more aspects in. Nothing wrong with that, however I feel we will need to bring a bit more to the table to beat the likes of Bath?

It simply beggars the question that if we really have not been doing much attack training yet, how are we going to score any points or indeed win other than via penalties or through the forwards????

A few thoughts :

• the old adage "forwards win matches, the backs by how much"

• Exeter's tries on Saturday, forwards 3 backs 1

• the incoming players still to arrive and be available include our star back 3 players

• it's how EJ started with England and he didn't have too bad a start

[happywomble]

Karl Dickson in the middle for Bath game.

"The match officials for Leicester Tigers’ first match at Welford Road since February have been announced.
Karl Dickson is named as the man in the middle for the Gallagher Premiership clash with Bath Rugby on Saturday (August 22, 4.30pm).
He will be assisted from the touchlines by Anthony Woodthorpe and Hamish Smales, while David Grashoff will serve as Television Match Official. Tony Diprose is named as citing commissioner.
Former Harlequins scrum-half Dickson last took charge of a Tigers fixture in the home win over Wasps in Round 10 of this season’s Gallagher Premiership." - https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/re ... r-round-15

[Noggs]

[Wayne Richardson Fan Club]

Karl Dickson in the middle for Bath game.

"The match officials for Leicester Tigers’ first match at Welford Road since February have been announced.
Karl Dickson is named as the man in the middle for the Gallagher Premiership clash with Bath Rugby on Saturday (August 22, 4.30pm).
He will be assisted from the touchlines by Anthony Woodthorpe and Hamish Smales, while David Grashoff will serve as Television Match Official. Tony Diprose is named as citing commissioner.
Former Harlequins scrum-half Dickson last took charge of a Tigers fixture in the home win over Wasps in Round 10 of this season’s Gallagher Premiership." - https://www.leicestertigers.com/news/re ... r-round-15

The worrying thing is there is worse...

[sam16111986]

Interesting hearing what Fordy had to say post match especially regarding Tigers not really doing much attack training yet!
Sounds like they are working on the basics first before bringing more aspects in. Nothing wrong with that, however I feel we will need to bring a bit more to the table to beat the likes of Bath?

It simply beggars the question that if we really have not been doing much attack training yet, how are we going to score any points or indeed win other than via penalties or through the forwards????

Our attack coach was the last too arrive. We had some real pressing issues such as defence and lineout to worry about.

We've got to rebuild the attack from the ground up so we may be starting with the absolute basics before adding layers to it later. With lots of new players and some not arrived yet (including the starting back three and OC) drilling the attack to the nth degree only to have to go back and do it all again later might not be worthwhile.

[johnthegriff]

It is not just when the coaches arrived it is the amount of time we have been able to have contact training, with new players and ideas getting together as a team will take time.

[happywomble]

Yes, I would be worried if there was a couple weeks to go until the 20-21 season and we hadn't done any attacking training. The rest of this season is for basics, getting the players to gel and getting the systems into place and then working on the attack, which I am sure will come sooner rather than later given the calibre of the new coaching set-up

[JP14]

I always thought Karl Dickson was a decent ref, but he has failed to have anything anywhere near that reffing for us!

[kk20gb30]

Have to start making the term 'Home Advantage' actually mean something.....

[Noggs]

For the moment the weather looks decent with an outside chance of a shower so we should see an open game. Looking forward to further improvements