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Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:08 am
by Laurent
@xupi

don't bother with the halfwit.

he makes Torq look like a positive/objective personality :lol:

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:14 am
by Torquemada 1420
Laurent wrote:@xupi

don't bother with the halfwit.

he makes Torq look like a positive/objective personality :lol:
I am most certainly objective. Sadly, the nature of being a realist these days generally means highlighting the -ves of human nature.

Can we end this debate on Noves? It is beyond any dispute that
- he took the Fre coaching position too late
- it was an unmitigated disaster
- Laporte is a crooked scumbag and the manner of Noves' dismissal totally unacceptable

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:30 am
by La soule
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
Laurent wrote:@xupi

don't bother with the halfwit.

he makes Torq look like a positive/objective personality :lol:
I am most certainly objective. Sadly, the nature of being a realist these days generally means highlighting the -ves of human nature.

Can we end this debate on Noves? It is beyond any dispute that
- he took the Fre coaching position too late
- it was an unmitigated disaster
- Laporte is a crooked scumbag and the manner of Noves' dismissal totally unacceptable
And that it is unlikely any coach would do better considering the talent & technical abilities available in the hexagon, the T14 and the constant bickering between the ligue and FFR.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:19 am
by Torquemada 1420
La soule wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
Laurent wrote:@xupi

don't bother with the halfwit.

he makes Torq look like a positive/objective personality :lol:
I am most certainly objective. Sadly, the nature of being a realist these days generally means highlighting the -ves of human nature.

Can we end this debate on Noves? It is beyond any dispute that
- he took the Fre coaching position too late
- it was an unmitigated disaster
- Laporte is a crooked scumbag and the manner of Noves' dismissal totally unacceptable
And that it is unlikely any coach would do better considering the talent & technical abilities available in the hexagon, the T14 and the constant bickering between the ligue and FFR.
That bit I remain unconvinced by. If you'd have said "that it is unlikely any French coach", I would agree.

I was hugely impressed at how Eddie Jones seamlessly added players we have barely heard of (Underhill, Hepburn, Simmonds etc) with barely an interruption to Eng's game plan and style.

I view coaching as putting the pieces of a jigsaw (the players) together to make something coherent. Eng and NZ make an intelligible and clear picture. France continues to look like a jumble of individual pieces. Fra can and should do better. We can see the proof of this in Noves and PSA records because they have repeatedly lost to teams with undoubtedly inferior resources to France.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:57 am
by La soule
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
La soule wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
Laurent wrote:@xupi

don't bother with the halfwit.

he makes Torq look like a positive/objective personality :lol:
I am most certainly objective. Sadly, the nature of being a realist these days generally means highlighting the -ves of human nature.

Can we end this debate on Noves? It is beyond any dispute that
- he took the Fre coaching position too late
- it was an unmitigated disaster
- Laporte is a crooked scumbag and the manner of Noves' dismissal totally unacceptable
And that it is unlikely any coach would do better considering the talent & technical abilities available in the hexagon, the T14 and the constant bickering between the ligue and FFR.
That bit I remain unconvinced by. If you'd have said "that it is unlikely any French coach", I would agree.

I was hugely impressed at how Eddie Jones seamlessly added players we have barely heard of (Underhill, Hepburn, Simmonds etc) with barely an interruption to Eng's game plan and style.

I view coaching as putting the pieces of a jigsaw (the players) together to make something coherent. Eng and NZ make an intelligible and clear picture. France continues to look like a jumble of individual pieces. Fra can and should do better. We can see the proof of this in Noves and PSA records because they have repeatedly lost to teams with undoubtedly inferior resources to France.
French coach if you want. Question is mute though as no foreign coaches were available.

Yes, France should do better. They have been below part for a long time now.

It will not change much until coaches at young ages stop picking the bigger & quicker guys to build a very simplistic game plan around them. Those guys eventually stop being bigger and quicker and are terminally shit technically.

This is a much bigger problem than Noves etc.... as structural. Win at all cost at rugby school level.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:04 pm
by Dork Lard
I see I've hit a few sensitive nerves here looking at the emotional responses. :D

I'm very afraid of one thing. France got decimated again with the injuries and the reports are that's added more to the negativity in the troop's morale and they're struggling to cope with this defeat. Winning for 80, but not 81, exactly just exactly what this France group didn't need. One full month's job for no salary after the 30 days. They're back to the depressing locker room with little talk between them, and now they have to muster up the courage to go and fight like lions again for 80min away in Murrayfield, against the Scots who'll be hungrier than lions. This defeat to Ireland the way it happened is just beyond hardship, it's incredibly cruel.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:05 pm
by Torquemada 1420
La soule wrote: French coach if you want. Question is mute though as no foreign coaches were available.

