Lions Vs Cheetahs- What I think

"My first thought about this team is a worried one. I don't know why but I can't help think this team can slip up." "Fizgerald playing inside? Hook we all know Hook on his day is one of the best players on this green, green earth but, as we seen with the Ospreys, he can lack control and with a young guns out side him will he lose control?" "This won't be the Tryfest of Wednesday but we will all be looking for a good win. If our defence is good and stop them scoring Trys and if we get 2+ Trys and kick our goles I be happy with a low scoring win."
This is what I said in my Preview. Well yes I was right to be worried. Hook, Fiz and young Earls did look good for the first 20 but then Hook last control of the mid field. What we sore on the first game was no control at the brake down. Today we seen no control at the brake down and I put this down to Powell and Worsley they both seemed more interested in standing and waiting to make big hits or run with the ball then get there hands dirty and do the dog work what all great back rows do; you would not see Hill for games because he would be in the Ruck and Mulls doing the dirty work.

I will stick up Shane Williams, ok he had a bad game but you could tell he is trying to play himself into some form but he has lost his mojo, I think it would be worth playing him in the next game as I think some game time would help. The same with Halfpenny he needs some game time under his belt, he come good by test time. Wing is still the place the Lions are finding hard. Byrne was good but unlucky.

I have said that I think Powell and Worsley where rubbish today but I do think Ferris played well and is the inform flanker (other than croft), it showed how much of the dirty stuff he was doing when he got sent off as we lost a lot of ball. The other player I think needs a big gold sticker today was that English bulldog of Ellis he had a cracker of a game.

I do think the front row, apart from Ross Ford where great. I can not pick my test pack. Would you have Euan Murray starting with Vicky off the bench or the other way round? Sheridan Or Jenkins, mussel or passe? O'Callaghan the newest of second rows to played well, I can not make my mind up Hines, Jones or O'Callaghan, at this time I would say AW-Jones but the others are making it hard for me to say that. If any thing was first class today it was our scrum I think the Boks won't be so confident they boss us around there.

We did win and Earls did score, he is one for Australia 2013 not South Africa 2009.




Three Boks down 7 to go.
Job dune this was never our test team.