Morning Neils and all Waspies from a pleasant Guildford. A much anticipated trip to the local pub was abandoned last minute last night due to one of my best friends family commitments, which, while very understandable, was hugely disappointing as we were overdue a proper catch up and, I hope, it is not a portent on todays game.
Make no bones about it i am nervous, last week was Jekyll and Hyde at its finest. We went from the sublime to the ridiculous. Effective to inept, cohesive to collapse in less time that it takes me to warm the oven up for the Sunday roast. A team that gives up a 25 point lead os never going to be one which can feel comfortable in itself, and we are now left wondering whether their well earned perennial discomfort for this season will inhibit or enhance them.
Away at Edinburgh is no easy task, winning this trophy is going to be a phenomenal fight given what we saw of Sarries last night. If our club want to be taken seriously as a top team capable of winning trophies then this journey must start today. Every player (especially the bench) will need to strain every sinew to get a win. Do it well, show that throughout 80 minutes, and when the inevitable replacements happen standards can remain high, then perhaps we can move on from last weeks late capitulation. Fail this test and the whole squad from coaches to the players need to consider if they really are good enough. This may sound harsh, but with the facilities that these guys now have at their disposal excuses of “learning from defeat” and “coming back stronger” no longer hold water, they are oft used sound bites to the media that are not worth the paper its written on. It is now a time to put up or shut up, and prove they are a team moving forward capable of winning titles and trophies. If they are the team we want them to be today is the day it begins!
Come on you Wasps!
Chris
Once a Wasp ALWAYS a Wasp.
Rugby by birth. Wasps by the grace of God.