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by LandOTurk
Thu Oct 09, 2025 8:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 48254
Views: 3805335

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Thank God we are good at rugby.
by LandOTurk
Tue Oct 07, 2025 6:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

I'm interested in the frontline, but particularly interested in the effect the long range hits on the oil sector are having. Who is the best on that? Perun? Perun did a refinery strike video about a month ago. https://youtu.be/jxac0wODnGQ?si=DQWY-aYj2umXpdpu Stanimir Dobrev on Twitter also has good...
by LandOTurk
Tue Oct 07, 2025 4:46 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

I'm interested in the frontline, but particularly interested in the effect the long range hits on the oil sector are having. Who is the best on that? Perun?
by LandOTurk
Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 48254
Views: 3805335

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

mabunch78 wrote: Tue Oct 07, 2025 12:53 am Hate saying this but it looks like Arsenal this season. Look at the fixtures they've had. Only a choke can stop them from here...
Pundits are clueless. To a man it was Liverpool at a canter.
by LandOTurk
Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out
Replies: 58
Views: 1219

Re: Cities (THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TO , YOU PEDANTS) you drank dry on a Rugby day out

Sorted into two groups - superior and inferior, in no particular order after that. This is based on my experience(s) not yours - so f*** off! Cardiff Rome Glasgow Colomiers Swansea Bridgend Gloucester Bath Edinburgh Galway Treviso London (Twickenham) Dublin Leicester Toulouse Newport Pontypridd Neat...
by LandOTurk
Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:00 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lewis Moody -MND
Replies: 50
Views: 1485

Re: Lewis Moody -MND

Winnie wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:26 am Wow that is a real shock

Poor guy
Not really. Talking to a medical scientist friend of mine from back home this morning about this, he said studies show a 15x greater risk of MND to pro rugby players. The link is correlation not causitive ... so far.

Still very sad all round.
by LandOTurk
Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

I was going to go for a sarky remark, but then I remembered the endless reruns of 1966 and That Over from Flintoff in 2005, so fair play really. We're OK with latter tbf given the best bowler in that series was a Welsh fella 👍 Horse (Simon Jones) went to my secondary school in Llanelli. We had the ...
by LandOTurk
Fri Oct 03, 2025 3:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

P in VG wrote: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:20 am
Frodder wrote: Thu Oct 02, 2025 5:23 pm Best prediction for our Reejuns is 1-3 again
Hard to see a win this weekend - Dragons probably the best chance!
Probably the most desperately sad post of the whole thread.

On thy Dragons rest our chances. On this year of our Lord 2025 didst rugby in Wales end.
by LandOTurk
Thu Oct 02, 2025 4:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

This never happened Men In Black style, i mean it was pretty funny at the time but ive mentally erased Stuart Lancaster and 2015. Chris Robshaw wasn't just thicker than a submarine door, he was an appallingly slow rugby player. Absolute donkey, like his mate Stuart. Fkn cretins the pair of them. Fa...
by LandOTurk
Tue Sep 30, 2025 4:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

JiffyJnr wrote: Mon Sep 29, 2025 10:57 pm Sad, this is Wales are at atm.
Its so sad you had to repeat it. Sad.
by LandOTurk
Tue Sep 30, 2025 3:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

https://bsky.app/profile/justin-br0nk.bsky.social/post/3lzxspggq222j Opportunistic, but some reactions by the FPV pilot. Better skills than you in a vehicle anyways Thankfully I'm paid to drive spreadsheets and do some stats, not drive military vehicles. Statto! Statto! Statto! Statto! Statto!
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:30 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: URC 2025/26 Thread
Replies: 129
Views: 7132

Re: URC 2025/26 Thread

nardol wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 4:22 pm
mmphil12 wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 7:39 pm There was 14k people at the Stormers game. How many URC games this week had a higher attendance?
That's an annual gate for most Welsh teams
Ospreys for sure.
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 29, 2025 2:37 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

One of the flaws of democracy is that in principle could would allow an "End democracy now" party participate. Think that's already happened in the EU. They just spin their ugly totalitarianism as being for the greater good. They're trying to push through AI scanning of everyone's WhatsApp and gmai...
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 29, 2025 2:35 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2025 Ryder Cup
Replies: 603
Views: 15724

Re: 2025 Ryder Cup

Sunday was totally different to Friday and Saturday though wasn't it? Looked it on TV anyway... more European fans? As long as your not to fussy about your wife being abused and being hit by a beer etc https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/29/rory-mcilroy-condemns-unacceptable-ryder-cup-abuse-...
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 29, 2025 12:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

