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nicebutdim

:x Strangely enjoyable game. I thought we did very well to get back into it at 24-24 after poor refereering. We were playing all the rugby and looking pretty damn good. However the way we played in the last twenty minutes when the game was there to win was dreadful and we deserved to lose. Wales wer...

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Why not just drop the dumb yank mascot shite and go with Washington DC? As for Redskins, I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did. Just an outright slur. Yeah nah. Team names > boring bland FC, RFC, etc. As for the name, it's funny, because in a way the football team being named Redskins helped ch...

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Well I haven't posted here for a very long time. The accusations of the quality of the poster going down are interesting. Perhaps unfounded. However there does definitely seem to be a clear rise in the prima donna.

Not naming names.

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It highlights how unusual the Redskins name is and how is should be gassed. The Redskins is the most egregious but not that unusual https://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sport-teams-with-indian-names.jpg https://www.sltrib.com/resizer/FTYjCiBLPBUieULlzAAlP8bxYhE=/970x0/...

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I think part of the problem is that we are trying to play so flat - it's a high-risk/high-reward approach that when it comes off looks amazing but when it is disrupted, either by the opposition defence or (just as likely) our own ineptitude, suddenly looks very, well, flat. I also think that we rel...

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Besides the weird dependence on Farrell who has little attacking ability, his obsession with moving players to new positions when they clearly aren't suited there and locks in at No.6, a move that even undid the kiwis, why is Jones so obsessed with England being ultra physical? I mean where did he ...

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I'm hoping to do ruck marks. Also want to see how we got into their 22 so often. We created a huge number of chances, whilst lacking Mako and Billy, and then Manu too. An England side with MV, Sink, BV and Manu, should find it very easy to attack. We managed to get in strong positions repeatedly, d...

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Youngs an utter disgrace. He should never play for England again. Yup Can Jones join him on the scrap heap please. Totally f**ked things for no reason. Lost his 8 and so instead of replacing he decides to dismantle the back row and 2nd row. This performance was infuriatingly predictable though I wi...

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Well that was predictable. No imagination.

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Youngs should just retire on the pitch. We had a free play and he still couldnt feed the backs. Such an obvious area we needed to change after the world cup.

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This is Eddie "no plan B" Jones. He tries the blitz em tactics with the forwards in order to obliterate the opposition pack and half backs, and give an arm chair ride to our own 9 and 10. If the opposition stuffs that then we have knowhere to go because Youngs and Farrell are innacurate and proflig...

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Slade is injured, ankle fracture So backs for France will presumably be Youngs Ford May Farrell Manu Watson Daly with Heinz, Joseph & Devoto or Thorley on the bench Given how Eddie is convinced picking Ford lost the final, I'd be amazed if Farrell wasn't his 10. I thought he decided not picking mar...

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Since leave won the EU referendum my old man has become a raging gammon. It's not just the news that turns him in to a seething ball of rage, it's pretty much everything on the TV and the internet. I haven't been to see him in 3 months because he sucks the joy out of everything. When you confront h...

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We are all sheep and hypocrites. Remember that.

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Workington for the last 97 years has been labour voting. It's about to swing Conservative or at least they are VERY confident... wtf have you done Corbyn? Wrexham since 1935 about to turn blue possibly as well.... I suppose the humiliation (not that he seemed to notice) of Corbyn flipflopping and s...

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A classic case of the curse of the Internet: confusion between analysis and advocacy . The very fact that the US has no compunction intervening in and occupying countries the opposite side of the planet from it is a reason why its not outlandish to suggest they wouldn't do it closer to home. In fac...

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A classic case of the curse of the Internet: confusion between analysis and advocacy . The very fact that the US has no compunction intervening in and occupying countries the opposite side of the planet from it is a reason why its not outlandish to suggest they wouldn't do it closer to home. In fac...

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I've alluded to this on threads before but the US has a serious issue in that a vast area below it's nominal southern border is essentially no longer sovereign held territory, and nor is there a buffer state or zone between it and Mexico / Central America. The Mexican state is now no longer able to...

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I've alluded to this on threads before but the US has a serious issue in that a vast area below it's nominal southern border is essentially no longer sovereign held territory, and nor is there a buffer state or zone between it and Mexico / Central America. The Mexican state is now no longer able to...

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Haven't seen the game yet but the writing was on the wall after last week. It was a special result however if you dominate the game that much but struggle to run in tries something is wrong. People highlighted Ben Youngs and they were right to. His inaccuracy is an annoyance when the rest of the tea...

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whilst I still think he wasn't as bad vs NZ as people liked to make out... would Ben Youngs be (across the course of his 96 caps at international level) the worst World Cup-winning scrum-half of all time? not every player in every WC-winning side is going to be considered an all-time great but hard...

