Paul McElhone

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Would love to see Sean Jansen at 8, very tempting to throw conan straight in given his past performances but Jansens edge could be whats needed in the southern hemisphere

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@Andywilson2904 @FogartyJack 2nd half of season showed limitations of a thin overall squad (prop especially) stretched by competing on 2 fronts, compounded by injuries. Coaching grace period is over next season but sexton looks like the right guy & new forward coach should be a step up from Duffy

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@Andywilson2904 @FogartyJack But the point is we reached heights of attacking play which we hadn't seen in recent years. And for a chunk of the season too. The process part is delivering that over a full season but there was an improvement

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@Andywilson2904 @FogartyJack Backrow squad depth has improved from the days of Clive Ross and Greg Jones. Over the course of a season we've also shown improved attacking play under Mark Sexton, albeit being able to sustain it over the course of a season is a work on

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@rory_fans Was just waitin for it to spin back!

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@rava_ian A proper 4 provinces effort too, great to see Murray get his debut/try, Aki brought the impact, Crowley played well when it mattered and as for the Ulster lads...Suftum!

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@SixNationsRugby Ferrari (Scrum) or Russell (all round) for Ireland

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@FogartyJack Doak might have done enough to make the bench next week, looked good and his kicking/flexibility might get him ahead of casey

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@Matthewmck_1 @patmccarry @aCrawfordz I dont think theres any need for Aki to start. Can't think of too many 12s in the world ahead of Stu in this form, never mind in the ireland squad, hes the incumbent and the rest week means he probably doesnt need to be rotated. Can see aki at 23

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Timoney at 7 offers dynamism without sacrificing power but dont see it happening now when it didnt happen against Italy

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Yeh that's fair, just liked how solid the scrum looked by the end, even if he isn't just as dynamic around the pitch as Joe. I'd alsk like to see more of izzy at 6 again but think Farrell will revert to Beirne Conan Doris or Beirne Doris VDF.

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Would be a big call but I'd switch Edogbo and Joe, latter could have more impact off the bench .

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@TheLooseH It was but they didnt show it

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Replace the 2 props and switch 10s. See if Crowley and casey can work better

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@RavenhillRoar Bryn 24th man apparently 🙌

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@KenShedwel32425 @patmccarry He played 7 for Ireland A and I think U20s before getting a lot of gametime at 8 for Ulster this season.

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@LukeCurtisKnox The whole team bar 1 or 2 were poor. Its a collective failure not individual

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@dplockhart Thought the same, had an edge to everything he did and the tactic of pushing him out wide to exploit his speed and size 1 on 1 almost worked perfectly at the end. Couple of big hits in defence as well. Great performance

[Paul McElhone @paulmce86]

@OvalDigest Looked in pain when he was trying to test his weightbearing with medic, awful in first game back but hopefully an injury rather than HIA