Plenty delusional lads around, āget to a final and anything can happenā, āMunster always fancy a cut off Leinsterā etc etc.
If Munster had everyone fit and their strongest team out and playing to their best they might have won. The team named was never going to win. Anyone that thought they would win was delusional whatever their record in the last few games played.
Sadly as a franchise we have a dreadful record in semi finals, think we lost 9 and only won four but the good thing is we have an amazing record in qtr finals
The Tottenham Hotspur of rugby union. Albeit more successful, obviously.
Who was saying that to you? Real people or what? Probably spoke to 30 or 40 different people about it to varying degrees and not one felt Munster would have a chance against leinster.
Agreed delusional to think we would have beaten Leinster. James Ryan has yet to taste defeat in I think 21 games as a pro! Phenomenal. Itās likely we will play them in the Pro 14 semi in the RDS which wonāt be prettyš¤¦āāļø
France away has never suited Munster traditionally*
Traditionally being since the European cup was invented in the mid 90ās.
Who has it suited though? Interested to see how many teams have won away semis in france. Not that many id say. Even leinster couldnt beat clermont there last season despite being by far the better team
That is Captain Hindsight stuff.
Itās not really. Donnacha Ryan is our best second row and should have been retained until the World Cup.
By forcing them to lose another young player theyāve brought through in JC and Byrne when their incumbent is 33 and battered?
Do people forget where the likes of Keatley and Madigan came from in the first place?
If Ryan was from Leinster heād have been retained.
Carberry is overrated. A show man thatāll be found out. Another madigan.
It is.
Ryan had an awful track record with injuries. Far worse than Heaslip.
Nobody knew Heaslip would end up retiring. He was a key man for Ireland before he was injured, for many years.
Munster couldnāt pay him well out of their own pockets, such is life.
Leinster wonāt be trying a leg in the Magners League, itās all about Europe for them now. Every chance Munster will beat them if thereās a hangover from Bilboa.
They genuinely thought they would win the semi FFS. A dog with a mallet up its arse would have known the team named wasnāt good enough to win at the weekend.
Thatās fine. You can keep your Leinster Reject there at 10.
Canāt agree with that
Heaslip said he knew straight after the England game his career was in massive danger. Leinster still had Conan and Murphy as replacements. Billy Holland is in his mid 30s.
Carberry has zero control of the game. Itās absolutely insane heās a sub for Ireland. He played against Treviso last week and hadnāt a single notion of how to play the game. Heās grand in an open game but can you imagine in the pissing rain, pack under pressure and trying to win a World Cup for Ireland against New Zealand? Heād be absolutely rinsed.
Why? They have a good record against Racing. Racing are very average IMO and will get shown up in the final. Munster were just absolutely rubbish yesterday