Cicero wrote: Sun Sep 28, 2025 10:14 pm welsh always living in the past-1970s glory days,mining, the labour party etc'

to most english fans -its the aussie defeat they remember as that knocked us out-not the welsh one
sure - lol

if you couldn't beat a half crocked Welsh team, you ain't beating a fully loaded Oz one
by LandOTurk
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

In summary of the opening weekend: Plus ca change. 4 games, 3 losses, very few high points. Ospreys shipped a half century to the Bulls B team in front of an empty stadium, while the Scarlets and Dregs barely fired a shot against very ordinary Irish sides. Your usual harsh take.... We were a dodgy ...
by LandOTurk
Sun Sep 28, 2025 9:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

I think Robshaw was just a bit dim. Or he was prescient enough to understand the shit he would have got for 'settling' for a draw on home soil, even if technically it was the right choice. It was probably one of the dumbest bits of captaining ever. England were already ahead of Wales because of the...
by LandOTurk
Sun Sep 28, 2025 3:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Well, I held my tongue on the red card, excellent showing to keep the composure. Great to see Beetham get real gametime, such a talent. As for the Turks, no real change, all pridd and pashun and when there’s none of that it’s just hoping someone like plumtree or Murray miraculously breaks a tackle....
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:22 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Scarlets: Murray; Rogers, Roberts, Hawkins, Mee; Costelow, G Davies; Mathias, H Thomas, H Thomas, Ball, Lousi, T Davies, Macleod (capt), Plumtree. Replacements: Myhill, Hepburn, O'Connor, Douglas, Taylor, Blacker, Williams, Page Munster: Haley: Daly, Kelly, Nankivell, Abrahams; Hanrahan, Casey (C);...
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2025 Ryder Cup
Replies: 603
Views: 15724

Re: 2025 Ryder Cup

2.5 v 5.5 Choke on that you ignorant, arrogant, fat, stupid cúnts. Easy on tiger. It's better than being 3 down but it's day one. Not even half way there. I still have the US as favourites. As long as they can keep it to 2 or 3 by end of play Saturday, they tend to have better final days, especiall...
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 27, 2025 2:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

at this point england were not yet out, only after the oz game so why go for broke and not take the 3 ? was owen not up for it ? They tried to do a Japan.... (versus South Africa in Brighton a few days previous) ... but they were not a Japan. Oh dear. How sad. Never mind. I was in a pub in Bethesda...
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 27, 2025 2:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!
Replies: 29
Views: 1423

Re: Official Wales beating England at their own World Cup thread !!!10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!

Akkerman wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:18 pm at this point england were not yet out, only after the oz game

so why go for broke and not take the 3 ? was owen not up for it ?
They tried to do a Japan....

(versus South Africa in Brighton a few days previous)

... but they were not a Japan.

Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 27, 2025 2:40 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

Poland also is spending like a drunk in a casino. It's mostly chaotic "all bling, no basics" procurement. That would probably be the risk in Ireland suddenly increasing expenditure on defence. We need smart people making informed decisions. There's no mystery about what we need; frigates, multi-rol...
by LandOTurk
Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:09 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Derwyn wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:10 pm
penguin wrote: Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:08 pm Three injuries already including two at hooker and outside centre where we're light. Christ, tough going already.
It’s all about the 2026-27 season.
:lol:
You and us wont be in it.
by LandOTurk
Fri Sep 26, 2025 10:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

Saw this elsewhere. Whatever about the methods used to project future investment rates, it really highlights just how quickly different states reacted to the invasion in 2022. Poland has no chill. https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:migxim34fyw7yvdbzw5maym5/bafkreig4n4gxhssvmwqh2n...
by LandOTurk
Fri Sep 26, 2025 1:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Scarlets: Murray; Rogers, Roberts, Hawkins, Mee; Costelow, G Davies; Mathias, H Thomas, H Thomas, Ball, Lousi, T Davies, Macleod (capt), Plumtree. Replacements: Myhill, Hepburn, O'Connor, Douglas, Taylor, Blacker, Williams, Page Munster: Haley: Daly, Kelly, Nankivell, Abrahams; Hanrahan, Casey (C);...
by LandOTurk
Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

The Baltic states themselves would have rightly worried about an irruption of heavily armed Turks within their borders. Baltics or Balkans? Or am I being whooshed? He's talking about Russia's reaction - they didn't make that big a deal about Turkey because Turkey is 'strong'. They would have made a...
by LandOTurk
Thu Sep 25, 2025 3:28 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: International travel thread
Replies: 391
Views: 62353

Re: International travel thread

How was your trip, SMS? Wonderful, thanks - and ongoing. Drove up through the Brecon Beacons to the Lake District, up to Glasgow and on to Fort William. Inverness to Edinburgh and down to Durham. Weather has been perfect, scenery has been jaw-dropping and we’re just about to head to York before dec...
by LandOTurk
Thu Sep 25, 2025 2:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Supplements and woo woo for old age.
Replies: 130
Views: 5238

Re: Supplements and woo woo for old age.