Yes, France should do better. They have been below part for a long time now.

It will not change much until coaches at young ages stop picking the bigger & quicker guys to build a very simplistic game plan around them. Those guys eventually stop being bigger and quicker and are terminally shit technically.

This is a much bigger problem than Noves etc.... as structural. Win at all cost at rugby school level.
No disagreement from me here. That is a huge structural issue that would take a generation or more to fix even if there was a will to do so. Maximising your resources is something that could be (and should be) immediate. I am not blind to the fact though that a good manager who took France up the rankings might actually make the first problem worse by allowing heads to remain in sand longer. There is an irony that Noves's greatest contribution to Fre rugby could be his failure i.e. "if Guy couldn't do it, something must be f**ked up".

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:33 pm
by Xupi
Dork Lard wrote: I'm very afraid of one thing. France got decimated again with the injuries and the reports are that's added more to the negativity in the troop's morale and they're struggling to cope with this defeat. Winning for 80, but not 81, exactly just exactly what this France group didn't need. One full month's job for no salary after the 30 days. They're back to the depressing locker room with little talk between them, and now they have to muster up the courage to go and fight like lions again for 80min away in Murrayfield, against the Scots who'll be hungrier than lions. This defeat to Ireland the way it happened is just beyond hardship, it's incredibly cruel.
I agree 100%, this defeat is absolutely devastating. And the way it happened makes it even worse. This group needs a win, they have not won in almost a year which is unheard and beyond imagination. Even a half-deserved 1-pt win against a great Irish team would have been a huge relief and boost to self-confidence. When you add to that such grave injuries, to our youngest and most gifted players...

FFS, Even Guy Novès beat Ireland in Paris :D

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:35 pm
by Xupi
Torquemada 1420 wrote: No disagreement from me here. That is a huge structural issue that would take a generation or more to fix even if there was a will to do so. Maximising your resources is something that could be (and should be) immediate. I am not blind to the fact though that a good manager who took France up the rankings might actually make the first problem worse by allowing heads to remain in sand longer. There is an irony that Noves's greatest contribution to Fre rugby could be his failure i.e. "if Guy couldn't do it, something must be f**ked up".
I may have agreed had they chosen a different replacement. A younger, foreign, particularly tactically up-to-date coach with superb management skills. Replacing Novès by Brunel is a farce.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:44 pm
by La soule
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
La soule wrote: French coach if you want. Question is mute though as no foreign coaches were available.

Yes, France should do better. They have been below part for a long time now.

It will not change much until coaches at young ages stop picking the bigger & quicker guys to build a very simplistic game plan around them. Those guys eventually stop being bigger and quicker and are terminally shit technically.

This is a much bigger problem than Noves etc.... as structural. Win at all cost at rugby school level.
No disagreement from me here. That is a huge structural issue that would take a generation or more to fix even if there was a will to do so. Maximising your resources is something that could be (and should be) immediate. I am not blind to the fact though that a good manager who took France up the rankings might actually make the first problem worse by allowing heads to remain in sand longer. There is an irony that Noves's greatest contribution to Fre rugby could be his failure i.e. "if Guy couldn't do it, something must be f**ked up".
I am witnessing on weekends coaches/selectors going to the bigger parents, asking them which one their kid is. Not disturbed the slightest by the fact that they cannot make a pass.

I am not sure one single foreign coach can change the destiny of the French team.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:46 pm
by Dork Lard
Xupi wrote: FFS, Even Guy Novès beat Ireland in Paris :D
Well Sexton made the drop, Parisse didn't. :P By a cat's whiskers, Noves started with a home loss in Paris to Italy, and Brunel with a well deserved win against a top no.3 Ireland side and it is not a negligible or twisted notion to bring up, there's significant meaning to it.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:47 pm
by La soule
More straws......

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:57 pm
by Xupi
Dork Lard wrote: Well Sexton made the drop, Parisse didn't. :P By a cat's whiskers, Noves started with a home loss in Paris to Italy, and Brunel with a well deserved win against a top no.3 Ireland side and it is not a negligible or twisted notion to bring up, there's significant meaning to it.
It's a simple question: did France under Novès win or not, the sole game they played in Paris vs Ireland?

