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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2023 21:22:46 GMT
Sold out Kingsholm witnessing best half of rugby from Gloucester in months. Now watch us blow it Bloody Hell, have they ever. Total capitulation. I'm sorry for Glos, I was quite excited at half time.
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Post by colebridgebull on Nov 10, 2023 21:37:39 GMT
Ouch
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Post by singe on Nov 10, 2023 22:00:27 GMT
Sold out Kingsholm witnessing best half of rugby from Gloucester in months. Now watch us blow it After reading your post just gone online for the result. Bloody hell.
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Post by eggchaserbull on Nov 11, 2023 9:24:33 GMT
Total disaster of a weekend. That Castle Grim second half, the alcohol after to try and forget and then awake at 0500 and unable to sleep it off further.
I'm supporting Boston today, hopefully my luck will rub off on them.
"If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all," as William Bell and Booker T Jones wrote.
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Post by glawsterwhite on Nov 13, 2023 9:21:28 GMT
Well I was in Madeira on holiday which was lucky ! I was optimistic when I saw the half time score, couldn't believe what I was hearing about the second half !! After being a fan for 33 years I shouldn’t be really ….
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Post by eggchaserbull on Nov 13, 2023 14:07:59 GMT
My son-in-law, a Bath supporter, has not yet messaged me. After Glaws beat Bath 64- 0 eighteen months ago, I had bombarded him even before the letter L in Bath Nil had had time to dry.
These feckers who take the moral high ground grip my sh!t. The tension is not healthy for a man of my advanced years.
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Post by glawsterwhite on Nov 13, 2023 14:10:05 GMT
😂😂 maybe text him that “the best team won” … nah only kidding 😁 when we hammered them 68-12 I had a barf fan with me … that was highly entertaining .. she couldn’t watch big chunks of it 😂😂
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Post by eggchaserbull on Nov 17, 2023 14:26:48 GMT
It must have been a slow day in court, today; CB in scintillating form on Shedweb.
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Post by greekgod on Nov 17, 2023 14:52:23 GMT
Thought it was common knowledge that the legal gown wearers on his pay grade have more then enough in the pension fund and utilise calendars with a pre printed cross through every Friday.
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Post by colebridgebull on Nov 17, 2023 17:11:38 GMT
We do occasionally have days off…
(Although I’ve still managed to do three court hearings on mine)
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Post by glawsterwhite on Nov 19, 2023 22:02:24 GMT
Another Sunday ruined 🤦♂️
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Post by glawsterwhite on Dec 3, 2023 8:26:38 GMT
And another 🤦♂️
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Post by colebridgebull on Dec 3, 2023 10:18:35 GMT
Rotten day of sport yesterday.
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Post by eggchaserbull on Dec 3, 2023 14:25:28 GMT
60 RFU employed community rugby coaches across England had to lose their jobs so that Gloucester players could put on an abject display like that, or most games this season for that matter, without risking relegation.
And the RFU wants to give them, and the other 9 teams in the Premiership another £300million to spaff up the wall over the next 8 years to provide rugby of that standard*. This is the same RFU that has forecast that it will make losses of £161million over the same period.
* - Ask most people watching rugby, either in the pub or at a game, if they realise that the private equity firm CVC will receive 27% of this money and they look at you as though you're speaking an alien language. Elite level rugby? They're having a laugh.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2023 15:14:13 GMT
60 RFU employed community rugby coaches across England had to lose their jobs so that Gloucester players could put on an abject display like that, or most games this season for that matter, without risking relegation. And the RFU wants to give them, and the other 9 teams in the Premiership another £300million to spaff up the wall over the next 8 years to provide rugby of that standard*. This is the same RFU that has forecast that it will make losses of £161million over the same period. * - Ask most people watching rugby, either in the pub or at a game, if they realise that the private equity firm CVC will receive 27% of this money and they look at you as though you're speaking an alien language. Elite level rugby? They're having a laugh. This is something that I am unaware of. Can you point me to a website that details these initiatives?
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Post by eggchaserbull on Dec 3, 2023 16:55:16 GMT
60 RFU employed community rugby coaches across England had to lose their jobs so that Gloucester players could put on an abject display like that, or most games this season for that matter, without risking relegation. And the RFU wants to give them, and the other 9 teams in the Premiership another £300million to spaff up the wall over the next 8 years to provide rugby of that standard*. This is the same RFU that has forecast that it will make losses of £161million over the same period. * - Ask most people watching rugby, either in the pub or at a game, if they realise that the private equity firm CVC will receive 27% of this money and they look at you as though you're speaking an alien language. Elite level rugby? They're having a laugh. This is something that I am unaware of. Can you point me to a website that details these initiatives? Unfortunately, the rugby journos of newspapers that cover rugby week in week out, rather than when there's an international game, seem to swallow everything that the RFU says to them, so there is little questioning of RFU propaganda. You need to read journos like Nick Cain, Chris Hewett and Brendan Gallagher in the Rugby Paper (companion paper to The Non-League Paper at Greenways). You can subscribe to it online www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/nick-cain/409727/welfare-of-rugby-in-england-is-at-stake/
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Post by somnambulist on Dec 4, 2023 14:57:28 GMT
This is something that I am unaware of. Can you point me to a website that details these initiatives? Unfortunately, the rugby journos of newspapers that cover rugby week in week out, rather than when there's an international game, seem to swallow everything that the RFU says to them, so there is little questioning of RFU propaganda. You need to read journos like Nick Cain, Chris Hewett and Brendan Gallagher in the Rugby Paper (companion paper to The Non-League Paper at Greenways). You can subscribe to it online www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/nick-cain/409727/welfare-of-rugby-in-england-is-at-stake/I shot Nick Cain's byline picture. Twice in fact! According to The Sunday Times sports editor, my first attempt made him look too much like a porn star. Nice fella too. And in my opinion, a better rugby writer than his esteemed colleague at the ST.
