eastcoastconnacht wrote: Hoping in the car bang on 4 and bursting down the road from Dublin. Can't wait now. Come on Connacht.

Similiar plan myself. Had to use a half day, to make sure I'm down in time.
Think I might avoid O'Connells tonight. Been too crazy the last few times I've been in there. Like the atmosphere, but with everyone ordering Guinness, getting to the bar is crazy

swift4prez wrote: going with girlfriend, sister and mate.

Jays I hope that's three different people!

i should be in about 7.30 also.
going with girlfriend, sister and mate.
more than likely be close to conor o shea's coachs box.
was standing there for the leinster match and was talking to joe SCHMIDT about fionn carr and getting him back, he was very very sound and even had banter with him when he was walking down at full time when at ref went to tmo for the drop goal.
for a min during the game the crowd went quite and could hear every word joe was saying.
telling his coach to give out to the ref and linesman for the cullan sin bin.
great laugh as we heard in an aussie voice, 'put Straussy in the channel' 'put Straussy in the channel' and that was repeat in the crowd for a few mins

Hoping in the car bang on 4 and bursting down the road from Dublin. Can't wait now. Come on Connacht.

Greendragon wrote: It has been moo-ted Cows.

:lol: :lol:

Hope to get in around the Bohermore 10m line. Usually a good spot. It's going to be packed, isn't it?
This is brilliant.

The big players, need to show up tonight. Big Mac needs to be robbing line outs. Our scrum needs to work. O'Connor needs to wear his contact lenses. Duffy needs to be secure under highball. Ofisa needs to "Ray" the game, and Vainikolo needs to score, and get opportunites to run at the Quins defence

I believe. Come on Connacht

It has been moo-ted Cows.

So, is everyone going tonight?

Hope to be up there for 7:30 anyway. Its always been about a minute before kickoff when I've got a space in the Clan for the last few months.

Hoping the place is rocking.

We need a good start, and to take something out of early possession.
I thought, apart from the scrum last week, we were pretty well disciplined. We need to repeat that today, and not give away silly penalties.

If the team are up for it, the crowd will get involved, and hopefully the singing will last the 80minutes.

Come on Connacht

*I should probably keeping my mooing to a minimum. I see my name is been attacked on boards :ohmy:

As has been alluded to, discipline is key. No penalties in the red zone, or only if its desperation stuff stopping a try. Evans will kick everything. NOC needs to bring his kicking boots.

Depending on conditions I'd love to see us play a bit, we caused them problems over there, obviously Griffin is a big loss in those terms but I still think we can do damage if we play a bit. Their defensive line speed wasn't great out there so if we attack them at pace we can have some success.

Really looking forward to this, everyone bring their voices, we need the place to be rocking

Would like to see Dave Moore get a bit of a crack at playing against Danny Care, after all the negativity coming back from results, the lads who got picked for the Irish sides today might play with their tails up a bit, that bit of confidence lift will be essential if we are to put down a challenge

Got to get off to a strong start, and be first on the board. Absolutely have to take any points on offer when we get into the Red Zone (don't get too fixated on scoring tries by spinning the ball wide, keep it tight and force them to defend), they'll be trying to do the same to keep the pressure off themselves (remember they have to get a bonus point win out of this) but we've got to be hungrier right from the off and sustain that hunger...

Benji wrote: Great to watch world class players but Im sorry that Evans made it back for this one. He really is a match winner.
Lets hope the lads can give one great effort. It looks like it could be a bit of rain around which should keep the game tight.
Quins are a good side so it will be a tough match to win.

I'll take the win
Enjoy the match those of ye that can make it down

Hopefully the lads will have learned a lesson from their trip to the Stoop, give Evans too many chances for points and they can kiss any hope of winning this game away. If conditions are poor that point becomes amplified. NOC will have to be at his best for Connacht to win. If they are going to persist with the up and under a bit of wind and rain will help that tactic along.

With 9 games left in the Rabo there's still a chance to salvage something from this season and it could all starts with a win in this match. Connacht Abu!

salmson wrote: Bit harsh on Maguire, based on last week I thought Buckley would have been left out and Rogers would cover loosehead from the bench. Other than that zero surprises, excepting that it's nice to see McSharry's fit.

I agree salmson, what does Maguire have to do to get a regular spot ???? after getting mullered most of the game the scrum was a bit steadier with our two replacement props on !! all be it it was comletely different front row on the Toulouse side of the srummage.So when is he going to improve if he doesn't play ???? mind boggles.

Great to watch world class players but Im sorry that Evans made it back for this one. He really is a match winner.
Lets hope the lads can give one great effort. It looks like it could be a bit of rain around which should keep the game tight.
Quins are a good side so it will be a tough match to win.

I'll take the win
Enjoy the match those of ye that can make it down

Bit harsh on Maguire, based on last week I thought Buckley would have been left out and Rogers would cover loosehead from the bench. Other than that zero surprises, excepting that it's nice to see McSharry's fit.

15. Mike Brown
14.Ugo Monye
13. Matt Hopper
12. Jordan Turner-Hall
11. Sam Smith
10. Nick Evans----thought he might be still injured :sick:
9 Danny Care

1 Joe Marler
2 Chris Brooker
3 James Johnston
4 Tomas Vallejos
5 George Robson
6 Maurie Fa'asavalu
7 Chris Robshaw
8 Nick Easter

Replacements

16 Joe Gray
17 Mark Lambert
18 Tim Fairbrother
19 Olly Kohn
20 Luke Wallace
21. Richard Bolt
22. Rory Clegg
23. Tom Casson

It was good to see Elwood give them all a run out in Toulouse last week as well. It's something they wont forget, and will benefit from