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Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:43 am
by wanderingjock
Have any if our lot actually played near to or it of our skins?
Connor Murray lucky

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:43 am
by wanderingjock
Thought you'd like that Greg, given you don't like lions fans either

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:47 am
by hugh_woatmeigh
wanderingjock wrote:Nope
Sky coverage first thing after half time - Ferris (I think) chatting away, lions fans cheering and waving behind the box. Fitzpatrick with a sour look on his face turns around shooing them with his hand. Facing away from the camera for a good few seconds on live TV!

Everyone here knows I don't support the Lions but trying to discourage fans from having a laugh at a rugby game. What next?

It was only a few secs but really rustled my jimmies.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:48 am
by hugh_woatmeigh
wanderingjock wrote:Have any if our lot actually played near to or it of our skins?
We're not playing pal. Just the Irish, Welsh & English today.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:53 am
by wanderingjock
WE are playing, irrespective of whether I like the selection or not. You don't get that, the lions are not the jocks

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:01 am
by hugh_woatmeigh
wanderingjock wrote:WE are playing, irrespective of whether I like the selection or not. You don't get that, the lions are not the jocks
Scotland isn't part of the Lions. Not really anyway. You don't seem to get that.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:18 am
by wanderingjock
Ask someone who has played for them. I guess to win a lions series, or at least compete, and get selected on merit, without fifty fifty, you have to be on top of your game. A few have been selected wrongly, by the by. On match day I like the lions.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:22 am
by wanderingjock
Ask someone who has played for them. I guess to win a lions series, or at least compete, and get selected on merit, without fifty fifty, you have to be on top of your game. A few have been selected wrongly, by the by. On match day I like the lions.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:24 am
by wanderingjock
Embarrassing though

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:34 am
by ARM
Well that was far from meh...

Great viewing in the last 15. A hell of a lot to do at Eden Park but should be a great finale.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:38 am
by switchskier
They won't win at Eden park but it's great that it's not a meaningless game. Lots to work on though to keep things competitive, particularly discipline. Surely vunipola can't start again?

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:49 am
by Cameo
Sets it up nicely for next week but cant help thinking they were gifted that by Garces. From minute one he was giving very harsh penalties against NZ. If SBW's was a red, I dont see how Vunipola's wasn't. SBW was at least allowed to go for the tackle, Vunipola's was just a cheapshot

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:33 am
by Donny osmond
Great stuff from our lads, really hung in there despite doing their best to give it away via penalties. Most un-kiwi like performance I've seen in years from the ABs, kicking away possession twice in the last 90 seconds, hardly used possession to gain ground at all, albeit with a nod to conditions and the red card but even so, I think the ABs will be hard on themselves at training next week. Still can't see us winning the series but still, we've a chance, and a result that lets me laugh at Greig for being such a sour-puss, double boom!

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:01 pm
by Big D
Good win in tricky conditions and given how big a game it was for the Lions.

SBW was an idiot and Gatland should have hooked Vunipola way earlier.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:14 pm
by Adder
Cameo wrote:Sets it up nicely for next week but cant help thinking they were gifted that by Garces. From minute one he was giving very harsh penalties against NZ. If SBW's was a red, I dont see how Vunipola's wasn't. SBW was at least allowed to go for the tackle, Vunipola's was just a cheapshot
I've finaly caught the Vunipola incident I think the incident wasn't as bad and a yellow was fine. Don't understand the penalty for Sinklers jump. And what about his reaction....



Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:15 pm
by wanderingjock
Big D wrote:Good win in tricky conditions and given how big a game it was for the Lions.

SBW was an idiot and Gatland should have hooked Vunipola way earlier.
I'm not so sure on the vunopola thing, it all happened very quickly. Surely the vaunted in pitch leaders should have had a word first, or was alun wynn Jones subbed by then, or just too tired to say even his own name....this might be much vaunted because of the win, but it was a terrible terrible performance. But the worse performance of the morning....sky commentary team 'apopectically the most awesomely bad' worst ever.

Re: RE: Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:56 pm
by Donny osmond
wanderingjock wrote:
Big D wrote:Good win in tricky conditions and given how big a game it was for the Lions.

SBW was an idiot and Gatland should have hooked Vunipola way earlier.
I'm not so sure on the vunopola thing, it all happened very quickly. Surely the vaunted in pitch leaders should have had a word first, or was alun wynn Jones subbed by then, or just too tired to say even his own name....this might be much vaunted because of the win, but it was a terrible terrible performance. But the worse performance of the morning....sky commentary team 'apopectically the most awesomely bad' worst ever.
Commentary did feature one of the great lines of all time, "He saw the hole and went for glory". I might get it on a t-shirt.

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Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:04 pm
by wanderingjock
Ha. I missed that

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:18 pm
by OptimisticJock
Chuffed with that result. Set up nicely for next week

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:41 pm
by morepork
Donny osmond wrote:Great stuff from our lads, really hung in there despite doing their best to give it away via penalties. Most un-kiwi like performance I've seen in years from the ABs, kicking away possession twice in the last 90 seconds, hardly used possession to gain ground at all, albeit with a nod to conditions and the red card but even so, I think the ABs will be hard on themselves at training next week. Still can't see us winning the series but still, we've a chance, and a result that lets me laugh at Greig for being such a sour-puss, double boom!

Classic Cruden. FFS.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:11 pm
by Edinburgh in Exile
OptimisticJock wrote:Chuffed with that result. Set up nicely for next week
Aye, ropey win, but fuck it, it levels the series.

Happy Canada day Baz. We started in on the Cesar's at about 10 this morning.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:18 pm
by OptimisticJock
Edinburgh in Exile wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:Chuffed with that result. Set up nicely for next week
Aye, ropey win, but fuck it, it levels the series.

Happy Canada day Baz. We started in on the Cesar's at about 10 this morning.
Haha you too. Nice one. It's just gone 10 here, bit of brunch then on it I think. Loving the craft ale and taster flights they do.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:22 pm
by wanderingjock
Taster flights?

Re: Lions

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:28 pm
by OptimisticJock
About a quarter of a pint in each glass, usually get 4 or 5 at a time of different ales.

Re: Lions

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 1:30 am
by Eugene Wrayburn
Edinburgh in Exile wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:Chuffed with that result. Set up nicely for next week
Aye, ropey win, but fuck it, it levels the series.

Happy Canada day Baz. We started in on the Cesar's at about 10 this morning.
Ropey, but stopping these ABs from scoring a try is a pretty incredible feat. For all of our limitations and for all we were mainly competitive because we spent more than a half with a player advantage that's a massive thing.