First title in over a decade for a start. Decent integration of younger players along with improved playing style over previous management. Reaching knockout stages of competitions. All with a massively reduced wage bill.
Huge game for Crowley and Casey too. The media is going to replace Crowley whether it be with Frawley, Prendergast or the best 10 in the Leinster senior cup.
Heâd want to be stamping himself on this game big time.
Casey has a chance to cement himself as the back up scrum half for November.
Unrealistic expectations. Weaker squad but you want better results. Again, delusional.
Munster currently have two players in the squad of a standard to be starting internationals.
They have it in them to reach the top four in the URC and maybe reach a final, maybe get very lucky and win one. Qualifying for knockouts in the European cup is about the level of expectation, last eight would be doing well, reaching a semi would be doing very well.
Sure the results werenât as good last season as his first season? Whatâs unrealistic? Beating Glasgow at home? In his first season they beat Glasgow away in the knockouts.
They had woeful European results. Iâm not sure what youâre on but youâd probably want to go and look at them.
They should be guaranteeing themselves a home game in the knockouts and go from there.
Two seasons in a row they completely fucked it up.
The minimum expectations for Munster is securing a last 16 home tie every season.
The league should be top four at a minimum.
Last season was a unique opportunity for Munster in the league to bag a potential home final which would have been huge for the province.
Itâs very unlikely weâll get another opportunity like that again soon. I donât mind losing but you could see the absolute complacency creep into the Munster set up in the two games previous to the Glasgow debacle which reflects terribly on the management.
Also the injury crisis is unrelenting now and is surely a coaching issue.
The last two European campaigns have been disastrous. Another season like that then rowentree should be shown the door.