Scarlets side to face Connacht

Fscarlet wrote: 157cb wrote:    If you watched Costelow play ? You will see he his not the biggest, but he his fearless in the tackle, I would say he his our best defensive 10 .    This  kid as all the tools , he his a class act , he should have started at 10 against Zebre ..All the other countries in European Rugby blood there young tens, we seem reluctant to do so .. I agree but I just don't think he is best equipped to be starting 10 out in Galway where the weather will be horrific as always.

Edited by Dic Penderyn - 13 November 2020 at 3:38pm

Dan is a steady player but limits attacking options 

Captain wrote: philturk wrote: I’m losing more and more faith in Delaney with every week that goes by. Where’s Jac Price, Dom Booth & Costellow? All 3 have been promising so far this season  Javan has been poor and yet we persist with him, I’d take Cassiem over Kalamafoni (who has done nothing in a Scarlets shirt so far) Can I request from members to wait and find out why players are not playing before they reply with stupid comments about the coaches decisions on players

Now that’s a bit of common sense 👍

The frustrating this is,and I get everyone's annoyance,but a little bit of composure and we would have beaten Edinburgh and munster and suddenly we have 16 points and top the group by a few points.small margins make the difference. Let's hope this week,we get the W and try to keep building 

Mundoscarlet wrote: The frustrating this is,and I get everyone's annoyance,but a little bit of composure and we would have beaten Edinburgh and munster and suddenly we have 16 points and top the group by a few points.small margins make the difference. Let's hope this week,we get the W and try to keep building

Maple wrote: Why is Sebastian in the team? He brings nothing to the game.

   Disagree totally ,the issues at scrum time have been on the loose head for the most part, yes he as been penalised admittedly .Javan been our most impressive prop in the loose by a country mile .

   The scrum is an absolute lottery , that an the breakdown harming the very future of the game, what a mess .

157cb wrote: Maple wrote: Why is Sebastian in the team? He brings nothing to the game.    Disagree totally ,the issues at scrum time have been on the loose head for the most part, yes he as been penalised admittedly .Javan been our most impressive prop in the loose by a country mile .    The scrum is an absolute lottery , that an the breakdown harming the very future of the game, what a mess .

157cb wrote
   Disagree totally ,the issues at scrum time have been on the loose head for the most part, yes he as been penalised admittedly .Javan been our most impressive prop in the loose by a country mile .

   The scrum is an absolute lottery , that an the breakdown harming the very future of the game, what a mess .[/QUOTE]

Agree completely. Javan only needs to improve a little on fitness to become a top class prop.
However as 157cb also points out the scrum is becoming more and more of a lottery and the impression I get is that most referees have little idea of what is going on and who is breaking the rules. When a scrum collapses they have to make a decision and often this is pure guess work, but once made they tend to stick with penalising the same side unless something very different occurs.
The breakdown decisions are also often baffling, with so many players piling in at different angles and power that it can't be easy for refs to arrive at a clear decision to penalise and which side to penalise.
Clearly we have to work on these aspects, before we are able to get enough ball to judge how the backs are performing.