Eddie O'Sullivan
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I think the players he has are the players he has.
I think Finn Smith's an improvement in the sense that
I think he brings a little more to the table than George Ford but the question is will he want Finn Smith to do something different than George Ford or will he go back to this is my game I'm just going to move the pieces around here I'm going to get back to do what we do or is he going to pivot away and say this game isn't working I need to find a new way of doing it which to me would be
pretty catastrophic for him because I don't know if he ever had a plan B even in the back of his mind to be fair to him so I think he's in a very tight spot he's I think all he wants at the moment is to win in Italy
If you're in his shoes, the team must, their confidence must be absolutely thrashed.
You're going away from home, all right, you're not playing the All Blacks, you're not playing France, but you're going to Rome, which is a difficult enough spot, times to get out of.
We found it very difficult there last year at the end of the championship.
So I think he wants a win.
I think he's got to circle the wagons after Six Nations and figure out, is this working at all?
But I think he's in a huge quandary vis-Γ -vis how he wants to progress this team.
But he needs a result at the moment.
So I don't think it's Anton Moorman getting a result.
And freshening up the team scares guys a bit.
Maybe they respond.
I think that's his response, I think.
I don't think they can play like Northampton, Joe, to be honest.
And Keane's point there, will he play Bortwick Ball or Northampton?
Northampton are probably one of the best attacking teams in the Premiership.
Wonderful to watch.
Sam Vestey's done a phenomenal job there.