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Theres a lot of people picking England, and I am English... cocks on blocks, i.e. 1,000quid, and I think most would make the AB solid favorites. England winning would be a bit of an upset.

Wales - SA is a coin toss. But I would go Wales.

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I always thought Nathan Hughes was overtly rubbished by some posters. He isn't Billy but he certainly had some very good games for England around late 2017/2018 and was important in saving our blushes against Scotland this year. I'd have been happy to have taken him on this RWC. He was outstanding ...

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50032290 Black woman shot dead by Texas police through bedroom window A black woman was shot dead by police through her own bedroom window in the early hours of Saturday morning, after a request to check on her welfare. Atatiana Jefferson, 28, had been livin...

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I could see Australia beating England who might not be as good as people are thinking, it would be great if we saw the France from their first 40 mins against Argentina but that's probably unlikely The other 2 are done deals Because of time zones I have not been following closely, but who thinks En...

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fatcat wrote:I read this earlier. Mentioning the skin colour of those involved was clearly vital.

When I read this earlier I was shocked, appalled and deeply saddened. I will leave it at that.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50032290 Black woman shot dead by Texas police through bedroom window A black woman was shot dead by police through her own bedroom window in the early hours of Saturday morning, after a request to check on her welfare. Atatiana Jefferson, 28, had been living...

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Another fantastic run and impossible escape from 3 tacklers. Actually if he had followed his blockers he would have tacken it to the house again. Its still an impossible dream though because I highly doubt anyone can learn the language and fundamentals of the game at 28. However he is showing so far...

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Here's an example of the wider more current definition of White Supremacy being deployed by David Lammy: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-lammy-white-supremacists-bannon-boris-johnson-twitter-spat-a8971246.html It's lunatic stuff really. The thing about the definition is that if...

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Here's an example of the wider more current definition of White Supremacy being deployed by David Lammy: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-lammy-white-supremacists-bannon-boris-johnson-twitter-spat-a8971246.html It's lunatic stuff really. The thing about the definition is that if...

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The term white supremicist always provokes a visceral reponse from us white fellows. Whatever the context we almost seem to take it personally and start adopting a denialist defensive posture. My observation is that if there is any sort of Trumpian legitimizing that provides a platform for this type...

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It's late and I can't be bothered with too much debate tonight as I'm a bit fùcked up with other life shit, but I think it's how you define the term. By my definition, I think you definitely have met some. From your political standpoint I'm not sure if you'd define the same people as white supremac...

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It's taken a very long time to find the appropriate word / phrase but 'white supremacist' is the 'n' word for whites. Mainly because there are pretty much no people that match that description floating around, yet it is tossed about with such reckless abandon that is why it has power and is used. I...

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- Johnson doesn't want a deal with the EU, in fact he will present a 'deal' which the EU will be compelled to reject. - Johnson et al will be delighted when the EU reject any 'deal' as that gives them the basis on which to blame dirty, cheating Johnny Foreigner for a No Deal position - the racist, ...

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- Johnson doesn't want a deal with the EU, in fact he will present a 'deal' which the EU will be compelled to reject. - Johnson et al will be delighted when the EU reject any 'deal' as that gives them the basis on which to blame dirty, cheating Johnny Foreigner for a No Deal position - the racist, ...

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Meh, Borrow-and-Spend is the UKs only hope after Hard Brexit. Doesn’t matter if it’s Labour or Tory in the bank queue..... Well at least he is talking investment in industry and not welfare spending I think the Uk is less f**ked with the former scenario Can you post a link to where he has talked ab...

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Sandstorm wrote:Meh, Borrow-and-Spend is the UKs only hope after Hard Brexit. Doesn’t matter if it’s Labour or Tory in the bank queue.....

Well at least he is talking investment in industry and not welfare spending

I think the Uk is less f**ked with the former scenario

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So Boris has a new magic money tree for 20k police recruits. Not even a question on the beeb about where the funding is coming from He was asked in the Commons by Labour and he simply turned it around and said if they opposed more police, they should say so now. These people are not even Tories, go...

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It turns out the Boeing MAX simulators didn't accurately represent an MCAS failure should one occur. Not directly relevant to either crash as simulator time wasn't required, nor even available outside of Seattle, but it speaks to the nature of what was effectively a coverup It does speak volumes to...

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A bit of pointless ramble. Had a chance to think things over and things arent quite as tragic as first appeared. Joshua was actually the first person to put Ruiz on the canvas (despite Andy having a slugfest with Parker). AJ did this being the stiff robot that he is and fighting conservatively. He t...

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