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Are they any good and will the move to the new staduim help them improve their base?

They are pretty much the Crusaders of the NH poised for world domination

MW is a renowned impartial observer when it comes to LI.

Go support them for the craic, even if they're crap.

I resent the implication that they are crap....

No one can go watch them at the moment, which is a bit of a problem for the club. A particularly poorly timed pandemic.

The wankers with the drums should be taken outside and double tap to the head...

I'm just waiting for the cultural appropriation crew to get wind of us

Margin__Walker wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:51 pm I'm just waiting for the cultural appropriation crew to get wind of us

I resemble that...thank you...looking forward to putting on the suit again

Feckin' plastics...

Stay here and settle and your kids can pick up the torch Nols.

I'm leaving in just over two weeks! Heading back home.

Ah, never mind... Good luck with the move.

I'll miss the sunny south coast weather, despite how much I'm complaining about it at the moment!

Nols wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:44 pm MW is a renowned impartial observer when it comes to LI.

Go support them for the craic, even if they're crap.

Back at the turn of the century myself and a mate here in London were discussing going to the matches. In the end nothing came of it, and he has now passed on, RIP.
A year or two later I lived in Dublin for a period. I went to the Leinster matches, and subsequently have supported them all over Europe.
As LI transitioned to Not London and Not Irish, I lost any feeling of being connected to them. The success of the Irish provinces has cemented that feeling.
LI moving back to London is a smart move as there is still a huge potential fanbase amongst 2nd generation Irish. They will also pick up a good bit of traffic from the parents of this generation.
I do expect at some stage to visit the new ground in Brentford, but on the day I will be supporting Leinster.

LI games at the Mad Stad were always worth going to. St Paddy's Day there was EPIC.

Just signed Creevy. Serious player.

Yep, cracking player. Hopefully a few more miles in his legs. Still in quarantine at the moment, so won't feature on Saturday.

Bit of an issue at lock for the weekend. Been a strength this season so far, but Coleman and Mafi are injured and Botha is staying in Japan. Likely to go in with something like a de Chaves / Nott partnership, which is unlikely to scare the Bath pack.

Ali Cadoo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:40 am LI games at the Mad Stad were always worth going to. St Paddy's Day there was EPIC.

I remembered checking out where the stadium was, and how to get there from Reading Station. I also know I never made it there.
This was a bit surprising as I remember them in our HEC group.

It took a few minutes, but I got there in the end. It was 2010, and the game was transferred to Twickenham. It finished 11-11.

.OverThere wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:54 pm

Ali Cadoo wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:40 am LI games at the Mad Stad were always worth going to. St Paddy's Day there was EPIC.

I remembered checking out where the stadium was, and how to get there from Reading Station. I also know I never made it there.
This was a bit surprising as I remember them in our HEC group.

It took a few minutes, but I got there in the end. It was 2010, and the game was transferred to Twickenham. It finished 11-11.

There were always LI crowds drinking outside the 3Gs by the station before matches, I have fond memories of the spring sunshine streaming down on folks wearing those big green hats whilst raising the elbow.