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Referees have been told to give fewer red cards. The red cards didn't change tackles body height and fans are now paying insane money for tickets and watching a game with the token red card having shelled out is a crap product so the correct decision.

Maybe if they gave cunts long bans then ...

Referees have been told to give fewer red cards. The red cards didn't change tackles body height and fans are now paying insane money for tickets and watching a game with the token red card having shelled out is a crap product so the correct decision.

Great turnover from Pollock but then he clearly should be pinged for rolling twice on the ball.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat May 24, 2025 2:30 pm Clown show from the officials. All sorts being missed and ignored on top of inconsistent interpretations.

And it's a fast flowing great game, over refereeing ruins every spectacle. Light touch is best.

Bradbury was really impressive yesterday. I'd love to have been a fly on the wall post that home loss to Zebre they've been a different team.

Rhubarb & Custard wrote: Fri May 16, 2025 9:53 am who/what is Chopper?

Christopher Hope their PolEd formerly of the Telegraph who calls himself chopper for some reason.

It is VERY funny that Starmer took Chopper and GBN on a jaunt to Albania to agree a return hubs deal only for their PM to turn him down. Very funny indeed.

Tichtheid wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 11:07 am

Ritchie on the bench, none of the young guys are listed in the 23, bar Harrison I suppose but if Cherry were fit...

Must win game for Edinburgh and Everitt does make it more risky to play Douglas.

Hayek was another favourite - she recommend him for Companion of Honour gong in 1984. Hayek's love of privatisation, deregulation and tax cutting were adopted by Thatcher, but not his advocacy of social services.

The great irony is the refusal to see things as they are, just means more ...

One of the things I've wondered when you hear the "we need to import more Kazakhs to offset our elderly population" is why no-one proposes policies (economic/social) that would encourage more people to have kids.

It seems like a strangely defeatist position whereby you are coming to terms with ...

People will "hold their nose and vote Reform" amd we will get the same type of administration that's currently fucking America into third world dictatorship status as the same type of people that backed MAGA/Project 25 are backing Farage.

It can't happen here (oh yeah?)

Looking past the ...

100% correct. But it's probably best ignored to preserve some sanity.

The pathway is now clear. He's going to copy the entire Tory/Reform playbook, wouldn't be surprised if another massively expensive failure like Rwanda happens. Whatever he achieves, the right will then say that isn't good ...

Jesus, Starmer is burning every piece of political capital he has with the moderate/left wing of the Party and the public with his futile attempts to out-Reform Reform with the latest blitz on Aunt Sally (immigants and bears). And it will never be enough to satisfy the usual suspects.

100 ...

At some point Dobie is going to need to decide if he's a 9 or a wing. Now approaching 30% of his pro starts on the wing. It's not letting him be the best 9 he can be.

I think that it's been decided he's a winger. Starts more at wing than 9 these days, and he's starting at wing over front line ...

Jordan and Daly are not equivalent picks. Between them they cover the whole backline but only 15 is a common position.

I can see the merits in Daly even if i disagree with it. Experienced Lion in a group of backs with little Lions experience, happy to slot in at 11 and 13-15 in a midweek game and ...

Hansen over Graham is an interesting choice.

White the victim of needing a token Welsh.

I guess we just haven't seen enough of Graham lately.

Pollock over every Scottish backrow eh...

Ritchie shunted down the ranking by both a token Wales player and by the Next Big Thing. The Lions ...

clydecloggie wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 1:40 pm
Jock42 wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 1:39 pm Gutted for Graham and Ritchie
Hansen over Graham is an interesting choice.

White the victim of needing a token Welsh.

I guess we just haven't seen enough of Graham lately.

Pollock over every Scottish backrow eh...

Absolutely insane politically to agree a trade deal with India which has a privision Indian nationals don't pay NI for three years. Cant see this getting through the Commons.

PornDog wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 3:25 pm Wasn't late, but it certainyl didn't look like a clean hit at first glance (high and shoulder). Got distracted by kids for the replays though

No arms but it wasn't high.

What an amazing kick by Jalibert!

If Marchand is holding his head he should be having a HIA.

The thing that frustrates me the most, and this has been proven with Darge, is we don't strap the rocket boosters on young talented kids quick enough.

It's hard for Everitt because Watson is playing well and Muncaster has also played well at 7.

Douglas should be battling for Pollock for the ...

