Are there any highlights available? I'd like to see Carr's try at least, sounded like a good one.

Totally agree with what Seapoint said - Exeter only had to keep us at arm's length and we weren't good enough to force the issue. Our defending at the fringes of rucks was really poor and every time they gave it to one of the forward pods it felt as if we didn't have the nous to slow or stop them. And Porter was extremely poor; not just the kicking but he crabbed way too much. Not the end of the world, mind, as Exeter are a fine team and we'll learn from this - we better!

Just saw the tries there on TG4. Very dissapointing. 1st and 2nd ones in particular.

the good news is : those 4 should make way to McKeon, Muldoon, Roux and Muldowney, so Ospreys could be a totally different match

I've no idea how to create the table i wanted, so I just put the Exeter total for the 4 opposite players

98 26 2 5 50 4 0

To sum up yes our 4 guys conceded only 3 turnovers against 5

BUT

they carried nearly the same amount of balls doing only a third of the distance accomplished by their counterparts = cruel lack of physical power
And they did half of the tackles of their counterparts, but still missing the double = Cruel lack of defensive efficiency

Don't know what Marmion could have done with the "pick and go" of Cardiff.

If we look closer to the stats, that's clearly the 2nd row / back row which failed against Exeter

PLAYER	meters	carries	offloads	turnovers conceded	Tackles	Missed Tackles	Turnovers won
George Naoupu	24	11	1	2	4	2	0
Michael Swift	0	2	0	0	7	1	0
Michael Kearney	5	5	0	0	6	2	0
Andrew Browne	3	4	0	1	9	2	0
totalt	32	22	1	3	26	7	0

sea_point wrote: Cant stress how badly we really missed Marmion today, this game showed up Porter's limitations completely.

We are a shadow of ourselves when Marmion is off the pitch IMO, he is absolutely vital to us in attack and defence. We would have gotten 2 points in Glasgow and beaten Cardiff if he had played/stayed on. Not going after an experienced backup like Stringer will cost us.

How did Blade play when he came on? I heard Qualter got 20 mins also. Thoughts?

sea_point wrote:

Borders no.2 wrote: 33-6 this is a Bradley like hammering at this stage.

Not even remotely close to some of the shellackings we received under Bradley, I know of five or more fifty point plus beatings several I had the misfortune to attend.....

Agree in the finish but at the time I posted it sounded like Exeter could put 50-60 on us. I should have said that it was heading towards a Bradley like hammering.

I agree with sea point on last 2 posts. It was nothing like Bradley games and wasn't a reality check either
We weren't bad but we must of knocked the ball on about 20 times.
During the week pat lam said his aim was ospreys and basically that's what the players did. Didn't seem bothered
Talking to Exeter fans after, they were very impressed with leader and niyi. They were surprised how well we put them under pressure for ever scrum and how well the lineout went.
Not to impressed with porter. "Your scrum half is crap".

Borders no.2 wrote: 33-6 this is a Bradley like hammering at this stage.

Not even remotely close to some of the shellackings we received under Bradley, I know of five or more fifty point plus beatings several I had the misfortune to attend.....

clanman wrote: they were always going to be beat us no matter what our team selection, a bit of a reality check and shows that we were getting a bit ahead of ourselves. I still maintain if Ospreys are missing a few players next week then we can push them close, LBP is what i expect

Noep disagree, we beat ourselves today in the first half. Exeter were no more than efficient. If we could have held out for their third try at the end of the first half we could have really mounted a charge second half..,

Cant stress how badly we really missed Marmion today, this game showed up Porter's limitations completely. Two blocked clearances in our 22 in first 20mins and not one bteak in 60 minutes on the park despite plenty of gaps around the fringes.Not enough to just shovel cleann ball out wide every single time, got to mix it up and keep the defence honest. Way too lateral with much of the possession....

clanman wrote: they were always going to be beat us no matter what our team selection, a bit of a reality check and shows that we were getting a bit ahead of ourselves. I still maintain if Ospreys are missing a few players next week then we can push them close, LBP is what i expect

Yes but its the 5-0 result against us that tips the balance of the pool towards Exeter and could prove the difference between winning the pool and getting a home quarter final and finishing in 2nd and getting a tough away quarter final or miss out on the quarter final altogether.

they were always going to be beat us no matter what our team selection, a bit of a reality check and shows that we were getting a bit ahead of ourselves. I still maintain if Ospreys are missing a few players next week then we can push them close, LBP is what i expect

theCulk wrote:

phatguerilla wrote: Could be worse, we could be the Ospreys!

Ya. Imagine being top of the league and unbeaten. What a horrible situation to be in. Eejit

Not unbeaten any longer skin.

Could be worse, we could be the Ospreys!

I for one think your a funny b*stard Phatguerilla.