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:59 pm
by Torquemada 1420
La soule wrote: I am witnessing on weekends coaches/selectors going to the bigger parents, asking them which one their kid is. Not disturbed the slightest by the fact that they cannot make a pass.

I am not sure one single foreign coach can change the destiny of the French team.
Unnatural selection leading to natural selection (Darwin) i.e. the end game will be the self-inflicted extinction of Fre rugby.

The perfect barometer for this lack of skills is in in the 7s......

I do see this trend for lumps elsewhere too except NZ where I believe up to a certain age, grade rugby is based in size and not age. A simple and yet brilliant solution.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:02 pm
by Torquemada 1420
Xupi wrote:
Dork Lard wrote: Well Sexton made the drop, Parisse didn't. :P By a cat's whiskers, Noves started with a home loss in Paris to Italy, and Brunel with a well deserved win against a top no.3 Ireland side and it is not a negligible or twisted notion to bring up, there's significant meaning to it.
It's a simple question: did France under Novès win or not, the sole game they played in Paris vs Ireland?
FFS guys, this is like Irish level of debate. :nod:

One game is not a sample size for any statistical purposes.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:04 pm
by Dork Lard
Xupi wrote:
Dork Lard wrote: Well Sexton made the drop, Parisse didn't. :P By a cat's whiskers, Noves started with a home loss in Paris to Italy, and Brunel with a well deserved win against a top no.3 Ireland side and it is not a negligible or twisted notion to bring up, there's significant meaning to it.
It's a simple question: did France under Novès win or not, the sole game they played in Paris vs Ireland?
I don't know. Did they ?

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:54 pm
by GDBFC99
I'm still waiting on the "better game plan" we were all supposed to witness. Sat night was basically 70 mins of snooze with zero try opportunity for our Bleus. And a great inspiration from Antoine Dupont who ideally placed his wing into orbit vs. a disorganized defense. Other than that and the fantastic heart displayed by the players in defense, zero zip nada zilch... Still relying on a feat from a player and still running behind on the score sheet.

Why the staff didn't get rid of Vahaa and his penalty count earlier in the game is beyond me. It's not like we don't know about the refs getting pissed at someone and the consequences, eh?

Heartbroken for Dupont and Jalibert.

#Yionel2019

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:17 pm
by Dork Lard
GDBFC99 wrote:I'm still waiting on the "better game plan" we were all supposed to witness. Sat night was basically 70 mins of snooze with zero try opportunity for our Bleus. And a great inspiration from Antoine Dupont who ideally placed his wing into orbit vs. a disorganized defense. Other than that and the fantastic heart displayed by the players in defense, zero zip nada zilch... Still relying on a feat from a player and still running behind on the score sheet.

Why the staff didn't get rid of Vahaa and his penalty count earlier in the game is beyond me. It's not like we don't know about the refs getting pissed at someone and the consequences, eh?

Heartbroken for Dupont and Jalibert.

#Yionel2019
Nobody talked about a "better game plan", and please now, display patience, nobody said anything to Noves after his first game. In fact, many in the country have never said anything about Noves at all.
Dork Lard wrote: It's pure Manichean dividing: Noves is angelic, Laporte is diabolical. I promise to you, I promise many people in this country are this close to ACTUALLY seeing a halo over Noves' head, and little horns and a red pointy tail on Laporte when you bring up those names in their minds (yet Noves has shown he had an ego so stratospheric he put his little self before the country by not admitting he was useless, by not quitting, and then what ensued). It's popular folklore of the purest kind: there are cosmic forces of pure goodness, and then of pure evil. And as many things in this country, those established truths won't budge, not from an earthquake or an actual meteorite strike.
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Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:22 pm
by La soule
Quelqu'un comprend ce qu'il raconte?

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:23 pm
by Laurent
La soule wrote:Quelqu'un comprend ce qu'il raconte?
je suis pas linguiste

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:51 pm
by Torquemada 1420
GDBFC99 wrote:I'm still waiting on the "better game plan" we were all supposed to witness. Sat night was basically 70 mins of snooze with zero try opportunity for our Bleus. And a great inspiration from Antoine Dupont who ideally placed his wing into orbit vs. a disorganized defense. Other than that and the fantastic heart displayed by the players in defense, zero zip nada zilch... Still relying on a feat from a player and still running behind on the score sheet.

Why the staff didn't get rid of Vahaa and his penalty count earlier in the game is beyond me. It's not like we don't know about the refs getting pissed at someone and the consequences, eh?