To be honest I don't think he'd get a game for Edinburgh, not ahead of Ritchie, Watson, Crosbie, Muncaster, Boyle or Douglas. He wouldn't be ahead of the likes of Darge, Fagerson, Vailanu, Venter etc at Glasgow either - I've left out the 8s as Pollock isn't an 8.

Good luck to the guy, I ...

To be honest I don't think he'd get a game for Edinburgh, not ahead of Ritchie, Watson, Crosbie, Muncaster, Boyle or Douglas. He wouldn't be ahead of the likes of Darge, Fagerson, Vailanu, Venter etc at Glasgow either - I've left out the 8s as Pollock isn't an 8.

Good luck to the guy, I ...

Pollock is clearly an exceptionally gifted and able player, with a great career ahead of him. Indeed there's so much smoke being blown up his arse, they should send him to the Vatican. They'd have a new pope in no time.

He’s perfectly capable of blowing the smoke up his own arse without ...

Very curious that Hamish Watson has been frozen out early in the season to stop a contract clause being triggered, but now he's starting weekly and has a new contract. Class act so maybe it's the best decision and unless you're running a 6/2 a specialist 7 on the bench with a specialist 7 starting ...

I was actually a poll clerk yesterday at the council elections as I've always been curious about it (yes, I am a loser) and so few people vote it is a bit of a joke national debate centers on the results of complete disinterest or unawareness of the election anyway.

Another element is that Labour press relations/ public messaging is quite poor.

I can't stand Farage but he knows how to get media coverage and his messaging is simple and clear.

Whereas Labour's plan is vague, and where are the messengers? Is David Lammy still in post? We just checked who the ...

Superb kick from Cammy Scott there at the end.

It was - the conservative nature of Everitt is killing Edinburgh, He should have been on earlier. Douglas gets another seven minutes. Shiel too when Price looked tired.

It was maddening watching Shiel at the end as his pass is so fast and so ...

Tichtheid wrote: Fri Apr 25, 2025 7:20 pm Zebre are not playing well, they would be taken apart by a decent side.

They are deservedly beating Edinburgh at half time

After a positive few weeks, it's good to have the real Edinburgh back.

He looked great under the high ball, but he is seriously lacking pace for a young back three player. There is no professional future for such a slow winger. Fullback at a stretch, purely due to high ball skills, but Steward has shown that lacking pace is a fundamental obstacle for a back 3 ...

He is really coming back into form.
I hope he has some escape clause, because we cannot afford to have him not playing top flight rugby.

We, Edinburgh, are okay with Douglas, McConnell, Currie coming in but Scotland need Ritchie playing top flight rugby. In the backs it was great to see ...

Is he SQ then? He was in the T14 team of the week a couple of weeks ago so must be doing something right

Lancaster not going to Glasgow, he is SQ - through Grandmother I believe, and Murchie would know.

I would have been surprised - Glasgow are a selling club with the state of the SRU ...

Loved watching Beirne whinging like a little girl there. Delightful.

westport wrote: Sat Apr 12, 2025 1:40 pm A win is a win and Bulls should have been down to 14. I am not one to normally rubbish referees but today's was not very good.

Same clown refereed Scotland vs England this year with similarly ridiculous decisions. He needs stood down.

Tesla facing both a demand side slump and a supply chain massive cost increase both as a direct result of his supporting Trump to the White House. And every country in the world is using blocking access to Starlink as a negotiating tool.

Now he's no longer in the Presidents ear his corporates will ...

I’m a neutral and that looks very bad whether Cole is being naughty or not

I agree, lets not get all Irish about this.

Oh, I think he’ll cop a ban for it. I just don’t think it will be at the ‘deliberate gouging’ end.

He'd be very lucky to get off with reckless. I'd be surprised if ...

Glasgow have never beaten Leinster in a knock out game.

It would be fucking monumental if they did it.

Yeah would be the best result in Scottish rugby for the last twenty odd years easily.

Hmmm, Edinburgh beat a Toulouse side packed with French internationals in the quarter final ...

Tichtheid wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 9:17 pm
I like neeps wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 8:49 pm If and its a big IF Glasgow beat Leinster in Dublin Franco has to get the Scotland job.

Glasgow have never beaten Leinster in a knock out game.

It would be fucking monumental if they did it.

Yeah would be the best result in Scottish rugby for the last twenty odd years easily.

If and its a big IF Glasgow beat Leinster in Dublin Franco has to get the Scotland job.

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