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Post by eggchaserbull on Dec 4, 2023 15:40:45 GMT
Unfortunately, the rugby journos of newspapers that cover rugby week in week out, rather than when there's an international game, seem to swallow everything that the RFU says to them, so there is little questioning of RFU propaganda. You need to read journos like Nick Cain, Chris Hewett and Brendan Gallagher in the Rugby Paper (companion paper to The Non-League Paper at Greenways). You can subscribe to it online www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/nick-cain/409727/welfare-of-rugby-in-england-is-at-stake/I shot Nick Cain's byline picture. Twice in fact! According to The Sunday Times sports editor, my first attempt made him look too much like a porn star. Nice fella too. And in my opinion, a better rugby writer than his esteemed colleague at the ST. Mr Jones is, IMHO, probably the worst rugby correspondent there is; if you've ever been to a game he writes about, you're left thinking "was this bloke really there?" Brendan Gallagher started at the South Wales Echo in the 80s; ww and I have a mutual friend who played for Pontypool in those days,and he says Gallagher used to travel to games on the Pontypool team bus. He is a champion of tier 2 and below rugby nations, and also a brilliant cycling journo. He is also, probably, the best rugby journo when it comes to rugby nostalgia, his knowledge is immense; below is just an example. www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/35782/rugby-matters-all-our-yesterdays-come-gloriously-alive-again/Chris Hewett used to be the rugby correspondent for the Independent, in the days when rugby correspondents questioned what the authorities told them.
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Post by somnambulist on Dec 4, 2023 16:46:50 GMT
I shot Nick Cain's byline picture. Twice in fact! According to The Sunday Times sports editor, my first attempt made him look too much like a porn star. Nice fella too. And in my opinion, a better rugby writer than his esteemed colleague at the ST. Mr Jones is, IMHO, probably the worst rugby correspondent there is; if you've ever been to a game he writes about, you're left thinking "was this bloke really there?" Brendan Gallagher started at the South Wales Echo in the 80s; ww and I have a mutual friend who played for Pontypool in those days,and he says Gallagher used to travel to games on the Pontypool team bus. He is a champion of tier 2 and below rugby nations, and also a brilliant cycling journo. He is also, probably, the best rugby journo when it comes to rugby nostalgia, his knowledge is immense; below is just an example. www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/35782/rugby-matters-all-our-yesterdays-come-gloriously-alive-again/Chris Hewett used to be the rugby correspondent for the Independent, in the days when rugby correspondents questioned what the authorities told them. I was being very subtle there but you gave the game away! Of course I completely agree. His prominence as a rugby journalist remains a mystery to me. I remember Tony Benn being asked for a comment on the death of Thatcher. He demurred. I think his exact words were "If you've nothing good to say about someone it's best not to say anything at all." Probably why Kissinger didn't get a mention on here last week! Back to sport. I was lucky to occasionally work alongside some brilliant writers at the ST; photographing Jonah Lomu with the great David Walsh comes to mind. Or travelling to Turin with Brian Glanville to do a feature on Juventus. I remember us singing Tom Lehrer songs on the plane to the bemusement of the other passengers. Happy times when newspapers actually had a bit of cash to splash!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2023 17:43:32 GMT
Mr Jones is, IMHO, probably the worst rugby correspondent there is; if you've ever been to a game he writes about, you're left thinking "was this bloke really there?" Brendan Gallagher started at the South Wales Echo in the 80s; ww and I have a mutual friend who played for Pontypool in those days,and he says Gallagher used to travel to games on the Pontypool team bus. He is a champion of tier 2 and below rugby nations, and also a brilliant cycling journo. He is also, probably, the best rugby journo when it comes to rugby nostalgia, his knowledge is immense; below is just an example. www.therugbypaper.co.uk/all/columnists/35782/rugby-matters-all-our-yesterdays-come-gloriously-alive-again/Chris Hewett used to be the rugby correspondent for the Independent, in the days when rugby correspondents questioned what the authorities told them. I was being very subtle there but you gave the game away! Of course I completely agree. His prominence as a rugby journalist remains a mystery to me. I remember Tony Benn being asked for a comment on the death of Thatcher. He demurred. I think his exact words were "If you've nothing good to say about someone it's best not to say anything at all." Probably why Kissinger didn't get a mention on here last week! Back to sport. I was lucky to occasionally work alongside some brilliant writers at the ST; photographing Jonah Lomu with the great David Walsh comes to mind. Or travelling to Turin with Brian Glanville to do a feature on Juventus. I remember us singing Tom Lehrer songs on the plane to the bemusement of the other passengers. Happy times when newspapers actually had a bit of cash to splash! If you had been a serious journo you would have walked there.
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