Leicester fans reach for the pitchforks after heavy loss to recently promoted London Irish
The mood down at Welford Road has quickly soured after Leicester’s poor start to the Gallagher Premiership resulted in a heavy 36-11 defeat at the hands of the recently promoted London Irish.
After surviving a relegation battle last year, the Tigers have won one from their opening four games, sitting last on the Premiership ladder with the worst points differential in the league.
Leicester fans described the away loss to the Exiles as a ‘pathetic performance’, ‘atrocious’ and ’embarrassing’. Many fans called for the resignation of ex-player Geordan Murphy, who took over the side after the sacking of Matt O’Connor early last season, and questioned the performance of chief executive Simon Cohen who is ‘killing the biggest club on the planet’.
Another pathetic performance, no doubt followed by the same pathetic excuses. @LeicesterTigers @TigersLeicester @btsportrugby #tigersfamily #LIRvLEI
— del477 ?????? (@del477) November 10, 2019
Remember when Tigers weren't absolutely dire? Embarrassing. #LIRvLEI
— Gareth Stevenson (@Garfieldthechef) November 10, 2019
Worst Leicester Tigers team I've ever seen #LIRvLEI
— Steve Jones (@sir_swish2262) November 10, 2019
Now I know how Arsenal feel. This kind of showing is atrocious. Murphy has got to go. #LIRvLEI
— Georgia Anne ? (@GeorgiaRiches13) November 10, 2019
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To get hammered @LeicesterTigers by @LiRFC is seriously not good enough. It’s going to be another long season ? #LIRvLEI @premrugby
— Dan Wright (@DanielWright39) November 10, 2019
Disappointing? Ffs, this is disastrous . How in God's name can Cohen remain in control of this fuckfest? He is killing the biggest rugby club on the planet. Wake up.
— Mark Fletcher #Sunak Out (@MarkFletch117) November 10, 2019
We've lost to Worcester and now London Irish. Both teams tipped for relegation. Can management not see where this is leading unless they act?
— whatABanker (@whatAbanker) November 10, 2019
It’s been the same for seasons now, same tired excuses, please give us performance’s, we’re not looking for awesome just improvement we can see.
— Nigel Pratt (@popthetiger) November 10, 2019
It’s sad to say our response has been the same all last season and is becoming a norm this season. How many more times are we going to hear it wasn’t good enough. Easy for me to say but do the players know what it means to play for tigers, or do they think that’s what they are
— Phil Taylor (@641philtaylor) November 10, 2019
The Tigers are headed for another relegation battle and look squarely in the firing line based on the first month of the competition. The outcome of the salary cap punishment for Saracens will be closely followed by Tigers’ fans, which will no doubt play a part in deciding their future this season.
Leicester were always going to be up for a tough away match with the recently re-stocked London Irish outfit signing a host of internationals such as former All Black Waisake Naholo who scored in his debut for the club. Former Wallabies Curtis Rona and Nic Phipps along with South African Ruan Botha brought some much-needed firepower to the Exiles roster.
Tigers’ fans can’t welcome back the England internationals soon enough to turn the season around.
Jim Hamilton discusses the Saracens salary cap drama:
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2 Go to commentsOh dear, bones too suspect to continue?
2 Go to commentsBold headline considering the Canes and Blues are 1 and 2 and the Brumbies were soundly beaten by the Chiefs and Blues. Biggest surprise is Rebels 4 Crusaders 12 - no one saw that coming. If Aus are improving that’s great 👍
1 Go to commentsAnna, You are right, we need to have patience whilst the others catch up to England and France. Also it is the PWR that has been the game changer for England. the RFU put money into that initially at the expense of the Red Roses. I was sceptical at first but it has paid off in spades.
1 Go to commentsI think Matt Proctor became a 1 test AB in the same fixture. Cameron is quality and has been great this season, can’t believe’s he only 27. Realistically how would he not be selected for ABs squad this year. Only Dmac is ahead of him as a specialist 10. With Jordan out, it will come down to where and when Beauden Barrett slots back in, and where they want to play Ruben Love. Cameron seems an absolute lock in for the wider squad though. Added benefit of TJ-Cameron-Jordie combination at 9, 10, 11 too.
1 Go to commentsFarcical, to what end would someone want to pay to keep this thing going.
1 Go to commentsHavili, our best 12 by a mile, will be in the squad, if he stays fit. JB is the most overrated AB in the last 50 years.
61 Go to commentsWe had during the week twilight footy, twilight cricket, tw golf plus there was the athletics club. Then the weekend was rugby 15s plus the net ball, really busy club scene back then but so much has changed and rugby has suffered. And it was all about changing lifestyles.
6 Go to commentsIn the 70s and 80s my club ran 5 Senior sides plus a Vets. Now it is 2 sides with an occasional 3rd team. Players have difficulty getting to training now, not sure why and the commitment is not there. It seems to me more a problem of people applying themselves and not expecting to turn up and play whenever they want to.
6 Go to commentsROG’s contract is until 2027. The conversation about a successor to Galthie after RWC 2027 may be starting now. We can infer that Galthie’s reign stops then. He is throwing the Irish Coaching Job angle in because he is Irish. The next Irish coach MUST be Leo Cullen. As well as being the best coach available, coaching the vast majority of Irish Internationals week in week out, he has shown incredible skill at recruiting the best coaching staff for the job in hand. That was a failing in France. Cullen is a shrewd guy and if there is a need for foreign coaches underneath him he won’t hesitate. Rightly so. Ireland does need to start to bring Irish coaches through. Not just at the professional level but we need to train coaches to man new pathways for developing kids from schools/clubs up through the divisions.
8 Go to commentsNo Islam says it must rule where it stands Thus it is to be deleted from this planet Earth
18 Go to commentsThis team probably does not beat the ABs sadly Not sure if BPA will be available given his signing for Force but has to enter consideration. Very strong possibility of getting schooled by the AB props. Advantage AB. Rodda/Skelton would be a tasty locking combination - would love to see how they get on. Advantage Wallabies. Backrow a risk of getting out hustled and outmuscled by ABs. Will be interesting to see if the Blues feast on the Reds this weekend the way they did the Brumbies we are in big trouble at the breakdown. Great energy, running and defence but goalkicking/general kicking/passing quality in the halves bothers me enormously. SA may have won the World Cup for a lot of the tournament without a recognised goalkicker but Pollard in the final made a difference IMO. Injuries and retirements leave AB stocks a bit lighter but still stronger. 12 and 13 ABs shade it (Barret > Paisami, Ione = Ikitau, arguably) Interesting clash of styles on the wings - Corey Toole running around Caleb Clark and Caleb running over the top of Toole. Reece vs Koro probably the reverse. Pretty even IMO. 15s Kelleway = Love See advantage to ABs man for man, but we are not obviously getting slaughtered anywhere which makes a nice change. Think talent wise we are pretty even and if our cohesion and teamwork is better than the ABs then its just about doable.
11 Go to commentsCompletely agree. More friday night games would be a hit. RFU to make sure every club has a floodlit pitch. Club opens again Saturday to welcome touch / tag. Minis and youths on Sunday
6 Go to comments1.97m and 105Kg? Proportionately, probably skinnier than me at 1.82 and 82kilos. He won’t survive against the big guys at that weight.
56 Go to commentsThe value he brought to the crusaders as an assistant was equal to what he got out of being there. He reflected not only on the team culture but also the credit he attributed to the rugby community. Such experience shouldn’t be overlooked.
8 Go to commentsGood luck Aussie
11 Go to commentssmith at 9 / mounga 10 / laumape 12 / fainganuku 14
61 Go to commentsBar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
11 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
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