kingofthehill wrote:Payne has hip injury.
Payne can feck off.
Backline for Zebre ought to be (9-15) beagle-iHumph-Allen-Olding-Ludik-Scholes-Gilroy. Ludik may not yet have the savant-like defensive organisation of Darren, but he's a damn sight better than Payne and he can actually fecking tackle.
Olding played excellently I thought; their was almost always doubt in the defender's mind as to whether he was to pass, kick or run, and he exploited that doubt brilliantly. Ludik was strong in the tackle from FB, and will certainly score tries for us.
Declan Fitzpatrick needs to consider his career options outside of rugby. He's endangering himself in the act of providing essentially nothing to the Ulster team. That's harsh, but not inaccurate.
Liam Williams got what he deserved. His first yellow was soft (as was Tuohy's), but the second was well deserved, and overall a dismissal couldn't have gone to a more deserving little toerag.
In general our attacking play was excellent and fluent, whilst our defense was essentially non-existent. As others have said, with StP, Jackson, Cave (and Trimble) back in position, that will correct itself: Kiss and Bell will sort that with a vengeance. Indeed, overall it was a game we could have won. Hypotheticals are of little value but if one of the following three had gone the other way:
1) beagle didn't throw a beautiful, try-creating pass to a Scarlet
2) Ludik's try was given
3) Gilroy avoided being tackled into the post
Then we may well have got a 5-pointer there. There was enough on show to suggest that the scoreline against Zebre will be very, very high next week.
It's the hope that kills you.
And try not to add to your burgeoning reputation as a feckwit. 
