Wheels fell off around March and the level has continued to decline since. We now look clueless and devoid of any identity or ideas etc.
The Treviso match in March was the turning point. Up until then, we'd won something like 19 out of 23.
Really? That's surprising because the wheels fell off like with Monk when he allegedly didn't back Dyer when he left.
The Ospreys team to play Clermont Auvergne at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday, KO 5.30pm, is as follows: 15 Dan Evans 14 Keelan Giles 13 Kieron Fonotia 12 Owen Watkin 11 Cory Allen 10 Dan Biggar 9 Rhys Webb 1 Nicky Smith 2 Scott Otten 3 Dmitri Arhip 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Capt) 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Dan Baker REPLACEMENTS 16 Sam Parry 17 Paul James 18 Ma’afu Fia 19 Lloyd Ashley 20 Olly Cracknell 21 Tom Habberfield 22 Sam Davies 23 James Hook Keelan Giles and Kieron Fonotia make their Champions Cup debuts Scott Otten and Owen Watkin make their first Champions Cup starts The following players were unavailable for selection due to injury Scott Baldwin - Hand Ashley Beck – Shoulder Hanno Dirksen – Knee Jeff Hassler - HIA Ben John - HIA Brian Mujati – Shoulder Rory Thornton – Shoulder Eli Walker – Back
We have the players to beat anyone as you dont become a bad team overnight, It is all down to the coaches and the way they do things....Tandy is a good coach but for the right team and the Ospreys are known as a hard physical side that grind out wins and not the way tandy likes to play the game. We are not the right team for him and he is not the right coach for us....
21-26 Can't give the French 14pts start. That said, probably most encouraging performance of the season. The referee was clearly out of his depth.
They take off a scrum-half paid £700k and bring on a scrum-half paid £500k.... Their squad costs are a multiple of ours - at least 2 or 3 times. Yep - we should be beating these teams......