Glasgow v Exeter Sat 1pm

[Which Tyler]

Are we sure that's not the Beeb not realising that there are 2 Simmondses?
As I said on t'other thread, I was under the impression that Sam was mostly a 7 last tpyear, with the odd game at 6

[p/d]

Both Simmonds boys were quality. LCD has to be in the England squad.... irrespective of his presumed lineout qualities (I blame the peroxide blonde anyway)

That sis the Exter way cost ‘em today. Real shame as they were the one club I wanted to see progress to th QF

[fivepointer]

Rob Baxter displaying both clear vision and considerable class post match. The pen try was a joke decision but Rob rightly focuses on his teams failings.
“I am disappointed, not just because we lost or because this European campaign has slipped away from us, but we weren’t as good as we needed to be,” said Baxter at the final whistle. “Playing in the Champions Cup, playing away to good sides, you know you have to be good and the truth is there were too many times today where we weren’t good enough.

“We conceded that early try and that was kind of indicative of where we were today. It was a pretty soft score, we didn’t talk, we didn’t number up, we kind of looked all over the place in those early minutes. However, we recovered well, we started to get into the game and by half-time I thought we were well placed.

“At 7-7, there have been plenty of games, even in this past month, where we have been level at half time, but then come through and won the game so I wasn’t too worried about that as we had laid some good foundations. Our scrum was looking good and on the whole our attacking shape looked pretty good, and I would normally have backed us to push on from there.”

The turning point came, however, when White was shown yellow and Baxter acknowledged it was a defining moment in the contest.

“The yellow card came at a crucial moment,” added Baxter. “But did we then deal with being down to 14 men that well? I don’t think we did.

“All of a sudden we were getting picked off by by Glasgow. Yes, some of it was good play from them, but if you are fully focused on how you should defend with 14 men, you should be able to deal with the threat. If we’re honest, we didn’t do that. We go caught on the edges a lot and if you are going to give up length of the field tries, you’re not going to win games.”

Asked by the media for his view on the yellow card, Baxter replied:“It’s tight. I’ve seen as many times as you did on the big screen. I also had a chat with Romain as we walked off and he acknowledged it’s a tight call as well.

“You can look at it over and over again and say there is nothing really happening and that it’s just a tackle scenario. At other times, you can say it looks like Glasgow were going to score. My feeling is I’m not sitting here massively bothered about the refereeing decisions, I’m more bothered about us. I think there was a lot more we could have done to keep things in our hands and that’s what has bothered me more than anything.”

[Banquo]

Rob Baxter displaying both clear vision and considerable class post match. The pen try was a joke decision but Rob rightly focuses on his teams failings.
“I am disappointed, not just because we lost or because this European campaign has slipped away from us, but we weren’t as good as we needed to be,” said Baxter at the final whistle. “Playing in the Champions Cup, playing away to good sides, you know you have to be good and the truth is there were too many times today where we weren’t good enough.

“We conceded that early try and that was kind of indicative of where we were today. It was a pretty soft score, we didn’t talk, we didn’t number up, we kind of looked all over the place in those early minutes. However, we recovered well, we started to get into the game and by half-time I thought we were well placed.

“At 7-7, there have been plenty of games, even in this past month, where we have been level at half time, but then come through and won the game so I wasn’t too worried about that as we had laid some good foundations. Our scrum was looking good and on the whole our attacking shape looked pretty good, and I would normally have backed us to push on from there.”

The turning point came, however, when White was shown yellow and Baxter acknowledged it was a defining moment in the contest.

“The yellow card came at a crucial moment,” added Baxter. “But did we then deal with being down to 14 men that well? I don’t think we did.

“All of a sudden we were getting picked off by by Glasgow. Yes, some of it was good play from them, but if you are fully focused on how you should defend with 14 men, you should be able to deal with the threat. If we’re honest, we didn’t do that. We go caught on the edges a lot and if you are going to give up length of the field tries, you’re not going to win games.”

Asked by the media for his view on the yellow card, Baxter replied:“It’s tight. I’ve seen as many times as you did on the big screen. I also had a chat with Romain as we walked off and he acknowledged it’s a tight call as well.

“You can look at it over and over again and say there is nothing really happening and that it’s just a tackle scenario. At other times, you can say it looks like Glasgow were going to score. My feeling is I’m not sitting here massively bothered about the refereeing decisions, I’m more bothered about us. I think there was a lot more we could have done to keep things in our hands and that’s what has bothered me more than anything.”

well said. Though he has shut down any career in football or cricket.

[Mikey Brown]

What a classy cunt he is.