Scarlets v Section Paloise (Pau) match thread

Why wrote: Nicolas missed tackle that’s on you Dwayne go now please

Jesus you have done well to pick out Nicholas's missed tackle there have been plenty😁😁

ap sior wrote: crj89 wrote: Mogwen wrote: Redadare wrote: Mogwen wrote: Just shows what a strong squad can do. They brought on quality replacements and who.did we bring on? An unfair playing field. Blacker at 78....really  what's he meant to do? Nothing. He cant. But in reality if we had a better bench they would have come on earlier. The problem we have is our bench isnt good enough. Hepburn, Oconnor, Price, Nicholas nowhere near good enough. But hey, thats what we've got. No money = weak squad We have players like Tomi Lewis and Macs Page not getting a look in. Ioan Nicholas getting a place on the bench is ridiculous. Basic skills killing us, I’d like to know how many drop passes there have been in the last few games. Blair Murray did nothing. How did Anderson drop that, should be finishing that. Just on the way back, convinced Macleod was tackled from an offside position around the 70 minute mark, after a ruck and receiving the ball from Archie. Did it come across different on screen? That was a kickable penalty for the win in my eyes. I thought that too. Could have been a YC for cynical play. On that point, I thought that the ref’s position was very suspect several times.

infamy infamy they all  have in for me

Well another very disappointing result and yet another defeat to add to Peel’s wonderful win record as head coach.

As an aside I really liked the look of the Pau 10 (Axel Desperes) ... calm head and great execution (behind a pack that blew hot and cold). Siege gun boot.

Just 21..made his debut 3 years ago, aged 18, and had 66 games since...something in that approach...

Scarlet Emperor wrote: Midfield simply didn’t function in attack or defence. Anderson not safe under restarts either

I genuinely think that starts from 10. Still lying deep, not taking it to the line..and is telegraphing what he's going to do by turning to face his centres on plays. The defence know he's either going to pass out or cross kick.

We also had the better forward pack, but went wide too often from first or second phase. We showed we can do it right in the first 15 mins of the 2nd half...forward-forward-back-forward..punched holes and then had men over out wide. It is sapping to do that, and no doubt we fell off the intensity in the last 20, but we didn't use the bench well either. Bringing Dane and Dan D on in the last minute is just plain odd.

Joe Roberts looked to take a nasty knock, so unless Jonny is back next week we will have to look at Macs surely.

For me this was a worse defeat than the Black Lions game,we played a 2nd string Pau side that only featured 4/5 players from their last league game,they had also lost both their opening champions cup games home to Northampton 27-35 & away to Bristol 61-12,they also had a 17 year old coming on to make his debut..

One of the most frustrating points is the amount of times we have failed to ground the ball and finish the try when on top of the try line. Not only last night but many times this season. Even Plumtree only just managed to finish his try without being held up. Yes of course things like this will occasionally happen to teams but it’s happened a concerning amount of times recently. 

ap sior wrote: Iwlew wrote: One of the most frustrating points is the amount of times we have failed to ground the ball and finish the try when on top of the try line. Not only last night but many times this season. Even Plumtree only just managed to finish his try without being held up. Yes of course things like this will occasionally happen to teams but it’s happened a concerning amount of times recently.  Was thinking about this earlier. Try reviews where our try not awarded, Bristol x2, O’s x1, Pau x3, add in that Mee’s 1st effort against the Dragons was not allowed, I think the ref blew too early, Cawdor just missed out against O’s. Only review that I can think of which went in our favour was Cawdor’s first try against Cardiff, and Cardiff’s first try. We are not playing well, but we’re not getting any luck atm.