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ASMO
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Fuck me, Joseph completely mugged off there, he looked like he has just given up
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Margin__Walker
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Just switched on and seen the score. Wtf has gone on in that first half?
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Like that call from Barnes, it was the legal impact that put him in touch, but then does ride high.
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Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:54 pm Just switched on and seen the score. Wtf has gone on in that first half?
The old combination of one team being very good and the other being utter shite.
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ASMO wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:52 pm Fuck me, Joseph completely mugged off there, he looked like he has just given up


Surprised he won't get picked for another 40 caps for England by Eddie based on that club form.
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Whats the craic with covid bubbles? Does this rule Redpath out of pumping England next week?
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Should have reversed the pen for that imo
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Raggs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:04 pm Like that call from Barnes, it was the legal impact that put him in touch, but then does ride high.
Nah, the neck contact came before he went into touch. Barnes was so desperate to not call it high. Still not sure it was a penalty try but Barnes had to be cajoled into giving the penalty.

This has been dismal by bath.
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Uren MOTM. He has been very good.
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775 to 118 metres made. They will be adjusted, but that's insane
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Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:36 pm 775 to 118 metres made. They will be adjusted, but that's insane
45 missed tackles is quite impressive too

edit: Priestland made 3 and missed 7
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Yep, that's not pretty either.

That's all she wrote. That was a nasty game for Bath
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It's not entirely clear where Bath go from here, the last couple of losses weren't great, surrendering leads, but this was abject.
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They look a rabble. Hopefully Wasps don't do the same to us on Sunday :problem:
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JM2K6 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:40 pm They look a rabble. Hopefully Wasps don't do the same to us on Sunday :problem:
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Oh, hang on...
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Second half of Saints - Glaws has been a lot better so far, a few nice tries scored.
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Confidence seeping back into the Saints lads. Still very suspect in defence mind
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So, flakiest ***ks?

Glaws or Bath?
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Saint wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:37 pm Confidence seeping back into the Saints lads. Still very suspect in defence mind
True, but baby steps on the road to improvement.

Glaws look like they'll need a miracle to swing this one.
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And there's the obligatory brainfart from Twelvetrees.
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A BP win after 5 weeks without a game must be pretty welcome even for our curmudgeonly Northampton crew?

Looks like Exeter only squeeked past Worcester.
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sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:38 pm
Saint wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:37 pm Confidence seeping back into the Saints lads. Still very suspect in defence mind
True, but baby steps on the road to improvement.

Glaws look like they'll need a miracle to swing this one.
Glaws look like they’ll need a miracle not to finish bottom
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SaintK wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:04 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:38 pm
Saint wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:37 pm Confidence seeping back into the Saints lads. Still very suspect in defence mind
True, but baby steps on the road to improvement.

Glaws look like they'll need a miracle to swing this one.
Glaws look like they’ll need a miracle not to finish bottom
No self interest in them pressing for no relegation then.


It's win-win. Relegation and bye bye Glaws. No relegation and Sarries can stay down.
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sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:01 pm A BP win after 5 weeks without a game must be pretty welcome even for our curmudgeonly Northampton crew?

Looks like Exeter only squeeked past Worcester.
I would have settled for a losing BP
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:13 pm
SaintK wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:04 pm
sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:38 pm

True, but baby steps on the road to improvement.

Glaws look like they'll need a miracle to swing this one.
Glaws look like they’ll need a miracle not to finish bottom
No self interest in them pressing for no relegation then.


It's win-win. Relegation and bye bye Glaws. No relegation and Sarries can stay down.
Or there's no relegation and the prem is expanded.
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notfatcat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:22 pm Or there's no relegation and the prem is expanded.
Seems a highly unlikely scenario with Sarries backhanded dealings. Everyone is screaming congestion and concussion so it would be
a hard one to justify.
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TRP linking Dean Ryan to the Quins job this morning. Sure that would go down well.
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:32 am
notfatcat wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 9:22 pm Or there's no relegation and the prem is expanded.
Seems a highly unlikely scenario with Sarries backhanded dealings. Everyone is screaming congestion and concussion so it would be
a hard one to justify.
Sarries are still a shareholder in PRL and I read somewhere that Trailfinders could "buy" their way in if the price was right and the RFU would rubber stamp it.
Fuck the lot of them.
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Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 8:37 am TRP linking Dean Ryan to the Quins job this morning. Sure that would go down well.
Who am I to complain but my instincts say I hope that doesn't happen.
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SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:45 am Sarries are still a shareholder in PRL and I read somewhere that Trailfinders could "buy" their way in if the price was right and the RFU would rubber stamp it.
Fuck the lot of them.
Rugby seems incapable of learning that unsustainable spending is what got us all into this mess. Post COVID is going to be very interesting.
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Teams for the pick of today's games

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Pretty strong, best we can put out between international call ups an injury list that now includes Bassett :thumbdown: . Our Watson brother managed to tweak his achilles last week on his return appearance which is rotten luck.

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Quins look pretty well set to me, how they react to Gustard's departure will be interesting.

Being at home I reckon we've got maybe a 10 point winning margin in us.
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Don’t think that’s a try but superb start from Quins. Pace of play is excellent
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How long do you get to actually put it down??? That's surely more than an immediate placement after the tackle is complete?
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Sopoaga needs to fucking go. His defensive play is deteriorating and he's not doing anywhere near enough in attack to mitigate.

Good fight from Porter to try and hold him up, but ultimately that's a really well worked try finished off by Care.

It's early days, but things look bad for us at this point. Quins are on fire right now.
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Morris lucky to get away with that deliberate knock.
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sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:29 pm Morris lucky to get away with that deliberate knock.
I don't think he touched it which is really lucky for him.
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Louw was scrummaging under the Wasps hooker there. Ouch!
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Great pass there. Pity it was at a lineout FFS!
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Sloppy by Quins at the end.
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Wasps are going to need to stage the mother of all comebacks. I thought we were getting over the need to have Launchbury and Robson on the field to know what we're tryign to do...

Fair play to Quins, though, haven't seen them play like this in a while. If it were against someone else it'd be nice to see.
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