biffer Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Pool Q said: Not with penalty kicks to touch. There is no real benefit to taking a risk with those. Missing one can cost the team possession and 40-50 metres of territory. Or the match, as Horne’s missed kick against Italy did a few seasons back, as Biffet rightly points out. Exactly. Knowing when to take risks and when not to is one of the main skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Just reading on the BBC website about how the team believed the hype and thought all they had to do was turn up to beat Wales. Not encouraging, if professional players can be swayed by that sort of stuff. I have a slight dread about this weekend's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 13 hours ago, jailender said: Just reading on the BBC website about how the team believed the hype and thought all they had to do was turn up to beat Wales. Not encouraging, if professional players can be swayed by that sort of stuff. I have a slight dread about this weekend's game. It happens in sport all the time, teams or an individual sportsperson lose focus and become complacent. I, not dreading the game on Sunday for two reasons. 1. We are a much better side at Murrayfield. 2. Despite the above, the match at twickenham was bizarre, we lost a player due to poor discipline. We lost Hogg and his replacement in the first ten minutes. im not expecting a win but I’m not dreading it, I think we will run them close but they will have enough to overcome us late on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 11:50 AM, Pool Q said: Not with penalty kicks to touch. There is no real benefit to taking a risk with those. Missing one can cost the team possession and 40-50 metres of territory. Or the match, as Horne’s missed kick against Italy did a few seasons back, as Biffet rightly points out. With some kicks to touch risks have to be taken. That said, good game management and knowing when not to take risk is the skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMcoolJ Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) 21 hours ago, jailender said: Just reading on the BBC website about how the team believed the hype and thought all they had to do was turn up to beat Wales. Not encouraging, if professional players can be swayed by that sort of stuff. I have a slight dread about this weekend's game. Read a Jim Hamilton Tweet saying the English Saracens players always thought Scotland were terrible and they just had to turn up to win but this year is different. I think it will be close but we'll just lose out. I also don't think it will be pretty - but that's Jones. Edited February 21, 2018 by SMcoolJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Blackheart Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Woo! https://mobile.twitter.com/Scotlandteam/status/967145503438884864?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Q Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Went to Myreside last night as much as an excuse for a couple of pints as anything. Don't think anyone was expecting a Scotland win, but they were superb. England, as usual, were a bigger, physical team, but Scotland played with a huge amount of heart and plenty of skill. Myreside was bouncing at the end, which are words you don't hear very often. Great state to the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Wow! What a half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just walked past a telly and it was showing an england player standing during a break of play. Man that guy looked so doped up it was unreal he had shoulders and traps like Brock Lesnar. Even through the shirt his traps were up at his ears, holy shit that was a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 52 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Wow! What a half 4 minutes to go. Cmon Scotland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 SUPERB RESULT SENT THEM HOMEWARDS TAE THINK AGAIN EVERY ONE TO A MAN BRILLIANT WELL DONE GUYS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lairdyfaeinverclyde Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Not a big rugby fan but that was superb......Fair play to all you rugby fans enjoy your night,,,,,,,,,,,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 8 minutes ago, RenfrewBlue said: 4 minutes to go. Cmon Scotland! Me n u cheering on the same team this has got to stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Fantastic win - hopefully we can play that in the final two games and put ourselves into a very good position to win this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Craig Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 What a great win. Better than England in every area. If only we had turned up in Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Caledonian Craig said: What a great win. Better than England in every area. If only we had turned up in Cardiff. That seems to be the thing this year good at home not so much away fingers crossed for the last 2 games we are still in this although Ireland look good Edited February 24, 2018 by jcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Well done ma Bonnie Scotland. GIRFUY ya engerlish fucks. Alba Gu Bràth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Well done to Russell for a great performance. Not sure I would have given him man of the match, but he certainly turned it around after the game against France. Bring on the Irish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dairbee Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 What a performance. Nerve wracking as hell in the 2nd half, but to be fair, they managed the game brilliantly without making too many errors. Victories like today make you so proud. Working and living in the English rugby heartland will give me a lot of pleasure on Monday morning. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger intae them Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 The beauty of any victory against them is a thing that must be savoured. Well done Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Great performance and result. I still expected the worse until the penalty and yellow card. Even then I was sweating it until 1 mins to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMcGREGOR Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 It's a real pity that Scotland failed so dismally in Wales - was always going to be hard especially with the amount of pressure on Scotland being the "Dark Horse" and not to be underestimated. Any other given time, Wales would have seen this as a walkover, and may have got caught out. The game was a shocker, but does not represent where Scotland are in terms of World Rugby. Wales seriously rattled us in the first half, read our game, and we had no comeback or alternative strategy - the game was Boys against Men. Sad to watch, Scotland have proved they are better than this. We are punching above our weight in this arena. I was confident from the start of the 2nd half that Scotland had this against France, they just seemed to be spoiling for it, and as the clock ticked, I could see the control and just felt relaxed, this was our game. France appeared tired, disjointed and rattled. I reckoned we would beat England, but without taking points off Wales in the first game, this going to be a very close. I always thought Ireland would be the toughest game for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in London Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Fair play x (slags) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 That was a fun day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 15 hours ago, jcs said: Me n u cheering on the same team this has got to stop I can cope with it. 😀 Give it a couple of days and it'll be back to normal. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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