A. A right ear full
Ospreys’ stadium manager has obviously been taking tips from
Saracens. Playing music very loudly
literally until kick off is no way to build an atmosphere in an half empty
ground; even worse whenever the Tigers faithful were in full voice a full brass
band placed just behind us would roar into life playing something like Bread of
Heaven if we were lucky and just a random dirge if we weren’t. I think there was only one or two “Ole, Ole
Ole Ole, Ospreys” the whole match too, I don’t know which came first the
collapse in a previously good atmosphere or that bloody band but I’d wager it
was the band. Drowning out their own fans,
drowning out the opposition’s, drowning the atmosphere completely.
B. A wonderful
welcome to Wales
On the way to the Liberty I received a traditional Welsh
welcome. No not the Croeso i Cymru from the adverts for “Proper Holidays”, complete
with rolling hills, flowing rivers and lush green countryside. Instead I got the welcome most English people
usually get in Wales; a flick of the V sign and being called an “English
Bastard” all of this in the wonderful surrounds of Port Talbert and its slag
heaps. And I’m not talking about the
industrial waste.
C. ATTACK!
Tigers need to sort out their attack. Our average across all 20 competitive games
this season is only 21.3 points and we are barely scoring more than 2 tries a
match, last year we averaged well over 3 tries a match. Our top scorer is the penalty try. Whilst I’m a firm believer in they all count
the same relying on the referee to go under the posts for almost a quarter of
your tries isn’t a long term solution and can’t be trusted in the big games
where refs are more cautious of the big call.
Last year even in our poor performances early on we were still cutting
sides to ribbons, so the question is: are we saving our ideas for the big games
or have we been figured out?
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