Re: Falcons vs Wasps - or the return of the messiah
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:28 pm
Does this ref listen to the assistants? Fuck's sake
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Free Paulo!Peej wrote:Oh yeah, Wasps are utterly terrible currently. Just no midfield punch, no real way of getting on the front foot and getting a defence back peddling
He is utterly bizarre, isn't he? On several occasions, he carried the ball into heavy traffic, got absolutely smashed and stopped dead on the gainline, and I thought, "He's clearly not feeling his best, they've absolutely smashed him there... and now he's running forwards again." I can understand a player busting through tackles in a BillyV style - going forward through tackles and knocking people backwards; what I can't fathom is how he runs full tilt, gets tackled and knocked back himself, and then doesn't fall over. I can't compute how it happens. My working theory is that his father was a Weeble-Wobble that achieved its wish to be a real boy.Beasties wrote:How tf does Barbeary do it? He gets tackled by three players, swats them off and goes again. Just about every time. And he's got a sore ankle. Jesus.
How many games has he played at 13 out of interest?I R Geech wrote:Free Paulo!Peej wrote:Oh yeah, Wasps are utterly terrible currently. Just no midfield punch, no real way of getting on the front foot and getting a defence back peddling
It was decent considering how much, um, excess weight he's carrying. I'd think he'd need to shift a deal of that to be a back row contender at the top level- great talent though.Puja wrote:He is utterly bizarre, isn't he? On several occasions, he carried the ball into heavy traffic, got absolutely smashed and stopped dead on the gainline, and I thought, "He's clearly not feeling his best, they've absolutely smashed him there... and now he's running forwards again." I can understand a player busting through tackles in a BillyV style - going forward through tackles and knocking people backwards; what I can't fathom is how he runs full tilt, gets tackled and knocked back himself, and then doesn't fall over. I can't compute how it happens. My working theory is that his father was a Weeble-Wobble that achieved its wish to be a real boy.Beasties wrote:How tf does Barbeary do it? He gets tackled by three players, swats them off and goes again. Just about every time. And he's got a sore ankle. Jesus.
And the scary thing is that he definitely looked off the pace and ring-rusty. He wasn't picking the holes that he was pre-injury or running with as much freedom - that cameo was him running at half-power.
I'm still not convinced he's going to end up at hooker. I think the coaches will look at his impact in the loose and deciding to stick, rather than gamble that he won't lose some of it by having to take up front row tasks as well.
Puja
Definitely not. Wasps still struggled to do much against a team down to 13 men, and have to play Sale and Exeter next. Top 6 will be a minor miracle.Beasties wrote:How tf does Barbeary do it? He gets tackled by three players, swats them off and goes again. Just about every time. And he's got a sore ankle. Jesus.
Ncl are efficient. No individual players just well drilled. Wasps are the opposite, but have been missing the special players lately. They are starting to return now, Willis aside. Top 4 possible again? I'll take that.
Graham Hughes, who's normally pretty decent.Raggs wrote:Who was tmo?
The same Graham Hughes who said the Thorley tackle against wasps rob Miller was nothing?Puja wrote:Graham Hughes, who's normally pretty decent.Raggs wrote:Who was tmo?
Puja
Given how he's clearly been rehoming a lot of pies whilst injured, would it be totally unlikely Eddie watches him play and wonders if he's actually the closest thing to Billy V currently? As Puja says, his ability to be seemingly tackled but then go again will tie in defenders creating holes for others. I mean he has more outright ability than Billy but I bet Eddie's thinking hmmmmm right now. Whether he should be our plan B there or not isn't really our choice, it's Eddie's.Banquo wrote:It was decent considering how much, um, excess weight he's carrying. I'd think he'd need to shift a deal of that to be a back row contender at the top level- great talent though.Puja wrote:He is utterly bizarre, isn't he? On several occasions, he carried the ball into heavy traffic, got absolutely smashed and stopped dead on the gainline, and I thought, "He's clearly not feeling his best, they've absolutely smashed him there... and now he's running forwards again." I can understand a player busting through tackles in a BillyV style - going forward through tackles and knocking people backwards; what I can't fathom is how he runs full tilt, gets tackled and knocked back himself, and then doesn't fall over. I can't compute how it happens. My working theory is that his father was a Weeble-Wobble that achieved its wish to be a real boy.Beasties wrote:How tf does Barbeary do it? He gets tackled by three players, swats them off and goes again. Just about every time. And he's got a sore ankle. Jesus.
And the scary thing is that he definitely looked off the pace and ring-rusty. He wasn't picking the holes that he was pre-injury or running with as much freedom - that cameo was him running at half-power.
I'm still not convinced he's going to end up at hooker. I think the coaches will look at his impact in the loose and deciding to stick, rather than gamble that he won't lose some of it by having to take up front row tasks as well.
Puja
He is a pretty skillful player. Passing, chip kicks, offloads. He's got that Mike Brown like ability to somehow slip through players grasps.Digby wrote:More outright ability than Billy? Is that just in a physical sense, because straight off the bat it seems to ignore Billy has a very impressive range of passes. And I don't even know there's anything to hang a hat on that says Barbeary is the physical equivalent of Billy. Which isn't a problem when he's still only 6 years old
He looks very good. But I've seen Billy produce class against the best sides in the world rather than say Newcastle. And the claim was better than Billy, which is a hugely high bar when Billy is one of the best passers in the current senior England side and Alfie turns 7 next July or some suchRaggs wrote:He is a pretty skillful player. Passing, chip kicks, offloads. He's got that Mike Brown like ability to somehow slip through players grasps.Digby wrote:More outright ability than Billy? Is that just in a physical sense, because straight off the bat it seems to ignore Billy has a very impressive range of passes. And I don't even know there's anything to hang a hat on that says Barbeary is the physical equivalent of Billy. Which isn't a problem when he's still only 6 years old
Surely you can't say sorry to an action that was clearly deliberate, after the whistle, and not in the heat of any moment?! As my mother used to say, "You're not sorry you did it; you're sorry that you got caught."fivepointer wrote:BREAKING: Mateo Carreras has been handed a 9 week ban for intentional contact to the eye area on Josh Bassett.
He received the full 50% mitigation reducing his ban from 18 weeks.
So pleading guilty and saying sorry gets your sentence reduced by half. I'm not sure you should get that kind of reduction given the offence.
My arse it required courage - he was caught (nearly literally) red handed, from two different camera angles. Admitting it didn't require courage, it required simple common sense and the knowledge that you muppets would halve his punishment if he said he did the thing that everyone can see that he did.The player had admitted the offence which the panel accepted took some courage given the stigma attached to offences of this nature. He has a clean disciplinary record over a number of years as a professional player, expressed remorse for his actions and engaged with the process positively despite requiring the assistance of a translator. In line with the regulatory framework, the panel applied 50% mitigation