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inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:17 pm Bath's intensity a lot better, but Saints seem to have caught a dose of Bathitis - making silly mistakes to kill their own momentum.

Just as I finish typing, Collins walks one in out wide - after Bath make a few silly mistakes.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:27 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:17 pm Bath's intensity a lot better, but Saints seem to have caught a dose of Bathitis - making silly mistakes to kill their own momentum.

Just as I finish typing, Collins walks one in out wide - after Bath make a few silly mistakes.

Although their sloppiness is stopping them from capitalising, momentum very much seems to be with Northampton at the moment.

Kawazaki wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:15 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:11 pm Blimey, didn't expect Daly to get overhauled by slade. Exeter looking lively so far.

It's always slower to turn and run back than to just run forward.

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:30 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:27 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:17 pm Bath's intensity a lot better, but Saints seem to have caught a dose of Bathitis - making silly mistakes to kill their own momentum.

Just as I finish typing, Collins walks one in out wide - after Bath make a few silly mistakes.

Although their sloppiness is stopping them from capitalising, momentum very much seems to be with Northampton at the moment.

Yep, although I think there's a bit more solidity to the Bath defence, quite a few ruck penalties. Furbank looks a bit of a curate's egg here, some good lines and runs but really odd, basic mistakes -passes direct into touch.

Ted Hill on for Bath debut at replacement 8.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:35 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:30 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:27 pm

Although their sloppiness is stopping them from capitalising, momentum very much seems to be with Northampton at the moment.

Yep, although I think there's a bit more solidity to the Bath defence, quite a few ruck penalties. Furbank looks a bit of a curate's egg here, some good lines and runs but really odd, basic mistakes -passes direct into touch.

Ted Hill on for Bath debut at replacement 8.

Looks I cursed Saints, because since that post momentum veyr much swung the other way. That intercept from Redpath looks like it could be decisive.

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:41 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:35 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 3:30 pm

Yep, although I think there's a bit more solidity to the Bath defence, quite a few ruck penalties. Furbank looks a bit of a curate's egg here, some good lines and runs but really odd, basic mistakes -passes direct into touch.

Ted Hill on for Bath debut at replacement 8.

Looks I cursed Saints, because since that post momentum veyr much swung the other way. That intercept from Redpath looks like it could be decisive.

Good rolling maul try from Saints, still life in this one I think.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 6:50 pm I'm still hoping we're in a position to offer him a contract after his injury cover time at Bristol is done. He'd be ideal for us.

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:50 pm Yeah, they're gash.

That performance was a big surprise. Under the cosh away from home against a beastly team and in the end we made it look comfortable. Surprisingly shit performance from some of sale's bigger names.

Nice to see Marcus tweak a few noses with a superb performance largely off the back foot, too

SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:01 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:50 pm Yeah, they're gash.

That performance was a big surprise. Under the cosh away from home against a beastly team and in the end we made it look comfortable. Surprisingly shit performance from some of sale's bigger names.

Nice to see Marcus tweak a few noses with a superb performance largely off the back foot, too

Quins well worth the win

SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:01 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:50 pm Yeah, they're gash.

That performance was a big surprise. Under the cosh away from home against a beastly team and in the end we made it look comfortable. Surprisingly shit performance from some of sale's bigger names.

Nice to see Marcus tweak a few noses with a superb performance largely off the back foot, too

Quins well worth the win

ASMO wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:04 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:01 pm

JM2K6 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 3:50 pm Yeah, they're gash.

That performance was a big surprise. Under the cosh away from home against a beastly team and in the end we made it look comfortable. Surprisingly shit performance from some of sale's bigger names.

Nice to see Marcus tweak a few noses with a superb performance largely off the back foot, too

Quins well worth the win

Might be a rocky evening in a certain bordies household ;-)

Brazil wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:10 pm

ASMO wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:04 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:01 pm
Quins well worth the win

Might be a rocky evening in a certain bordies household ;-)

No.1 son is wearing the quins shirt (marked wit a 10 on the back). I am muttering Tyler Durden quotes to myself.

assfly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 8:19 am Much better from Quins. Their first try was class. I like Herbst, he's providing some much-need grunt in the second row. But we really could do with a proper fullback. Is Mike Brown busy these days?

