Barry Coughlan
As Munster prepare for the first of four games against Michael Bradley’s Edinburgh this weekend, Johne Murphy believes the team will deliver the goods for new coach Rob Penney.
Frustrated at the number of unforced errors in pre-season friendly games, Murphy nonetheless is convinced the competitive environment of the RaboDirect Pro12 will bring the best out of a developing side this weekend.
In relation to the 34-10 reversal against Aviva Premiership outfit London Irish, he admitted: “We’re lucky that the defeat didn’t count for points, but it is still very difficult to take, we’re getting used to the system and we really do believe in it, it’s something we really enjoy at the moment but I suppose it came down to individual errors, there were too many of them.
“We can’t implement what we’re trying to do if the individual error count is so high; that’s what we spoke about after, it’s about keeping the heads down and working hard, it’s as simple as that.”
But Murphy thinks the game plan they have embarked upon will pay dividends. “I don’t necessarily think it’s a high risk game (we’re playing),” he said, “ we just threw some (passes) we shouldn’t have thrown, we dropped some we should have caught, just little things like that that didn’t stick, things we’re well capable of doing.”
He wasn’t about to make excuses, pointing out: “There is no point in making excuses, it was just the individual error count that was too high and it needs to be a lot better next week. Last week against Bristol we had a better second half, no disrespect to Bristol but London Irish are probably a better outfit and they punished our mistakes; there were opportunities there and we either took the wrong option or were a pass away from getting it (right).
“That’s what we’re trying to do, we really do believe in it, we’re enjoying it and we just need to keep our heads down, keep working and it will pay off.”
If he felt, like others, frustrated, there is no sense of panic that the group is incapable of adapting to Penney’s more expansive plans. “(We’re) very frustrated as a group, I can’t say any more, everyone is involved, everyone is working and I suppose these three games (pre season) are for trying things, they don’t count and we’re lucky in that respect. Next Saturday is when it comes in, the mentality changes, everything changes, this is the money round next week and it’s when it all starts.
“There is no sense of panic, I never felt that once, we just kept trying; probably when we went behind there might have been a case of trying too hard, forcing the offload, forcing that chance and that leads (sometimes) to another knock on so you figure you must go for the miracle pass and that is just a shift in the scoreboard.
“But there is trust and belief as a group, we really believe in what we’re trying to do and I believe it is going to pay off; we will put sides to the sword.”
Source: http://feeds.examiner.ie/~r/iesportsblog/~3/JVYqY-KOwjc/post.aspx
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