cambridgefox Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Opening game tonight France v Wales Cracking Anthems.Not many better.
egg_fried_rice Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Don't know how the Welsh are back in this after an appalling first half. Two tries out of nothing. Possibly the most French performance of all time. All about bottle now, could go either way. An enjoyable first game in piss poor conditions!
Super_horns Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Like you say typically French . Just starting to wake up again now they are behind ...
isaidno Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Don't think North will ever get 2 easier tries.
egg_fried_rice Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Absolutely ridiculous from France. Snatch the lead back after a poor second half and then chuck that ludicrous lob in the air. Hilarious
egg_fried_rice Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Like the look of the ron weasley fella for France. Wales should see this out now but the way this game has gone so far I wouldn't be confident!
Finnegan Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 There was an opta stat at half time that said no team had ever been behind by more than 13 points I think it was in the six nations and won. Wales had never been behind 11 and won. I'd love to say we deserve it but France just spectacularly bottled it. Oh well at least we can't be that shit again.
Vacamion Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 How jammy were Wales? A ball thrown up on the try line and an interception.
Finnegan Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 4 minutes ago, Vacamion said: How jammy were Wales? A ball thrown up on the try line and an interception. I don't think it was jammy really. Jammy is about luck, freak bounces, refs missing calls, acts of god almost really. This wasn't jammy so much as just France were fundamentally worse than Wales. They were just absolutely appalling in the second half, they're just not good enough at all psychologically. Edit: to be clear we were shit af and yes we were fortunate I suppose that France imploded but that's just France is my point, they just are that crap.
ScouseFox Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 hilarious winning try. why are you lobbing the ball around when you’re winning and there’s less than ten minutes to go.
Vacamion Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 19 minutes ago, Finnegan said: I don't think it was jammy really. Jammy is about luck, freak bounces, refs missing calls, acts of god almost really. This wasn't jammy so much as just France were fundamentally worse than Wales. They were just absolutely appalling in the second half, they're just not good enough at all psychologically. Edit: to be clear we were shit af and yes we were fortunate I suppose that France imploded but that's just France is my point, they just are that crap. So, in summary: No, but yeah.
Nalis Posted 1 February 2019 Posted 1 February 2019 Poor, poor quality. But well done to Wales for exploiting a French implosion
leicsmac Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 France summed up in 80 minutes there tbh. Not looking forward to the Ireland-England match tbh, think it's going to be a shredding.
Nick Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 8 minutes ago, leicsmac said: France summed up in 80 minutes there tbh. Not looking forward to the Ireland-England match tbh, think it's going to be a shredding. Me too.
Finnegan Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 1 hour ago, leicsmac said: France summed up in 80 minutes there tbh. Not looking forward to the Ireland-England match tbh, think it's going to be a shredding. 1 hour ago, Swan Lesta said: Me too. I personally don't think there'll be any real shreddings, or there shouldn't anyway. Its the strongest Ireland have probably ever been relevant to the rest of us but that probably says more about them historically than now given it's also conversely about the closest the home nations have ever all been to each other. Ireland are still favourites but they're only getting to "shred" anyone if their opponents don't turn up. Obviously if Wales gave Ireland a first half like we did France then there'd be no coming back from that. But it isn't really likely. For all of the incredibly limp patter from England about Ireland being boring, let's be honest, England are Kings of Tedium when they want to be and they'll go to Dublin and the first priority is going to be defence. I can see Ireland winning by <5 as long as England actually turn up. I can even see England knicking it if Ireland aren't 100% and England are. Weather could play a big part.
leicsmac Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 8 minutes ago, Finnegan said: I personally don't think there'll be any real shreddings, or there shouldn't anyway. Its the strongest Ireland have probably ever been relevant to the rest of us but that probably says more about them historically than now given it's also conversely about the closest the home nations have ever all been to each other. Ireland are still favourites but they're only getting to "shred" anyone if their opponents don't turn up. Obviously if Wales gave Ireland a first half like we did France then there'd be no coming back from that. But it isn't really likely. For all of the incredibly limp patter from England about Ireland being boring, let's be honest, England are Kings of Tedium when they want to be and they'll go to Dublin and the first priority is going to be defence. I can see Ireland winning by <5 as long as England actually turn up. I can even see England knicking it if Ireland aren't 100% and England are. Weather could play a big part. Astute as always. To clarify, I think that England are going to go there looking to grind it out but if the same indiscipline issues raise their heads again they're going to get punished for it by Sexton every single time - that indiscipline would be the "not turning up" part IMO.
Finnegan Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 2 minutes ago, leicsmac said: Astute as always. To clarify, I think that England are going to go there looking to grind it out but if the same indiscipline issues raise their heads again they're going to get punished for it by Sexton every single time - that indiscipline would be the "not turning up" part IMO. It's only a matter of time before Faz costs you a tournament to be fair. Should have been sent off twice in the autumn and as much as it seemed like he's literally invisible to refs, sooner or later he'll go the way if SBW. Every tackle Sonny Bill makes is heavily scrutinised with refs leaning towards punishment as a default. But yeah I see it being fine margins, weather, a card, a crap ref call, I don't see anyone getting tonked unless they're half asleep. England play like they did first half against Japan, for example? Goodnight.
Countryfox Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 Sat there in the pub last night taking the piss out of my Welsh mate ... who was named after a famous Welsh rugby player ... oh dear oh dear I said, you're getting absolutely whooped !! ... What a useless bunch of bottlers those bleedin frogs are !! ... grrrr
cambridgefox Posted 2 February 2019 Author Posted 2 February 2019 If I had paid goodness knows how much for a ticket at Murrayfield,and was subjected to someone playing the bagpipes DURING the match,let alone at anytime I would be livid. i have History with bagpipes which was ongoing nearly everyday for years.
Carl the Llama Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 58 minutes ago, cambridgefox said: If I had paid goodness knows how much for a ticket at Murrayfield,and was subjected to someone playing the bagpipes DURING the match,let alone at anytime I would be livid. i have History with bagpipes which was ongoing nearly everyday for years. Any bagpipes is too much bagpipes... and because people think they're 'cultural' they get bloody everywhere too: Once got aurally accosted by a bagpipist at some Roman ruins in the middle of Jordan for christ's sake
egg_fried_rice Posted 2 February 2019 Posted 2 February 2019 Missed the Scotland v Italy game, should everyone be getting a bonus point against them this year? Feeling more confident for the England game than I was yesterday, but still predict a narrow loss.
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