Thats tripe. Guardiolas barca didnt become great passers because of systems.munster#1 wrote:What you often see with teams that have poor systems in place, is that they fail with the basics, just look at Munster and Leinster last season.paddyor wrote:Surely its the basic errors that are holding us back? If you cant eliminate them then youve shag all chance of developing a more elaborate style of play.munster#1 wrote:The selection of McFadden optimises what is wrong with the current coaching ticket. The conservative nature of everything Ireland are doing right now is what is holding Ireland back.
The worst thing is that we all know that Joe can coach a style of rugby that any rugby fan would relish. The current crop of players is littered with players who are capable of playing a much better brand of rugby than we are currently playing, but we look set to see yet another game of kick chase.
I don't what to see Joe given the boot, but failure to beat England can only be seen as a massive failure if he picks what he believes is the best 23 and Ireland still lose.
When a team has solid systems in place, the basics tend to look after themselves. Just look at Munster this season, or Leinster under Joe, and again this season.
Confidence is nurtured in a team with solid and effective systems, confidence lends itself to making the basics, basic.
In 2014 and 2015 we didn't see Ireland make these errors, as the team fully believed in their systems, which allowed them to excel with the basics, and result in a remarkably low error count in nearly every game.
Teams have found us out over the last 2 years, and have found ways of forcing errors in our limited offensive system.
They have shut down our game, by shutting down our backrow, and targeting our once solid set piece.
This means that Ireland are panicking, and making poor decisions, such as SOB's pass to nobody, Henshaw joining a maul upfront of the ball, Sexton's attempt at a clearance kick that lead to Wales's last try, or even the poor attempt to set up a rolling maul from the 22.
Oh amd Munster were gash last year because theyd 2 unit coaches who were clearly put of there depth (mod, walsh), You get the basics right and go from there. Crawl then walk, walk then run etc.
Sextom didnt panick. He had to do something, similar to tye last peno vs Scotland.