NPR

Hal Jordan wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:36 am It's a weird one for Exeter. Either they perform a routine victory over Wasps which we all expected or they lose and are labelled chokers on par with vintage All Blacks.

sockwithaticket wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:11 pm

Madness wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:46 pm I'd like to see completely different scrum halves but from that squad

Genge
George
Stuart
Itoje
Ewels
Curry
Underhill
Dombrandt
Youngs
FordFarrell
May
Farrell Francis
Marchant
Thorley
Watson

Obano, Dunn, HeyesSinks, Ribbans, HillEarl, Mitchell, Lawrence, Furbank/Crossdale Malins

Better to see how Dombrandt, Marchant and Thorley do as part of a good team structure rather than a scratch side.

Not much to disagree with there. I'd find a place for Wilson, though. Maybe insteadof Underhill. The former hasn't played since the restart iirc and so could probably use the run out whereas Underhill was the only back rower involved with the playoffs and is possibly the most injury prone of the young guns, so there's no real gain to using him up on a Baabaas game.

Possibly swap Dunn and George around too. Means Dunn starts with his club tighthead and George can come on to steady the ship if the setpiece isn't going as planned. Maybe even Obano for Genge so we start with a whole club unit in the front row.

Hal Jordan wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:36 am It's a weird one for Exeter. Either they perform a routine victory over Wasps which we all expected or they lose and are labelled chokers on par with vintage All Blacks.

sockwithaticket wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:36 pm Will certainly be interesting to see if they shoot into matchday squad contention. Part of me says there's no point risking Sinckler in this game when we've got the actual test matches around the corner and aren't especially well stocked with proven international tightheads.

Ovals wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:38 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:29 pm Dominant half from Chiefs. Once they went back to 15 players, they never looked like losing.

Gotta say, I'm not sure Wasps are the side to beat them at full strength.

Unfortunately, I agree. I'm not sure we'll cope with them once they get in our 22 unless we can jackal - but Exeter make that very hard to do. We're a bit better at defending the maul than we were, but it's not exactly a strength. We'll kick and chase better than Bath though.

Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:18 am Is there any point in a BaaBaas game behind closed doors? Beyond injuring our players.

Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:18 am Is there any point in a BaaBaas game behind closed doors? Beyond injuring our players.

Hal Jordan wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:45 pm

Ovals wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:38 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:29 pm Dominant half from Chiefs. Once they went back to 15 players, they never looked like losing.

Gotta say, I'm not sure Wasps are the side to beat them at full strength.

Unfortunately, I agree. I'm not sure we'll cope with them once they get in our 22 unless we can jackal - but Exeter make that very hard to do. We're a bit better at defending the maul than we were, but it's not exactly a strength. We'll kick and chase better than Bath though.

So anyway, routine victory for Exeter coming up, no?

Ovals wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:34 pm

Hal Jordan wrote: Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:45 pm

Ovals wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 5:38 pm

Unfortunately, I agree. I'm not sure we'll cope with them once they get in our 22 unless we can jackal - but Exeter make that very hard to do. We're a bit better at defending the maul than we were, but it's not exactly a strength. We'll kick and chase better than Bath though.

So anyway, routine victory for Exeter coming up, no?

Could be - unless the last two, tough, weeks have taken the sting out of them - Wasps are well rested and in great form - assuming they have full availability. I'd put us in with a decent shout.

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett has confirmed 11 players from his squad are unavailable for selection for their Premiership final against Exeter.
Those players have either tested positive for coronavirus or have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.
Of those 11, Blackett says four would have probably been in the matchday 23.
"It's not ideal preparation but you could argue we'll be fresh," said Blackett, previewing Saturday's final.
"We've had two weeks' rest, and we trained really, really well yesterday.
"We've got 33 players to pick from. It's gut-wrenching for those who will miss out but the health and safety of players and families is more important."

Kawazaki wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 1:23 pm

Paddington Bear wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:18 am Is there any point in a BaaBaas game behind closed doors? Beyond injuring our players.

We get to see Jackson Wray play which is always a nice thing.

Margin__Walker wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:46 pm So the baa baas need to find 12 (confirmed Covid free) players apparently before the game due to breaches in protocol this week...

Un Pilier wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:03 pm

Margin__Walker wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 4:46 pm So the baa baas need to find 12 (confirmed Covid free) players apparently before the game due to breaches in protocol this week...

I should be interested to see which knobheads thought a night out was more important than trying to maintain some sort of representative rugby through this bloody plague. I hope we find out.

Raggs wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:44 pm Robshaw???

I was actually thinking "shit i hope robshaws send off isn't ruined". If he was one of the idiots then that's quite depressing.

sockwithaticket wrote: Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:40 pm Robshaw and Wigglesworth are a surprise.

Paddington Bear wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:39 am Grey shirts are always horrendous - not sure why so many teams go for it

Glaston wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:09 am Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

ASMO wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:32 am

Glaston wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:09 am Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Jesus Christ he is shit as a ref.

Glaston wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:39 am

ASMO wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:32 am

Glaston wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:09 am Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Jesus Christ he is shit as a ref.

Wasnt it Maxwell Keys who sent off Hughes when he sparked G North?

Depths of my memory says it was.

ASMO wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:32 am

Glaston wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 10:09 am Wayne Barnes out C19 related
Maxwell Keys in

Jesus Christ he is shit as a ref.