20yearsatiger wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 9:52 pm
Is that our most brainless, uninventive performance of the season?
Idiotic penalties. Pathetic game management. Consistently 2nd best at breakdown.
Nope, just about every other game has been like that - it's certainly been a regular occurrence this season.
Head scratching trying to figure out how a large number of talented players can perform (or not) so badly for each other, for their club and for their supporters.
Some will say they tried, they put effort in but sadly it's not enough, there's no 'ooomph' at all in that side, players look like they can't be bothered at times - irrespective of soundbites and media chat.
Daft penalties have been a running theme - the only thing that is regularly running in our team.
Single ball carrier into contact, no-one latching on to drive (except for the last drive that we scored from tonight), leaving one man at the breakdown that invites a counter 'ruck' and we turn the ball over, dawdling into position, taking forever to move the ball on - allowing the defence to reorganise, switching off at critical points allowing opposition to slice through us, basic skills lacking, players static and just going through the motions passing the ball along a static line, no one hitting the line at pace or running onto the ball.
We can do all of these, and do them well, we have shown them in glimpses but when they work we strangely revert to type and go back to plodding.
Emily Scarratt just said you can put your money on Tigers at home at Welford road....I have 20p spare and I wouldn't put that on Tigers at home right now
We are looking like scraping through this season by the skin of our teeth, reliant on other results still with 1 game to go - no matter how unlikely a Falcons' escape seems, and I'm grateful for that, but it's depressing that we play the same carp week in week out and never seem to learn.
It wasn't that long ago I recall Cockers saying you can expect to win the premiership if you lose 5 games.... well, we've won 7 all season this time around, and some of those we've scraped through, been unlucky in a couple we've lost yes, but also lucky not to lose more.
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.