European Cup w/c 8 April Catch-All Thread

[Torquemada 1420]

This could turn out bad for Tigers given the blood is likely to influence.

[TheFrog]

How many videos do they need to assess a contact with the head when Fritz Lee's head is pouring down with blood?

[Paddington Bear]

Don’t think the ref had any option tbh

[TheFrog]

Bye bye Clermont.

How much longer can Gibbes and co last?

It's also a matter of the players available. The club has massively cut on salaries and is struggling to attract and retain talents


When you think that we are getting Belleau and Plisson at 10 next year

Belleau makes some sense. Have to get someone at FH. Plisson

BTW, I know the Carbonel exit is controversial but if ASM had their pick, why TF would you go for Belleau who has turned into a big flake. Repeatedly booed by the RCT fans.

And that passage followed by some repeatedly awful high passing by Parra ends in......... failure.

Hastoy was on the market and unaffordable.

[sockwithaticket]

Considering some of the incidents that get let off with a yellow, that feels harsh.

[JM2K6]

Yeah that's a red, I can't see the pure accidental that Kayser is on about, he's rushed up to make a tackle and then just used a shoulder to protect himself, with head on head contact. No effort to take into account the guy he was running into, regardless of whether he was trying to tackle him

[Big D]

Don’t think the ref had any option tbh

None.

Perhaps a little unfortunate but ref is in the right there.

[Torquemada 1420]

That's a red.

Yup. How many more dim reds this weekend. Just so many stupid players littering the game these days.

Paddy TMO trying his best to get Tigers out of jail having ignored the neck wrench in the 1st half. Well done Georgian ref.

[petej]

Bullshit decision. If accidental collisions get reds fritz lee should go as well.

[Big D]

That's a red.

Yup. How many more dim reds this weekend. Just so many stupid players littering the game these days.

Paddy TMO trying his best to get Tigers out of jail having ignored the neck wrench in the 1st half. Well done Georgian ref.

Welsh assistant ref was pretty good there too.

[Torquemada 1420]

BTW, ASM has possible the worst record in T14 for making a man advantage count.

[Big D]

Kayser is talking out his arse. Intent has nothing to do with it.

[Torquemada 1420]

Kayser is talking out his arse. Intent has nothing to do with it.

Yes. The outcome: Lee bleeding and HIA is exactly what the laws are trying to cut out

[JM2K6]

Bullshit decision. If accidental collisions get reds fritz lee should go as well.

He's not the one who ran out of the line at pace into someone

[Torquemada 1420]

Parra sooooo slow to the breakdown and Fofana needs to quit whilst he has an any credibility left.

[Tichtheid]

That was magic

(sorry)

[Torquemada 1420]

Bullshit decision. If accidental collisions get reds fritz lee should go as well.

Jesus. Try not to make a complete t*t of yourself.

[TheFrog]

Humiliation.

[JM2K6]

Shame that Steward is too slow to be a good fullback and that red cards ruin matches...

[Big D]

That was magic

(sorry)

5 points to Gryffindor.

Tigers doing a good job here.

[TheFrog]

That was magic

(sorry)

Stewart showing why Jones picked him against France.

[sockwithaticket]

That was magic

(sorry)

It's alright. BT, unusually, refrained from the pun opportunities, so someone had to do it.

[Torquemada 1420]

LMAO. ASM wet the bed under the high ball yet again.

[TheFrog]

Shame that Steward is too slow to be a good fullback and that red cards ruin matches...

[Torquemada 1420]

That was magic

(sorry)

Stewart showing why Jones picked him against France.

Because that turned out well, eh?

Note what I said about how poor ASM have been (for years) with a man advantage. Utterly clueless in how to manage a game and use space when playing with an extra man.

[sockwithaticket]

Excellent chase from Potter.

[Big D]

Take the fucking scrum. You've just murdered them there.

[Biffer]

Clermont falling apart here

[TheFrog]

This must be one of the worst year for Clermont and I do not see any future.

[Torquemada 1420]

Shame that Steward is too slow to be a good fullback and that red cards ruin matches...

Whatever. His aerial effectiveness is hugely enhanced when playing any Fre side but that's it. He'll be repeatedly exposed for his inability to turn and then the complete lack of pace.

[JM2K6]

Take the fucking scrum. You've just murdered them there.

Their record from lineout drives is insane

[Big D]

Take the fucking scrum. You've just murdered them there.

Their record from lineout drives is insane

I get that. But that scrum was so dominant there was a chance of a yellow and PT whilst chewing clock.

[Torquemada 1420]

This must be one of the worst year for Clermont and I do not see any future.

The rot had long set in last year. Told you: too many well past it passengers drawing their pensions. But it's gone well beyond that. Look at how many quality players have turned to dogsh*t: Jedrasiak, Fischer, Iturria. At the beginning of the season, I really thought they'd taken Penaud down that path too but he's so thick, it might have saved him from listening to the coaches.

ASM used to have loads of players knocking on the door of intl selection. Bar Penaud, hardly any would even make it into any of the other top sides in T14.

WTF are guys like Fofana and MOC doing anywhere near a pitch?

The bit in red: have you seen any evidence of pride or bodies on the line this season either?

[Torquemada 1420]

BTW, ASM has possibly the worst record in T14 for making a man advantage count.

[sockwithaticket]

Wiese strikes me as being lucky that a closer look wasn't taken at that fracas.

[Paddington Bear]

Well done Leicester, Clermont aren’t what they were but that’s still pretty serious

[Biffer]

Wiese strikes me as being lucky that a closer look wasn't taken at that fracas.

BT chose to show zero replays of it.

[duke]

Wiese strikes me as being lucky that a closer look wasn't taken at that fracas.

BT chose to show zero replays of it.

Aren’t French TV in charge of the feed?

[JM2K6]

Wiese strikes me as being lucky that a closer look wasn't taken at that fracas.

BT chose to show zero replays of it.

French tv directors, no?

[OomStruisbaai]

Can't wait for our teams to join this league.