6 Nations

[Dr. Ogba]

would it have been a bit too soon to throw Fitzgerald in and leave the rest of the back line as it is? maybe a bit too inexperienced I suppose but I would love to see a back line of Bowe Fitzgerald and Kearney in the near future....

[shakermaker1982]

PLEASE PLEASE LET US HAMMER WALES TODAY!!!

I'm sick to death of this Gatland/EOS backstabbing story and cannot wait for the action to start.

[paul_oshea]

hes right though EOS did stab him in the back. Said he was off to the eagles and backed them into a corner.

[beautifulrock]

hes right though EOS did stab him in the back. Said he was off to the eagles and backed them into a corner.

thats stabbing him in the front so..............

[pete]

Can't stand cocky Wales when they win a few games.

[endabob1]

Time for Eddie to take his leave me thinks, he has gone stale and Ireland were so devoid of ideas today it was shocking. There are some really good young players coming through but I don't think EOS is the man to take them on.

[Rovers fan]

that was terrible,no direction whatsoever. Eddie out!! he cant bring this team any further imo.

[rebelarmyexile]

just back croker, another dismal performance. just cant understand o'sullivans substitutions? great performance for the first 30min, after that it looked like the GAA was gettin to us.

[shakermaker1982]

awful. The only one who can hold his head up today is Kearney. What was the ****** gameplan today Eddie? To add salt into the wound Wales were nothing special - they just knew what they were doing.

[Cymro]

Sorry fellas, close enough game but just wasn't your day. Reminds me of the game back in '03 when O'Gara kicked the last minute drop goal. Little things change games.

To be fair though we did spend about 70% of the 2nd half camped down in your half of the field, so I'd say we marginally deserved it.

[Superhoops]

just back croker, another dismal performance. just cant understand o'sullivans substitutions? great performance for the first 30min, after that it looked like the GAA was gettin to us.

I may have missed something it but why was O'Connell left on for the whole game, he was fu**ing abysmal, did fu*k all in the line out except knock balls forward.

No doubt Wales wanted it more today, but why why at the start of the second half when we had a man advantage were we not punting balls into the Welsh 25.

[shakermaker1982]

I'm still livid.

Eddie has to go and quick. The team have looked 'flat' since last August.

We've lost our two 1st choice centres so God knows who will partner Trimble next week against England who will be looking to improve on their shocking performance against the Scots today.

[pete]

O'Sullivan Out!

All too obvious he is too conservative & has been in the job too long. He has stumbled onto good players such as Kearney & Heaslip (not good enough for the World Cup). Today also proven Wallace will never play as was an unused option when O'Driscoll got injured. The bench was very poor with no options. Easterby offers nothing off the bench. Even if Ireland had nicked it with a penalty they would not have deserved as only have one effort at a try. Must have been a terrible match to attend as was very flat.

[Torn-Ado]

We just have intelligent players anymore. No real creativity and spark. Some of the options the players took yesterday boggled the mind. Jackman's charge at a player who wasn't intentionally interfering, Reddans quick tap for a penalty and then kicks to touch giving piossession back to Wales when we would have got our own throw in if he just left it to ROG.

Idiotic is the only word I would use to describe them.

[Torn-Ado]

just back croker, another dismal performance. just cant understand o'sullivans substitutions? great performance for the first 30min, after that it looked like the GAA was gettin to us.

I don't understand. "the GAA was gettin to us"?

[paul_oshea]

I may have missed something it but why was O'Connell left on for the whole game, he was fu**ing abysmal, did fu*k all in the line out except knock balls forward.

No doubt Wales wanted it more today, but why why at the start of the second half when we had a man advantage were we not punting balls into the Welsh 25.

this is exactly what me and my presentation friend were saying, odriscoll should have started, he did nothing wrong all campaign, oconnell then on for the last 15.

We weren't even one-dimensional we were non-dimensional, we hadn't a clue what we were doing, trying to play it in at the forwards all game, yet we were getting nothing from this yet eddie continued to play this game, it was obvious after about 15 mins that we were doing nothing and weren't going to win unless we changed our tactics. I think EOS has had long enough and things are becoming stale. Its alright to have things like this at the start of your tenure but after a few years when this sets in there is no turning it back.

[Macy]

It's been an awfully long year since last years highs in the Championship. Time for Eddie to go - either his tatics aren't working or the players aren't listening. Jake White while he's still available or Kidney.

However, there has to be some reassessment of the provincial set up's too. There has to be more focus on bringing players through and even moving players around the provinces to keep them in the Irish system. It's a hard balancing act between success at that level and bringing through players, but is it one we're getting right at the moment?

[endabob1]

It's been an awfully long year since last years highs in the Championship. Time for Eddie to go - either his tatics aren't working or the players aren't listening. Jake White while he's still available or Kidney.

However, there has to be some reassessment of the provincial set up's too. There has to be more focus on bringing players through and even moving players around the provinces to keep them in the Irish system. It's a hard balancing act between success at that level and bringing through players, but is it one we're getting right at the moment?

There is a man who understands the structure and knows how to motivate and organise a team, the unfortunate part is he was in the other camp on Saturday and we've already dumped on him from a great height once

[beautifulrock]

There is a man who understands the structure and knows how to motivate and organise a team, the unfortunate part is he was in the other camp on Saturday and we've already dumped on him from a great height once

My thoughts on Gatland are similar to Ricky Gervais, you can either be a great coach of comedian or make sure your sure your best friend is i.e. Merchant and Edwards.

Wales can keep Gatland but I would take Edwards in a split second.

[paul_oshea]

It's been an awfully long year since last years highs in the Championship. Time for Eddie to go - either his tatics aren't working or the players aren't listening. Jake White while he's still available or Kidney.

However, there has to be some reassessment of the provincial set up's too. There has to be more focus on bringing players through and even moving players around the provinces to keep them in the Irish system. It's a hard balancing act between success at that level and bringing through players, but is it one we're getting right at the moment?

We were having this discussion as well during the game, something like using Connaught as a "development" province, with young up and coming guys and reserve guys etc, going out on loan to get some game time and experience...