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« Reply #45 on: October 30, 2013, 01:24:41 PM » |
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enjoyed the game last night. Clearly Tonga were bigger, faster, stronger etc but Scotland really held on, got some luck and with the leadership of some of their key players managed to grind out a win against the odds.
Wonder what price Scotland were to win that game?
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« Reply #46 on: October 30, 2013, 01:36:07 PM » |
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I would have no idea, a guess 3 or 4 / 1.
Some championship players in the Scottish team.
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« Reply #47 on: October 30, 2013, 02:13:13 PM » |
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I would have no idea, a guess 3 or 4 / 1.
Some championship players in the Scottish team.
was thinking wider odds than that |
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« Reply #48 on: October 30, 2013, 10:18:18 PM » |
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USAAAAAA. Huge upset...  massive price i bet. |
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« Reply #49 on: November 24, 2013, 08:54:42 PM » |
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England v New Zealand - what a match, and a brilliant performance by the England side. Gutted with the last few minutes of the match and result.
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« Reply #50 on: November 24, 2013, 09:37:14 PM » |
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England v New Zealand - what a match, and a brilliant performance by the England side. Gutted with the last few minutes of the match and result.
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« Reply #51 on: November 25, 2013, 08:30:23 AM » |
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have to say I am still gutted from Saturday
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« Reply #52 on: November 25, 2013, 07:34:37 PM » |
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England v New Zealand - what a match, and a brilliant performance by the England side. Gutted with the last few minutes of the match and result.
Could copy and paste that for a union thread replacing England with Ireland. Completely agree Andrew. I watched both games and in the second could not believe that we had a chance to beat NZ for the very first time. Then I had a flashback to the England game and thought "please don't do a last minute get out of jail job on us" and then boom. I was praying for a forward pass when the NZ try went to the TMO. Morals of the weekend: play to the final whistle, take your scores when they are there and don't give away needless penalties. Do you think Sinfield should have taken the penalty kick at goal from the halfway line in the second half? Am not sure how sick Ryan Hall, Jonathan Sexton, James Graham and Jack McGrath are but I'd say that regrets were pretty high in both English and Irish camps. |
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« Reply #53 on: November 25, 2013, 07:41:46 PM » |
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have to say I am still gutted from Saturday
Yeah, didn't think we'd perform anything close to that level before the game - but once we'd performed so well it was a cruel ending. If only McNamara had selected the right players from the start, we might have beaten the Australians in the first game and wouldn't have had to face New Zealand in the semis. But no, he had to go with Chase. |
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« Reply #54 on: November 25, 2013, 10:19:04 PM » |
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have to say I am still gutted from Saturday
Yeah, didn't think we'd perform anything close to that level before the game - but once we'd performed so well it was a cruel ending. If only McNamara had selected the right players from the start, we might have beaten the Australians in the first game and wouldn't have had to face New Zealand in the semis. But no, he had to go with Chase. Well one thing that was confirmed this RLWC is McNamara is useless and hyper defensive with the press when there is really no need. |
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« Reply #55 on: November 26, 2013, 06:51:10 AM » |
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They'll probably look at that last game and give him a 5 - year contract.
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« Reply #56 on: November 26, 2013, 08:19:25 AM » |
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not his biggest fan but struggling to name people who would be the next England coach. Keeping him on wouldn't be the worst thing in the world
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« Reply #57 on: November 26, 2013, 06:07:45 PM » |
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not his biggest fan but struggling to name people who would be the next England coach. Keeping him on wouldn't be the worst thing in the world
No, you're right - AIDS, earthquakes and super typhoons are much worse. There are plenty who could do the job. Also, why is it a full-time role when it's not a full-time job? Why not get some younger assistant coaches to do the role on a part-time basis? |
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