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Oh I see - the winner of the head to head outranks points difference. Hadn't realised that. Once you've decided the group winner, yep. Which is why we have to either win the pool or Scotland does. Only the very unlikely 5-1 result I mentioned sees us come second, otherwise we're either pool winners...

I'm confused - if Scotland win, South Africa will almost certainly top the pool, won't they? As far as I can see it's mathematically impossible for South Africa to be knocked out now... Ah. You've missed the fun hypothetical discussion on PR! If Scotland win 5-1 and by 21 points or more then SA get...

I think that's slightly unfair on the acting and racist front. The world had already been defined so adding this sprinkling of newness jars. As noted by great minds like mine they should have had a race of elves or dwarves that were black. Your eyes and brain would go ahhh yeah OK I can make sense ...

Biffer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 9:25 pm This is going to be hilarious when the Irish come home still having not won a knockout game at the World Cup.

Ever.

Why? It's what most Irish expect.

C69 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:23 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:15 pm
Tears of joy when you put on the big boy pants after a knock out win

You better believe it.

Slick wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:04 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:58 pm Imagining something doesn't make it so.
You probably typed that with a straight face to prove my point

I prove your point by replying calmly?

Given my whole point was we're getting it because we're at the top, you're really flailing with your 'if it was NZ' line.

Imagining something doesn't make it so.

Tackling and holding players beyond the ruck in offense flopping on the tackled player in defense and never rolling away. You're having a laugh if you don't think every team does this but we've gotten squeaky clean on the rolling away, more so than other sides, ever since Barnes kept fúcking us ove...

I don't know, i reckon an example of an Irish team being reffed correctly at the breakdown and not being able to deal with it is pretty good. That had absolutely nothing to do with it and actually does LAR a disservice to suggest so. It was a massive factor in the game. ROG knows the Irish tactics ...

The point was that it was Munster, not Ireland, getting the flak in the 00s. Because Munster were a target, being one of the top sides. Then Leinster started getting it, not Ireland, because they were one of the top sides. Then Ireland started getting it as we cemented our place near the top and ha...

I'd go as far to say that if Munster & Leinster were never part of European competition, Ireland would've received 5% of the complaints - you cannot separate these sides from the national team and people are already primed to expect what they perceive as bullshit. You see, with every post you p...

Let's be clear the Irish Technique at the ruck is old hat now and getting old with other nations. Time for a crack down . :yawn: Go on then - explain what the "Irish Technique" is to me and how its so different to what every other team is doing? :crazy: Players do what the refs let them g...

I'd go as far to say that if Munster & Leinster were never part of European competition, Ireland would've received 5% of the complaints - you cannot separate these sides from the national team and people are already primed to expect what they perceive as bullshit. You see, with every post you p...

Sorry, I call bullshit JMK. You extrapolated from Munster, who did get a lot of flak when they were at the top of their game, to Ireland. It's the only reason Quinlan would make sense. A guy who has one cap off the bench against England in his entire career and 7 starts over 9 years against top tier...

Christ alive this is insufferable even for you. The entire point was that no, Ireland aren't getting this just because they're good. They've been getting this criticism for years before they were any good. Whether the complaints are true or not are a) irrelevant to that point and b) of no interest ...

If that's aimed at me then I can only repeat that I couldn't give a shit and I wasn't talking about whether the complaints are true or not, maybe this time you'll get it? Ok, we're doing a post truth thing. Gotcha. Christ alive this is insufferable even for you. The entire point was that no, Irelan...

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 9:40 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:52 pm So every ref has been wrong and you're right?
If that's aimed at me then I can only repeat that I couldn't give a shit and I wasn't talking about whether the complaints are true or not, maybe this time you'll get it?

Ok, we're doing a post truth thing. Gotcha.

It's funny an Italian would complain about obstruction, you'd think they'd keep their mouth shut after what they got away with. That said, the Doris one is hilarious. How the ref missed it is bizarre. First one is equally illegal but being charitable to the ref, he let it go as it was pretty immater...

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:05 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:52 pm So every ref has been wrong and you're right?
Refs have been too afraid to speak out. It’s up to us fans to right this decade-long injustice. For the children.

So every ref has been wrong and you're right?

Is it my turn to use laughing thingys? The penalty count was 11/8. We got plenty of turnovers at the breakdown even with LAR's constant onslaught, which is why we were still in it at the end. LAR beat us by being relentless and efficient, putting pressure on our exits and forcing us into our shell....

