So yet again the Irish media and "fans" point their finger of blame solely on 1 person in team sport. Stockdale is the scapegoat this week, in the 6 nations depending on where the papers were published it was Murray or Sexton. Players make mistakes, Is anyone screaming about ...
the really poor grubber kick from Aki, the poor lineout throws, the poor lineout lifting, the fact we have seen France and French teams utilising the chip and chase pretty much throughout the year and decided to play a rush defence with no sweeper, asking an inexperienced ...
back 3 to have A, their communication spot on, and B their positioning. Something we take for granted is Earls and Kearney have been part of a back 3 team for a long long time. They have instinct, just because half of the Irish fans only took interest in 2018 doesn't mean that
the same issues weren't there before, or the same issues weren't faced in England, or France, or South Africa. We are all screaming for change, screaming for an attacking option at 15, screaming for us to win an international play off game. That doesn't happen over night.
We have 2 young full backs, with bags of potential that can play very different games and scare a lot of teams. Don't scare them off straight away. Were all cribbing about Zebo. When Zebo played full back for Ireland, guess what, enemy number 1.
I screamed at the telly when he fumbled the ball, I also did when Sexton threw the intercept against Italy, when Henshaw was caught off guard at full back, When OConnell knocked on, When ODriscoll kicked a duck of a drop goal and missed, When ROG missed a tackle. I never @ them