Heartbroken for Dupont and Jalibert.

#Yionel2019
Thankfully for Jalibert his does not look long term. Just long enough to keep him away from more damage with the national XV (note I did council/worry about sending him in to the fray so early due to the risk of breaking him) which might be a good thing.

Dupont is just a sickener. I can't think of a worse possible injury for Fre rugby at the moment given his ability and the alternatives. Utter crippler for Toulouse too who are a different team when he plays.

Beauxis :lol: At least he might win the game against Italy with a drop!!!

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:07 pm
by Xupi
@Toulon's not Toulouse : am due to spend a few days in Connacht some time in May.

Any useful tips on what to do/visit in Connemara for 2/3 days - 6 adults and 5 kids?

Is Galway worth visiting? straying at? is it a good base to roam around the region (by car)? any nice address of an auberge or hotel somewhere in the middle of nowhere?

Also, if you have time for a pint one evening...

cheers

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:16 pm
by Laurent
Xupi wrote:@Toulon's not Toulouse : am due to spend a few days in Connacht some time in May.

Any useful tips on what to do/visit in Connemara for 2/3 days - 6 adults and 5 kids?

Is Galway worth visiting? straying at? is it a good base to roam around the region (by car)? any nice address of an auberge or hotel somewhere in the middle of nowhere?

Also, if you have time for a pint one evening...

cheers
pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:27 pm
by GDBFC99
Dork Lard wrote:
GDBFC99 wrote:I'm still waiting on the "better game plan" we were all supposed to witness. Sat night was basically 70 mins of snooze with zero try opportunity for our Bleus. And a great inspiration from Antoine Dupont who ideally placed his wing into orbit vs. a disorganized defense. Other than that and the fantastic heart displayed by the players in defense, zero zip nada zilch... Still relying on a feat from a player and still running behind on the score sheet.

Why the staff didn't get rid of Vahaa and his penalty count earlier in the game is beyond me. It's not like we don't know about the refs getting pissed at someone and the consequences, eh?

Heartbroken for Dupont and Jalibert.

#Yionel2019
Nobody talked about a "better game plan", and please now, display patience, nobody said anything to Noves after his first game. In fact, many in the country have never said anything about Noves at all.
Dork Lard wrote: It's pure Manichean dividing: Noves is angelic, Laporte is diabolical. I promise to you, I promise many people in this country are this close to ACTUALLY seeing a halo over Noves' head, and little horns and a red pointy tail on Laporte when you bring up those names in their minds (yet Noves has shown he had an ego so stratospheric he put his little self before the country by not admitting he was useless, by not quitting, and then what ensued). It's popular folklore of the purest kind: there are cosmic forces of pure goodness, and then of pure evil. And as many things in this country, those established truths won't budge, not from an earthquake or an actual meteorite strike.

Poor Bernie... Boooo... Cry me a river. :lol:

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:37 pm
by GDBFC99
Torquemada 1420 wrote:Beauxis :lol: At least he might win the game against Italy with a drop!!!
La Boucherie est à fond... :lol: Petit souvenir de son passage à l'UBB.

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Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:41 pm
by Xupi
Thanks, had forgot this also used to be your neck of the wood.
Laurent wrote: pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.
What's Inish Mor? we will pack the gear alright.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:45 pm
by Torquemada 1420
Xupi wrote:Thanks, had forgot this also used to be your neck of the wood.
Laurent wrote: pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.
What's Inish Mor? we will pack the gear alright.
Island with Paddy Stonhenges.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:48 pm
by Laurent
Xupi wrote:Thanks, had forgot this also used to be your neck of the wood.
Laurent wrote: pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.
What's Inish Mor? we will pack the gear alright.
Aran island.
learn the local lingo ;)

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:49 pm
by Laurent
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
Xupi wrote:Thanks, had forgot this also used to be your neck of the wood.
Laurent wrote: pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.
What's Inish Mor? we will pack the gear alright.
Island with Paddy Stonhenges.
Tsskkk

they are forts...

the paddy Stonehenge is in my old back yard.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:52 pm
by La soule
Laurent wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:
Xupi wrote:Thanks, had forgot this also used to be your neck of the wood.
Laurent wrote: pack winter clothing and sailors gear :lol:

Galway is small but nice.
check out the crystal factory if your into that.

if you don't visit Inish mor you'll be missing on something.
What's Inish Mor? we will pack the gear alright.
Island with Paddy Stonhenges.
Tsskkk

they are forts...

the paddy Stonehenge is in my old back yard.
Who built them? Cant be the paddies.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:03 pm
by Toulon's Not Toulouse
Xupi wrote:@Toulon's not Toulouse : am due to spend a few days in Connacht some time in May.