I don't know, i reckon an example of an Irish team being reffed correctly at the breakdown and not being able to deal with it is pretty good. That had absolutely nothing to do with it and actually does LAR a disservice to suggest so. Is it my turn to use laughing thingys? The penalty count was 11/8...

Slick wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:34 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:33 pm
Slick wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:28 pm

Yes
Well that's a bit stupid.
I don't know, i reckon an example of an Irish team being reffed correctly at the breakdown and not being able to deal with it is pretty good.

That had absolutely nothing to do with it and actually does LAR a disservice to suggest so.

Regardless of the truth of the matter, there's no way this is a "NZ used to get it, now we're getting it because we're number one" scenario. Ireland's approach to the breakdown and "success" has been a topic of much debate for a long time, well before Ireland got good. So what's...

This. The European games were reffed properly and we saw the results. I think we all hoped that was refs finally growing balls and being directed to focus on the cheating but the weekend suggests it was just a one off, sadly. You're using the final as your proof? :lol: :lol: Yes Well that's a bit s...

It's ridiculous to suggest we get away with stuff at the breakdown more than anyone else (on average). No it isn't. You only have to glance at the breakdown to see Irish players cheating. It's endemic. This. The European games were reffed properly and we saw the results. I think we all hoped that w...

Regardless of the truth of the matter, there's no way this is a "NZ used to get it, now we're getting it because we're number one" scenario. Ireland's approach to the breakdown and "success" has been a topic of much debate for a long time, well before Ireland got good. So what's...

It's ridiculous to suggest we get away with stuff at the breakdown more than anyone else (on average). In general you will miss the stuff your own team does and zone in on the opposition or teams you don't like. NZ had it for years as number 1 and we're getting it now. It's pure bias and the concept...

Ire continue to be the master cheats at the breakdown and it really requires decent reffing to deal with it: unlike Raynal not yellowing the blatant and cynical infringements at the end there. The usual cop out of "well, the underdog was going to lose anyway, so it doesn't matter". Intere...

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:46 pm
CM11 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 7:44 pm I think when the sea is getting hotter than a bath, something's going wrong.

My bath or my wife’s? Because you can boil a lobster in hers.

Over 38 Celsius.

I think when the sea is getting hotter than a bath, something's going wrong.

But whether it's bullshit or not, the drive towards cleaner energy is clearly beneficial to humankind.

Ire continue to be the master cheats at the breakdown and it really requires decent reffing to deal with it: unlike Raynal not yellowing the blatant and cynical infringements at the end there. The usual cop out of "well, the underdog was going to lose anyway, so it doesn't matter". Intere...

Finished Good Omens 2 last night. Pretty good and entertaining, although the 4th episode jarred badly with the general tone of the series and the source material, and the ending thankfully largely avoided too much fanservice for the tiresome slash fiction crowd. Jon Hamm's grey overcoat in the 6th ...

I'm only an episode or two into the third season of the Witcher but I thought the fight scene at Kaer Morhen was one of the best in terms of recreating a big fight from the games and we were finally seeing the relationship that existed between Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri at the start of the third game...

FFS, even 'they' don't believe what they fill your passively compliant and obedient heads with, whether it's the necessity of wearing a mask or telling you coastal properties will flood: Climate activists invest in property on beaches they say are disappearing From Bill and Melinda Gates to climate...

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:25 pm So collapse in 2021. Wait. 2029. Or almost certainly in 2050.
Gotcha.

Not really what it says at all.

2021 was when they first warned about it as a possibility. They've given a wide range and then said it can be arrested.

Pokerface. Modern day Murder She Wrote type of show. I’m enjoying it a lot. Seconded. Only a few episodes in but very enjoyable. I'm six episodes deep. Really enjoyed the first 3, but from episode 4 on it's just felt a bit repetitive and gimmicky for mine. I know that's partly the point - a good-hu...

R2 – Saturday, October 28 Edinburgh v Emirates Lions | 17.00 IRE & UK / 18.00 ITA & SA | Viaplay, SuperSport, Premier Sports Same day as the World Cup final - Edinburgh will be missing lots of players That's atomic stupid! Play on Friday or Sunday FFS. Still unlikely to be allowed access to...

Well it should be a slam dunk case then, right? In which case the offender will get his just deserts. Creepy, yet legal relationships happen all the time, however much we wish they wouldn't. I'm not sure why whether or not someone reads the news should be relevant. By the way I'm very much in favou...

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