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Digby wrote:There's a fair amount of this which is nowt to do with player safety and acts of foul play, it's an us against everyone else thing and Exeter are doing well it seems.

Probably a bit of a feature of successful teams, the siege mentality. One however needs it to stop before start drinking the koolaid...

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Digby wrote:There's a fair amount of this which is nowt to do with player safety and acts of foul play, it's an us against everyone else thing and Exeter are doing well it seems.

Probably a bit of a feature of successful teams, the siege mentality. One however needs it to stop before start drinking the koolaid...

who decides when that has happened?

Digby wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:

Digby wrote:There's a fair amount of this which is nowt to do with player safety and acts of foul play, it's an us against everyone else thing and Exeter are doing well it seems.

Probably a bit of a feature of successful teams, the siege mentality. One however needs it to stop before start drinking the koolaid...

who decides when that has happened?

Exactly is hard to say. But when your players are pro-plaguers, your club and supporters casual racists, and your coach is arguing that head injuries shouldn't be taken as seriously, well that's definitely past the mark.

They sound like absolutely charming gentlemen.


Do they let women into the public bar?

Going to be an interesting battle for primary antagonist next year when Sarries comes back into the fold. Interesting that Exeter still seems to be a media darling though. Although judging on how Farrell was treated by the press last six nations, that can turn on a sixpence.

Raggs wrote:

Digby wrote:

Mr Mwenda wrote:
Probably a bit of a feature of successful teams, the siege mentality. One however needs it to stop before start drinking the koolaid...

who decides when that has happened?

Exactly is hard to say. But when your players are pro-plaguers, your club and supporters casual racists, and your coach is arguing that head injuries shouldn't be taken as seriously, well that's definitely past the mark.

But as is they've just won a league and European Cup, and chances are that's their fixation. I mean I was very cross with Wasps when they cheated to beat Leicester in the final, but I doubt Wasps cared much about any thoughts I had on their integrity or lack thereof.

For Exeter to care they'll need supporters/sponsors taking a stand they cannot ignore, game authorities taking a stand they cannot ignore, or a group learned experience they've gone too far and it's become at minimum a significant worrisome distraction. From the outside they're not close to any such concerns

See I had an idea around head contact and it would speed the game up with less stoppage time. Theres a head knock, TMO raises it if the ref "misses" it, player identified, they leave the field. Whilst off the TMO analyses it and makes the call is it red/yellow/penalty only/rugby incident. Whilst that is going on the time is on for a yellow card, so the TMO may take 4 minutes to decide, the player then has 6 minutes left for example. If it is a rugby incident the player rejoins at the next stoppage in play. Yes I know it potentially means a side could score whilst that player is off when innocent but if they avoided the head they would be onfield.