Wasps Vs Ulster Sun 21/01/18 BT Sport

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Liz Fraser wrote:Currently they would.
Don't know if Wasps know how to keep it tight as they do play an expansive game
A bit like La Rochelle in that regard and all they had to do was play percentage up the jumper, kick to corners and we'd be discussing a dead rubber with Wasps right now.
All their points came through playing rugby.

Anyway, the weather could have a big say on Sunday. The forecast is awful.

I might have to put my big coat on.
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justinr73 wrote:
Liz Fraser wrote:Currently they would.
Don't know if Wasps know how to keep it tight as they do play an expansive game
A bit like La Rochelle in that regard and all they had to do was play percentage up the jumper, kick to corners and we'd be discussing a dead rubber with Wasps right now.
All their points came through playing rugby.

Anyway, the weather could have a big say on Sunday. The forecast is awful.

I might have to put my big coat on.
Two penalties and a pick and go?
Well I suppose they weren't playing netball.
Also the Timoney try was farcical from their view point.
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Yes. The two pens they gained from off-loading in our half and the try they got from returning the crap kick from Charles straight through the middle.
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No you are wrong.
One was as you say and the other was a penalty goal on the back of 3 successive pens, a scrum infringement in their own 22 followed by 2 lineout penalties.
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Liz Fraser wrote:No you are wrong.
One was as you say and the other was a penalty goal on the back of 3 successive pens, a scrum infringement in their own 22 followed by 2 lineout penalties.
OK Liz but the concensus from the experts on the tele was that we were happier playing them at NH rugby and not the SH stuff that we struggled to contain for the first twenty minutes.

The fact is that Ulster are perfectly capable of losing to anyone playing any style.

It's not about what Wasps may or may not need but whether or not Ulster turn up on Sunday and perform.

It's in our hands. Each match always is.
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Mmmmm, not sure if this Ulster side has the quality to win this kind of game away from home. Hope I am wrong but I can't see us doing enough up front.
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justinr73 wrote:
Liz Fraser wrote:No you are wrong.
One was as you say and the other was a penalty goal on the back of 3 successive pens, a scrum infringement in their own 22 followed by 2 lineout penalties.
OK Liz but the concensus from the experts on the tele was that we were happier playing them at NH rugby and not the SH stuff that we struggled to contain for the first twenty minutes.

The fact is that Ulster are perfectly capable of losing to anyone playing any style.

It's not about what Wasps may or may not need but whether or not Ulster turn up on Sunday and perform.

It's in our hands. Each match always is.
Justin I don't know who the consemsus is you are referring but listening to this week's pod cast the boys seemed quite satisfied that we neutralised their off loading game by putting players between their passers and recipients.
La Rochelle also created situations that suited Bests game giving him more time to turn over at the breakdown.
They turned up playing the same way they always play regardless of conditions or oppositon.
Complete European nativity and at least you could say we had studied their play and planned to combat it.

Any side like Connacht who targets us up front with simple one out hard runners would get more reward against us than a side playing a looser game.
La Rochelle scored running directly at the heart of our defence and opened us up like a tin of beans no offloads or fancy stuff required.
Luckily the penny didn't drop.

Our main strength is dangerous broken field runners like CP and Stockdale.
They are most lethal when a game opens up and whilst I recognise your point that both styles can totally unravel us as we can be appalling at times, I would rather a side play an open game against us rather than a direct one.
We simply don't have the forwards to cope though it's possible Wasps don't have the players to fully capitalise on that right now and may think a wider game is their best shot.
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Love a good nativity play
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222toHounslow wrote:Love a good nativity play
Love predictive text.
Ulster more into panto than nativity though.
I've sussed who Grumpy and Dopey are at any rate.
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All this is grand but.................

Where's Callum?

Maybe someone who knows the answer because they were at the presser will actually tell us.

After all, he's not injured and he's not sick - well not in the conventional sense though he may be sick as a parrot.

So come out come out where ever you are ...................Where's Callum
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BaggyTrousers wrote:All this is grand but.................

Where's Callum?

Maybe someone who knows the answer because they were at the presser will actually tell us.

After all, he's not injured and he's not sick - well not in the conventional sense though he may be sick as a parrot.

So come out come out where ever you are ...................Where's Callum
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