Ireland's Calling - Part Two

OKAY, OKAY let's not PANIC.
 To continue where I finished off last time - 'Who Goes You Decide?'

Well for a start, D'Arcy, Murray, Earls and Jennings.

Murray needed game time, fair enough - but surely he should have had that prior to selection for the plane.He didn't get good service from the pack, which is inexcusable, considering their dominance. At the same time, he's a back, not part of the pack and should have got ball out quicker, despite the forwards' shortcomings.
As for D'Arcy- he hasn't been in form for so long and it shows; bluntly McFadden gets the nod, if only for making the Aussies do more homework on his playing style.
Earls and Jennings - they are very capable players- Earls is a super footballer , but out of his depth, indeed he was playing for his place on Saturday and just didn't cut it. Jennings showed great pace and great defence and textbook tackling, he's just not the guy for Australia. He will play again.

The backs have shown no progress since Kidney took over, in fact, some would argue that the Grand Slam winning team was a result of O'Sullivan's work more so than Kidney's inspirational leadership.
Sexton is having a mare, but putting him straight in with a rookie scrumhalf doesn't help. The play between the two was non existent - beit part of the management strategy or not enough time for gelling, the result has been negative for both half backs.
Kidney needs to understand that, in as much as O'Sullivan made mistakes in keeping with his 'chosen ones' resulting in no competition for places; Kidney has not got the luxury to tinker with the team at this stage - he had August for that.

I'll stand over what I said before - It's the backs that win the games in International rugby.
Bringing Trimble in at such a late stage meant nothing. Changing both half backs doesn't answer any questions, as Sexton could have fared better with Reddan as he plays with him provincially.
If Kidney thinks this will create competition for places - he is mistaken as all it does at this stage is knock confidence in the players.

He needs to tell the players today who is playing on Saturday and then let them play - both BOD and POC need to really and I mean really take the reins on the pitch and show everyone why they were both captains of the Lions.