Any useful tips on what to do/visit in Connemara for 2/3 days - 6 adults and 5 kids?

Is Galway worth visiting? straying at? is it a good base to roam around the region (by car)? any nice address of an auberge or hotel somewhere in the middle of nowhere?

Also, if you have time for a pint one evening...

cheers
"Visiting" is a bit of a big word with regards to Galway, one afternoon or evening in town and you'll have seen it, really. It's a tiny city centre where life and most of the landmarks are in walking distance from each other, and it expands residentially outwards. It's a neat place to stay though if your hotel is in the centre as all the shopping/eating/drinking streets are there and it's a decently central spot for driving around, either out west into Connemara or south towards Clare. Not sure what you're after exactly, but for wilderness/landscape, some classic western spots near each other would be Clifden (town all the way on the west coast) and the 'sky road' that leaves it along the north coast for nice views of the atlantic, the Kylemore abbey and the Connemara National Park. The road itself from Galway to Clifden is rather scenic too imho, and some sections may be worth driving onto even to turn back afterwards, like the Maam Cross to Maam section between the hills. Southwards you've got Coole Park just before Gort, the tiny Dunguaire castle in Kinvara (as a short distraction if you're mostly driving around), the much bigger Bunratty castle much further south (driving there, visiting and driving back would make it close to a full day), and of course the whole Burren and Cliffs of Moher. If you don't mind the boat trip and spending a night there, you're also got the islands, with Inishmore or Inishbofin. Bofin is a bit more varied but further out. It has both hotel and hostel though, which may make things easier for your crowd.

Don't have much to recommend for the middle-of-nowhere accommodation I'm afraid but if it's Connemara you want to visit, you can probably safely pick any big hotel between Oughterard and Clifden (if there are any), it's pretty and rather empty.

And sure, can meet for a drink.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:34 pm
by Torquemada 1420
PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:46 pm
by Heymans
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Champagne!!

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:47 pm
by Toulon's Not Toulouse
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Not undeserved tbh, when was the last time we won a game? That said, ranks will fluctuate wildly for a few weeks, we'll see what it's like when the 6N dust settles.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:49 pm
by Torquemada 1420
Heymans wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Champagne!!
Not from Marseille. More like a spliff and f**k me do we need it.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:55 pm
by lexpat
Heymans wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Champagne!!
Kava! (seems to work better )

Heymans or any Parisiens, have you been to the Uarena?

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:06 pm
by Heymans
lexpat wrote:
Heymans wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Champagne!!
Kava! (seems to work better )

Heymans or any Parisiens, have you been to the Uarena?
Yeah I been there. From a professionnal point of view its absolute shit. Dunno about the viewing experience from the stands. Never been but it made me think of the Madison square garde, those big basket ball arenas they have in the US.

Used well its a great tool for a great rugby experience I think. Traditionalists wont like it though.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:07 pm
by TheFrog
So Couilloud is called, promising SH who has done well with Lyon. Makes sense to me.
Picachou is back. Makes sense too.

Now Beauxis... But who else really? Trinh-Duc? May be... Wisnieski? Doussain? :D

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:33 pm
by lexpat
Heymans wrote:
lexpat wrote:
Heymans wrote:
Torquemada 1420 wrote:PS. Latest WR rankings has Fra at 10th. Worst position ever. Now below Fiji: a country with a population smaller than Marseille. :|
Champagne!!
Kava! (seems to work better )

Heymans or any Parisiens, have you been to the Uarena?
Yeah I been there. From a professionnal point of view its absolute shit. Dunno about the viewing experience from the stands. Never been but it made me think of the Madison square garde, those big basket ball arenas they have in the US.

Used well its a great tool for a great rugby experience I think. Traditionalists wont like it though.
:thumbup: I'll be there for La Rochelle, looks like good seats ( at the carré ciel et blanc, 3 or 4 roes above the players exit.

Re: Le top XIV la Pro D2 les Fédérales.Le retour façon mir l

Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:44 pm
by La soule
TheFrog wrote:So Couilloud is called, promising SH who has done well with Lyon. Makes sense to me.
Picachou is back. Makes sense too.

Now Beauxis... But who else really? Trinh-Duc? May be... Wisnieski? Doussain? :D
Doussain. There's an idea I should have mentioned earlier :D