Tigers vs Sale - 05 Sep 20

[chipnchase]

To be fair I’d have taken a losing bonus point just for the confidence boost. We need to learn to manage what we have, great to see them try and play out for the win but after two or three phases when passes start going to ground and we’re going back cash your chips in.

[kpj tiger]

There were a few positives in that for me, we got 3 try's past the best defense in the league, set piece was good again, replacements actually added impact again.

Personally I think if we can cut the silly errors out we will be a lot closer

[westwinds31]

Poor performance I’d say. Gave too much ball away and territory. Sale didn’t have to work too hard for points. Liebenburg was decent. Can we have Jono Ross please ?

[OakhamTiger32]

Normally I'd agree re the bonus point, but in the current situation a bonus point is meaningless. It was worth going for the win.

This

Exactly. I can just imagine the furore had Ben kicked the ball out to protect it...

Fair enough I guess, shame the headless chicken approach didn’t work!

Good positive attitude and yes, in the grand scheme of things a LBP matters not

[aslongaswebeatsaints]

To borrow a pun from that other game, t’was a game of two halves...

[LE18]

Normally I'd agree re the bonus point, but in the current situation a bonus point is meaningless. It was worth going for the win.

This

Exactly. I can just imagine the furore had Ben kicked the ball out to protect it...

No, but Ford should have been telling him, why didnt Ford speak with Lavanini about his 4 penalties, kicked the ball away all game, poor Captain in this match.

[MCC1964]

Poor old Nemzy will have to have a warm up before he can do his warm down...

[Jimmy Skitz]

great gave away the LBP right at the death

I think it was more important for us to try to win the game rather than protect a LBP.

we hadn't tried to attack from there all game and clearly had no planned moves, I'm all for attacking, when in a position to do so.

LBP means nothing in terms of league position but it could mean a lot in terms of belief and moral or the squad

[OakhamTiger32]

There were a few positives in that for me, we got 3 try's past the best defense in the league, set piece was good again, replacements actually added impact again.

Personally I think if we can cut the silly errors out we will be a lot closer

Was a frustrating game but it went down to the final minute and given that was 2nd vs 11th that’s says something I suppose. Especially against a full strength Sale side

[trendylfj]

Don't think Ford had a shocker - not good but certainly not a shocker. I was singing the praises of Nadolo before he came and at this moment in time, I was wrong - slow, hardly chased a thing, and looks totally out of shape. Not impressed

[MCC1964]

This

Exactly. I can just imagine the furore had Ben kicked the ball out to protect it...

No, but Ford should have been telling him, why didnt Ford speak with Lavanini about his 4 penalties, kicked the ball away all game, poor Captain in this match.

How do you know he didn’t (talk to Lavanini)?

We all know George is best in a team playing on the front foot. If you’re being pinned in your own territory you have to kick. Not dominating them in the physical battle is where we failed today, amongst other things.

[CrumblingTerrace]

I have to admit, I’m having difficulty knowing what I’m looking at with this team.

Areas of our game - lineout, maul defence, fitness - are definitely better under the new coaches.

And at the same time, our backs play is erratic, we are shipping a staggering number of points and we’re quickly finding ourselves too far behind in games despite heroic efforts later on.

We’re almost beyond analysis.

[Grumpy of Crumbie]

Thanks for all the negative posts guys, still looking forward to the humble pie

[MCC1964]

great gave away the LBP right at the death

I think it was more important for us to try to win the game rather than protect a LBP.

we hadn't tried to attack from there all game and clearly had no planned moves, I'm all for attacking, when in a position to do so.

LBP means nothing in terms of league position but it could mean a lot in terms of belief and moral or the squad

Disagree. An LBP should be the last thing on your mind. A win is all that matters. That’s the mentality you need.

[sapajo]

Blew to much possession in their danger zone through basic handling errors and poor decision making. KIcking the ball away continues to hurt us but still persist with it. We are blunt in attack. That said we did give 100% effort and never gave up the chase.