Quade Cooper vs Lions

[tic]

Cooper proved himself a one trick pony tonight. He's pretty good at that trick, but we need somebody with a complete game of rugby.

On a tangent the reds went pretty well considering, I thought, even with the Quade Cooper show going on, the backs looked at least even. The forwards were pretty woeful, but if you stacked up the Force forwards and the Reds backs the lions would have been in trouble tonight and that's without Wallabies.

I think the Lions might want to lift their game if they can be run that close by that team!

Don't flatter yourself. THere is a reason you are at the bottom of the table. Your forwards aren't that good.

[jargan83]

You lot are pathetic. He controlled the tempo of that game and led the backs very well.

He and the Reds showed Deans how to beat the visitors. It won't do any good because Deans will pay no attention

Not sure if serious....

[tic]

Not sure if serious....

Serious. Brendan Cannon sums it up nicely -

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/ru...-1226660688861

But what would he know? I would have thought that as he was one of yours, you might respect his opinion.

[westies man]

You lot are pathetic. He controlled the tempo of that game and led the backs very well.

He and the Reds showed Deans how to beat the visitors. It won't do any good because Deans will pay no attention.

Wallabies are about to be voilated almost as badly as the Force were.

Cooper is crap and it sounds like you want to violate the man yourself

[tic]

Scintillating analysis.

A real deep thinker.

[Cowboy]

Don't flatter yourself. THere is a reason you are at the bottom of the table. Your forwards aren't that good.

And yet you were not able to beat them?

[WFDom]

You lot are pathetic. He controlled the tempo of that game and led the backs very well.

He and the Reds showed Deans how to beat the visitors. It won't do any good because Deans will pay no attention.

Wallabies are about to be voilated almost as badly as the Force were.

Sorry Tic, you've got the Red tinted glasses on.
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[AndyS]

I don't know, I thought the Reds had a good game. Quade certainly had some good bits, some other not so good bits. Tough call, all ultimately down to the gameplan. Not sure the Wallabies backline would be any better than that though - perhaps that was as good as our wide game would get and it wasn't enough.

[The EnForcer]

I was impressed by the Reds performance, loads of guts. Cooper certainly proved himself to be no captain, at best he is a bench player for the Wallabies and only brought on when we are willing to risk it.

There is absolutely no doubt the Lions will step it up for the tests and there will be few of the mistakes we saw yesterday. The Wallabies need to be at the top of their game and there is no room for high risk players like Cooper. To beat the Lions we need to play smart as I don't think we can out muscle them with our forwards....hopefully I am wrong.

[sandgroperrugby]

If the reds had their wallabies last night they would have beat the lions no doubt. Horwill, Genia, Digby, Slipper, Gill, Simmons and Fainga'a would have added the skill and depth that they missed to go the distance. Cooper made mistakes but kept an attacking edge that at times kept the reds in the match. Although that attack at all costs attitude breeds mistakes which in the wet is compounded further.

Would have loved to have seen Chris Feauai-Sautia run at 13 for a future wallabies crystal ball against quality opposition.

[GIGS20]

wow tic, a bit sensitive last night!

if you read my post you would have discovered praise for the Queensland backs and even some for quade.

if our forwards weren't that good how come our Scrum had parity and yours crumbled. how come most of our play was pick n drive and we only got blown apart in the midfield? how come our tries were scored by loosies?

quadrant used the game as a personal advertisement, showing that he's one of the best ballrunners in the with d when he gets it right, but he's risky and can't think under pressure. if you can't accept that you're worse than the Australian selectors.
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[TOCC]

If the reds had their wallabies last night they would have beat the lions no doubt. Horwill, Genia, Digby, Slipper, Gill, Simmons and Fainga'a would have added the skill and depth that they missed to go the distance. Cooper made mistakes but kept an attacking edge that at times kept the reds in the match. Although that attack at all costs attitude breeds mistakes which in the wet is compounded further.

Would have loved to have seen Chris Feauai-Sautia run at 13 for a future wallabies crystal ball against quality opposition.

Agree with this 100%

Quade is the best attacking 5/8 in the country, however his high risk approach inevitably leads to mistakes.. Robbie won't select him because he doesn't suit the risk adverse style the Wallabies have played the last 12months.
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[TOCC]

Reds were missing 6 regular starting forwards including the 5 called up to the Wallabies. The set piece was wonky, but their work at the breakdown was impressive.
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[slomo]

Cooper didn't have a woeful game, he although did have against the rebels last week, the question has to be not if coopers picked or not, but why would a player want to be involved in a self assessed "toxic environment"?, If Ewan Mckenzie is named the next wallabies coach, I'm sure he'll automatically pick QC.....

[Hoolly Doolly]

Agree with this 100%

Quade is the best attacking 5/8 in the country, however his high risk approach inevitably leads to mistakes.. Robbie won't select him because he doesn't suit the risk adverse style the Wallabies have played the last 12months.
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what ever happened to dingo's play whats in front of you strategy?