Grandpa, Given you're new to this, I'd recommend you take fibre twice per day. You could take it like this for a few weeks, and then cut down to one dosage if you're system is working well. I am very regular. A good dump every day between 10-11am. Is the advice generally to take metamucil regardles...
by LandOTurk
Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:20 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

On the incursion into estonian airspace i found this pretty amazing- i hadn't seen it before: You feel that if that had happened in the Baltic Sea states, Russia would have had a very different response. The Baltic states themselves would have rightly worried about an irruption of heavily armed Tur...
by LandOTurk
Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Supplements and woo woo for old age.
Replies: 130
Views: 5238

Re: Supplements and woo woo for old age.

Grandpa, Given you're new to this, I'd recommend you take fibre twice per day. You could take it like this for a few weeks, and then cut down to one dosage if you're system is working well. I am very regular. A good dump every day between 10-11am. Is the advice generally to take metamucil regardles...
by LandOTurk
Tue Sep 23, 2025 1:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: That's Out! RIP Dickie
Replies: 6
Views: 447

Re: That's Out! RIP Dickie

Good innings. RIP Dickie.

My old cricket master passed just in the past few days too. Wonderful guy. Splendid - as was his saying.
https://glamorgancricket.com/news/in-me ... n-prickett

He brought Simon Jones through the ranks, and a few other pros.
by LandOTurk
Tue Sep 23, 2025 5:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 64657
Views: 3550262

Re: War in Ukraine...

Russian officials are considering introducing an export ban and price controls on diesel. Ukrainian refinery strikes have done tremendous damage in the last 7 weeks. Excellent :thumbup: There was a spate of fuel dump explosions last year, not so much any more. Assuming Russia has been storing it in...
by LandOTurk
Tue Sep 23, 2025 5:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2025
Replies: 511
Views: 107583

Re: NFL 2025

Skiaddict wrote: Tue Sep 23, 2025 1:30 am Lions v Ravens on now, 7-0 with 8 left in the first. Clash of two very good teams.
Lions win it.

Happy da Bears won too.
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:06 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Tom Voyce
Replies: 65
Views: 4438

Re: Tom Voyce

DragsterDriver wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 7:05 pm That smashed in horrific weather his mates are cretins for not taking his keys although I’m sure they’re well aware now- tragic. I don’t think he was a pisshead? Just shooting cancelled etc all went to the pub.
Its on him, not his mates.
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 22, 2025 4:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

Derwyn wrote: Mon Sep 22, 2025 4:06 pm The cream rises to the top.
If it takes too long it will turn sour, mind you.
by LandOTurk
Mon Sep 22, 2025 2:44 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

He makes a fair point - there were a lot of games last year where we were in it at 60 and then we emptied the bench and fell away badly. The lack of tightheads having lost Brown, Fairbrother and Arhip meant whoever came on was an almost guaranteed penalty every scrum once Coleman went off. We lacke...
by LandOTurk
Sun Sep 21, 2025 9:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread
Replies: 44949
Views: 3594684

Re: The Official Welsh Rugby Thread

https://i.ibb.co/7dnJM7mG/IMG-5692.jpg Appreciated that, Der. I was feeling a bit down today - persistent stomach issue the past 2-3 days. That lightened the mood. Had a good chuckle. I think he meant 8 points. On the serious side, on paper, you have a much better squad this season. Someone on Scar...
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 20, 2025 4:49 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Supplements and woo woo for old age.
Replies: 130
Views: 5238

Re: Supplements and woo woo for old age .

I take the following supplements daily. Creatine Metamucil Aswagandha Fish oil Magnesium Ginseng Multi vitamin Plus I'm on TRT Good grief From the position of manufacturing pretty much all of those for nearly 2 decades... Can I suggest dropping everything except the Multi vitamin? The TRT will be m...
by LandOTurk
Sat Sep 20, 2025 4:39 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Supplements and woo woo for old age.
Replies: 130
Views: 5238

Re: Supplements and woo woo for old age .

I've heard that receiving massages from young, good looking asian women can be beneficial. It's not quite woo woo, but more yaa hoo. Changing subject and a bit gross, so apologies. But heard a story of an Ozzie who went to Asia got a massage, got offered a happy ending, he agreed, she got kinky wit...