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:59 am Any England Jersey training squad updates? Haven't seen any
May and Arundell looked buggered on Friday and Farrell and LC-D on Saturday
Lawes has already withdrawn as he's still recovering from concussion!

ASMO wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 12:17 pm

SaintK wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:59 am Any England Jersey training squad updates? Haven't seen any
May and Arundell looked buggered on Friday and Farrell and LC-D on Saturday
Lawes has already withdrawn as he's still recovering from concussion!

assfly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:10 pm Where is Louis Lynagh these days?

Oxbow wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:52 pm Dave Attwood has been banned for three weeks for striking Fraser Dingwall in the Bath v Saints game, despite the ref and TMO calling it a 'rugby incident '. Could have made all the difference, Bath kicked the penalty to go further ahead, or, penalty reversed and Bath down to 14. Saints didn't really deserve to win the game but that was rank poor officiating.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:40 pm Just catching up on Rugby Tonight, with an interview with Mike Brown.

I know he was a hate figure for the celts during his England years but he’s never come across as anything but a deeply shy guy who cares.

Poor bloke ended up bursting into tears when shown the picture of him and Care with the 6N trophy in 2016, having talked a lot about a ‘transition’ that seemed to be describing unemployment with a young family. Doyle tbf to him realised what had happened pretty immediately and they all handled it well with him.

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:24 am

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:40 pm Just catching up on Rugby Tonight, with an interview with Mike Brown.

I know he was a hate figure for the celts during his England years but he’s never come across as anything but a deeply shy guy who cares.

Poor bloke ended up bursting into tears when shown the picture of him and Care with the 6N trophy in 2016, having talked a lot about a ‘transition’ that seemed to be describing unemployment with a young family. Doyle tbf to him realised what had happened pretty immediately and they all handled it well with him.

I didn't hate him, just didn't think he was very good, but actually really admired his tenacity and in your faceness. We sometimes laugh at English players for not having passion (they most certainly do) so couldn't really complain when one wore his heart on his sleeve, to use a shit phrase.

In saying that, I met him twice, once with a mutual friend of his then girlfriend now wife, and he was a cock both times. To be fair to him maybe it was because he was really shy, don't know.

Paddington Bear wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:40 pm Just catching up on Rugby Tonight, with an interview with Mike Brown.

I know he was a hate figure for the celts during his England years but he’s never come across as anything but a deeply shy guy who cares.

Poor bloke ended up bursting into tears when shown the picture of him and Care with the 6N trophy in 2016, having talked a lot about a ‘transition’ that seemed to be describing unemployment with a young family. Doyle tbf to him realised what had happened pretty immediately and they all handled it well with him.

Slick wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:24 am

In saying that, I met him twice, once with a mutual friend of his then girlfriend now wife, and he was a cock both times. To be fair to him maybe it was because he was really shy, don't know.

sockwithaticket wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:54 am
It's definitely sad to see that he's struggling, but I get the impression it's a little self-inflicted.

I came across this interview.

https://www.ruck.co.uk/mike-brown-is-li ... -football/

Between that and the Rugby Tonight appearance it seems like he hasn't really been setting anything up for post-rugby over the last few years and still envisioned playing at the moment, which, as a 37 year old outside back, is probably a bit optimisitic. Over the last few years of podcasts and sundry other interviews I've heard from various players in their 30s who are deep into preparing for life after rugby even while they're still actively playing and planning on doing so for a little while and younger players who should have long careers ahead of them who are setting up small businesses on the side. The RPA apparently do offer a lot of support with this stuff now as well as the clubs themselves..

SaintK wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:48 pm Brad Shields has signed for Perpignan
Robin Hislop has signed for Sarries
Vincent Koch to Stade Francais (medical joker)
Paolo Odogwu to Stade Francais (medical joker)
Dan Frost to Exeter