PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
29 Sept 2023, 07:38#9
I'll say it again.
The problem in the Irish game was those two ridiculous attempts at goal from +50m.
Every single pundit is saying exactly what I said, during the game, on its thread...kick those two bloody balls to the damn corner.
Those are 6 of the missed 11 points. Leaving 5 on the park wouldn't have been that bad. It's the territorial advantage and dominance that we pissed away which is what cost us.
Ireland where just hanging on at that stage of the game and we let them off the hook by doing exactly the opposite of what we did against the ABs.
Why the F did we even play that way against the ABs if we we're gonna go in a totally different in the WC?
That's a practice match. A match where you are supposed to be testing your strategies and seeing what works. It worked against the ABs, Wales, Australia...worked damn well...and then we suddenly shit ourselves and try go for points from +50m!!!???
Kick to corner, you get a lineout. You apply more pressure. Even if they turn you over at the lineout...they have to clear their lines and you likely get another lineout around their 22, another opportunity for a penalty and to apply more pressure. More time in their half.
I was, and still am absolutely seething about those decisions to kick.
I seriously hope it was a ploy to lose the game by a small margin because we wanted to face France.
If that was the legit gameplan, with no sub-plot, then it's very frightening.
29 Sept 2023, 08:18#11
Can’t possibly believe Harassmus deliberately “just lost” the Irish game.
What if there’d been an intercept try in the 80th minute and the Boks missed out on the bonus point?
It was a tight game and the Boks reverted to type by going for penalty goal attempts. As they say, always take the three!
PLPlum
Captain21,007 posts
29 Sept 2023, 09:07#12
By that stage of the game the coaches already had good stats for how long the ball was in play.
It was something like 26 minutes for the entire game.
Kicking to the corner there you gain so much momentum and territory.
I seriously hope there was some long term planning involved with those decisions to kick.
