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ASMO wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:12 pm Italy going to be fancying their chances against Wales

I shall be discussing this with Mr Ladbroke.

I have a vague memory of seeing Tom Kiernan play for the Barbarians - would have been early seventies I think but I can’t find any convenient record so may well be a false memory / imagining. Either way RIP : good player.

duke wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:53 pm
Happyhooker wrote: Fri Feb 04, 2022 2:52 pm I'd go further. You should be able to fuck over the scrum half at any point in the game, wherever you are on the pitch.

*including your own
Particularly your own

I was going to suggest that a point or two might be awarded but ending your own side’s scrum half might complicate that.

Ireland by 14
England by 5
France by 35

Think Borthwick made a big mistake taking off Burns. Hegarty is not a 10. Think Van Poortvliet would have been better there.

Absolutely. It seemed clear at the time it was a big risk. I think Borthers wanted to see if Hegarty could hack it ; he’s played 10 before of course. Well, he has his ...

Lest we forget, there were two instances of rule trashing around the safety car. It wasn’t just a brain fart in my opinion - his patronising dismissal of Toto’s objections was outrageous.

Good to see you up and about, Globby.

Interesting noises emerging from the FIA about the Race Director’s role and future arrangements. Looks like Masi is on his way as expected.

A life well lived, I’d say. RIP.

Yeah, right thing done in the end. Maybe took too long but got there eventually so credit for that.

I would worry that (Sockwithaticket) might be too much change at once - I’d be happy to see Ben Youngs dropped for one of the young chargers ; I rate them both. 12 is tricky but I think I would go with Slade outside Smith and Malins would be on my bench.

ASMO wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 7:32 pm Just had a look at the Connaught v Leicester ending, Aki really should get hit with a strong sanction for that.

Yeah, he’s apologised but it was pretty disgraceful imo.

First time I have logged on to NPR for a while - apologies for that. Interesting times but I don’t see a downside for NPR given effective Border Controls. Had a rare look at PR too : haven’t posted there in maybe a year. Pretty sad really but probably inevitable.

Thr problem that some have is that it has been a while since he has been consistently this version of Itoje. He recently (6N) has thrown in a few games where he gives away penalties for fun.

Agreed. He played like a God of Rugby today, but against Scotland in the 6N he was distinctly meh ...

Mersey Docks and Harbour Board

A sign to which was added

and little lambs eat ivy

Biffer wrote: Tue Jun 29, 2021 5:28 pm I'd love to see him find a few more to catch Eddy Mercxx

Stage 6 maybe?

I think the degree of undercut was what screwed Merc and I haven’t heard any definitive explaNations as to why it was so great. Anyone have any theories?

Loving the racing btw. Great to see real competitiveness 👍

My theory is that the 1st stint was quite slow with HAM controlling the pace ...

I think the degree of undercut was what screwed Merc and I haven’t heard any definitive explaNations as to why it was so great. Anyone have any theories?

Loving the racing btw. Great to see real competitiveness

Rob Baxter’s post-match interview on BT Sport was interesting. His point about players pursuing appeals tending to attract increased sentences is valid, I think, and I agree of course that we need more consistency, but he didn’t give me the impression of whole-hearted commitment to the player ...

Really sorry, Boobs. Really sorry.

Given we just had 2 bans for Exeter players over this, a controversial non-decision in the Quins-Bris semi and Tuilagi receiving a yellow after mitigation it's very much a live issue beyond PI players in the French league. Ref's in the Prem have been issuing yelows for things that would've been ...

Good result for McLaren :clap: Poor for Ferrari. I’m tempted to check if Alan’s feeling okay in a parallel universe. :think:

It’s the season we hoped for in some respects. Danny Ric and Checho starting to get the hang of their new cars, Lewis and Max neck and neck, some serious teammate rivalries ...

Wray’s tangle in the corner was a really teasing start :grin: I found the two semi-finals hugely entertaining in their different ways. In fact the last few weeks of the season have offered some excellent rugby. It’s maybe worth saying that despite their detractors BT Sport’s coverage has been ...

Brazil wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:54 pm
ASMO wrote: Sat Jun 12, 2021 3:48 pm How much have Exeter paid Dixon?
He's an embarrassment

When he refs Tigers you can feel the cringe from miles away. He’s a poor ref and his failings are magnified by his apparent inability to listen.

Mosley gooooooooooooooooooooone

I liked how the BBC referred to him as a 'privacy campaigner' :lolno:

The distribution of his, eh; "collection"; could be interesting ....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYM4kHSUMAEj-ZI?format=jpg&name=small

If it was his collection it surely would be ...

All things considered, I’m feeling pretty positive right now, though we are nowhere near normal footfall anywhere.

I watched some of the Giro today and was really struck by the overheads of Florence, a city I know well. I have never seen it anywhere near as quiet, even in the early hours of the ...

Uncle fester wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 5:28 pm Love lazy types copying and pasting wiki and not even bothered deleting the citation marks.

Quite.

All things considered, I’m feeling pretty positive right now, though we are nowhere near normal footfall anywhere.

I watched some of the Giro today and was really struck by the overheads of Florence, a city I know well. I have never seen it anywhere near as quiet, even in the early hours of the ...

I’m a long term F1 fan. As in I met Jochen Rindt in the Oulton Park paddock during the Gold Cup meeting shortly before he was killed. And in my not very humble opinion both Saint and Kawasaki make well informed and valuable contributions to this thread. There are few enough posters here to make it ...

I think there is a difference between controlling what is already within and flow tests are pretty adequate for that. External travel has the potential for new variants so stepping up to a more complete test would appear logical.

Does it really have to be so expensive though? I haven't ...

Torquemada 1420 wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 2:50 pm
Slick wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:42 am Whatever about Nigel, but how the hell was that not a red!
Bad enough it was missed during the game but utter nonsense that it was subsequently dropped.

Yep. Straight red.

ScarfaceClaw wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:08 pm
Un Pilier wrote: Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:49 pm I would be most pleased if Lee Westwood chalked up a cheeky major win
His driving is looking shaky. Inconsistent and too wayward.

Yes, I don’t really expect he’s going to start winning majors now. He’s in decent form though.

I would be most pleased if Lee Westwood chalked up a cheeky major win

Hendrix, Shirley. Unmistakeable.

I'd think Prince could have done a Hendrix piece and very few could have discerned the player. Aside from styles giving away many players, the other difficulty is "less is more" often, so much trickier to spot Prince playing a blues piece than Greg Lake going ...

Hendrix, Shirley. Unmistakeable.

Good to see you back, Globby. You take it steady.

My regards to The Management. This must have been an awfully difficult time for her.

Germans buy a lot of Aston Martins apparently.

Perhaps they’ll stop :think:

A Canadian who most people think is a daddy's boy with little talent got the car into Q1 and scored points with it. All is not lost yet.

I’m not writing the Aston off - the point I hoped to make was that ...

Kawazaki wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:17 pm
Un Pilier wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:13 pm
sturginho wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 8:22 pm

Swapping Perez for Seb perhaps wasn't the greatest of moves
Quite. I have yet to hear a sustainable explanation.

Germans buy a lot of Aston Martins apparently.

Perhaps they’ll stop

Gengey, on the other hand .....

Hells Bells wrote: Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:32 pm Dickson is just not a very good ref, seems to miss a lot and take against sides very early on

He seems under-confident to me, and compensates by demonstrating rote learning of the laws.

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