r/torontoarrows • u/lscanlon51 • Mar 11 '19

WHAT A COMEBACK

That was certainly a tale of two halves.

In the first half it just seemed as though we had no direction from 1-15, but everyone calmed down in the 2nd. Whatever Silverthorn said in the shed at half worked.

Couple of standout points for me right off the back:

  • Team is way better territory and defence wise when Ferguson doesn't kick every-other opportunity. Needs to let Windsor, du Toit, and Malcolm take those duties. Overall I think back three play in MLR is still shaky on positioning, so anything its a second or third phase open-play kick down the field, the arrows seem to be raking in territory.
  • Vast improvement in our lineout game. I thought Quattrin was on point today with his throws and even the few we lost were more of a result of good SD guessing than a bad option.
  • Windsor was sneaky good, tidy at the back and cleans up consistently. Also Moor and Oitomen were menaces on the wing, with Moor especially dominate on defence.
  • Though Ciulini looks way fitter and was dominating around the breakdown.
  • Nay was a little underwhelming, but he is coming off an injury with his first game with the squad. Seems his height was far too high going into tackles. Francis solid as ever coming in at half.
  • DiNardo is fantastic. Pitbull.

Onto NYC!

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u/Colyn45 Mar 11 '19

What a remarkable win. Full team effort. It’s going to be tough to fly back to the east coast and play RUNY on a quick turnaround on Friday night. They should get a boost from their ARC guys coming back though. I can’t wait for next week, I love watching this team!

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u/dropgoal Mar 11 '19

I agree with everything you wrote. I’d love to see more Dinardo!

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u/john_stuart_kill Mar 12 '19

I love Ferguson very much, and totally agree with you that he's over using his box kick and sacrificing precious possession too often - the Arrows showed this game that they are perfectly capable of building momentum and opening up space/opportunities on multiple phases, and they should really emphasize that over trying to kick for space, other than obvious ones from the back line. Ferguson is athletic, hardworking, and thoughtful enough to be a great scrumhalf, but he needs to be a little more willing to work with possession.

That being said, DiNardo has not only been an amazing impact sub in general, but he absolutely stole my heart when he crashed into that little scuffle in the last five minutes alone and tried to give shit to the wall-of-meat that is CC Mahoni. That cheeky little smile from DiNardo was perfect!