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What a Weekend That Was!!

Posted by Ponty Poster on March 10, 2008 3:56 PM | 

I said it was going to be good, didn't I?

But even I couldn't have predicted (I might have hoped, mind) the three results.

Yeah, well, we all expected France to beat Italy and Wales winning was my dream but England, oh England - how good was that??

Coming down to ground today, I think our boys were much better than the scoreline suggests. If indicipline hadn't got us 2 yellow cards, I believe we would have beaten the Irish by 20 points. Mind, if our lads deserved to go off (and they did) how come Jackman stayed on the pitch? What's sauce for the goose, Mr Barnes. Mind, he is English so I suppose he can be forgiven for being poor - after all, his team is. Ha! Ha!

Seriously though, England were worse than poor, weren't they? They were clueless!! Ashton has to act now, he has stayed loyal to some of the players for far too long. Didn't he learn anything from Andy Robinson's mistakes? Loyalty is all well and good if the boys are producing the goods but this lot aren't so he's got nothing to lose by dumping half the team and playing people who might look as if they actually wanted to be on the pitch! That would be a start, eh? Goodbye Wilkinson, goodbye Vickery, goodbye Vainikola.

Scotland were limited but they didn't have to perform, did they? England were impotent, the opposition just had to stay on the pitch for 80 minutes to win.

One of the papers this morning, when criticising Ireland, said they were so bad they might even make England look dynamic next Saturday. Some hope! Nothing can make this lot look good, not even a one-dimentional Irish team.

So now it's France at home. I can't wait. I don't want to just win the Championship, we want the Grand Slam!!! Can France stop us? Of course they can but I don't think they will, no matter what team is put out. Our boys will play with passion and, hopefully, control and lift the trophy at about seven o'clock, I reckon.

How proud will Grav be up in Heaven to see his 2 daughters lead out the Welsh team? A wonderful gesture. For once, the WRU gets it right!

Back to the rugby - apart from praising the whole squad for their effort in Dublin, I just want to say that I think Ryan Jones should have been Man of the Match, despite Shane's brilliant try. That young lad has been a revelation, as a player and as captain, and I hope he stays injury-free for a long time to come. I think we are looking at the Lions' captain myself.

Come on, France, throw everything at us! We're ready!!!!!


 

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