Teams Up for Wuss

[Neils]

Oh yes

[Neils]

Mr Cruise your twins must be embarrassed by that hair.

[COYW15]

YEsssss, brilliant.

Lads rested for Tuesday and a BP. Not pretty but there in the end.

[13thWarrior]

Might be a record, having 3 different hookers score in the same game.

[Bloke in North Dorset]

Winning ugly, but sometimes that's what's needed.

[Steve from Cov]

Very ugly. I can’t take much more of these games. Huge relief.

Well played Worcester.

[hopwood]

Probably our most important win of the season.
It wasn’t necessarily pretty or free-flowing at times but we gave opportunities to some youngsters and they came through for us.
This will really bring the squad closer together.
Bind them.
Provide real confidence in squad selection.
And provide confidence for the established players when they see these new guys coming off the bench.
This will give us some fantastic new options going forward.

The players will now look forward to the likes of Gabriel Oghre, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Tom Willis and Alfie Barbeary coming off the bench in the big games.
This is really exciting times for the whole squad and the management team.

Confidence will be sky high.
Lee took a bit of a gamble.
It didn’t necessarily pay off at fly half or in the centres at times.
But overall, this could well prove to be a pivotal game in our 2020 season.

We have some exceptionally talented and blood hungry youngsters coming through.
We are blooding them.
And they are proving their worth.

This match has revealed so much.
Well done Lee and the team.

[JF]

On Sunday the Saints coach said something to the effect that the game was the pre-season friendly his team needed. I think the first half was ours, they just didn't need the extra 40 minutes to get up to speed.

I wouldn't have put money on a bp win at half time, very happy to be proved wrong.

Umaga looks like the find of the decade.

[Shugs]

 Calculated gamble pays off for Blackett. Wonderful stuff. Was worried up to about 55 mins. Then we totally bossed it. I like Lima but we were a different team with Umaga on. JTA superb as well - suddenly looks a phenomenal acquisition. My player of the season (reset) so far is West. Love him at scrum time. Vellacott, Willis and Mills did well and Barbeary is going to be a handful. Exciting times. Well done Blackett and co.

[Heathen]

Delighted with the result! Ultimately our determination ( and no little class) got the 5 pointer. Bring on Sale.

[JonnyD]

Definitely all changed when Umaga came on. Yes he will make some mistakes but he gets things moving and can shift the momentum.
More dynamism at 13 was needed but that couldn’t be helped with Fekitoa’s ban and Spink and JdJ injured.
Oghre has a great game but good to see Cardall, Cruse and Morris doing a lot of the dirty work - West was again impressive.
Great to see big Jeff playing with a smile too

[Neils]

Might be a record, having 3 different hookers score in the same game.

I like that!

[Steve from Cov]

I thought Velacott and Mills were not at the races tonight but appreciate that it must be tough making your debut and playing different systems.

Jacob was getting back foot ball from Ben.

V and M both need game time.

Barbeary looks a monster.

[hopwood]

The fact that Dai didn’t pick Umaga at the beginning of last season and stuck with Lima at 10 was inevitably his downfall.
As we are now seeing, if you give well-coached, hungry, talented youngsters an opportunity - they can do great things quickly.
Dai was a lovely guy, but in his final season he became too safety conscious in both his style of play and his selections.

The future of Wasps right now is incredibly exciting.
The buzz in that changing room must be humming.
Home-grown talent coming through and prospering.
Joe must be so thrilled he committed to this team, squad and management.
What a few years ahead.

[petros]

Some funny decisions all night.  any dropped ball seemed to be a knock on regardless of direction of travel and surely Veanu was only denied by a high tackle which wasn't spotted.