Young livid after poor Blues display
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:43
Cardiff Blues boss Dai Young says he is seriously considering making some major changes to his starting lineup after seeing his side struggle to a 18-17 win over Sale on Saturday.
Welsh sevens player Richard Mustoe scored very late in the day for the Blues against a weakened Sale side in their EDF Energy Cup encounter and saved them from, what would have been, a fairly embarrassing defeat.
With a Heineken Cup clash with Calvisano coming up on Saturday Young has been quick to point out to his players that their attitude against the Sharks had not been good enough and there could well be some players who find themselves paying for a poor display.
“We have had consistency in our selection over the last few weeks but there were very few good performances. Only the players off the bench like Nicky Robinson, Robin Sowden-Taylor and Deiniol Jones did well and we will have to have a re-think.
“The players need to look at themselves. The urgency, desire and hunger just wasn’t there and despite winning, we let ourselves down. It was a poor performance and we got out of jail.”
Match winner Mustoe was himself not even meant to be in action but when Darren Allinson fell ill just before the game and the winger was added to the match squad.
“Darren had a chest infection and we didn’t have another scrum-half in the squad. There wasn’t enough time to bring someone up from Wales so we put Richard on the bench. We are lucky he was there.”
