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Mr Fedora

Lots of innocent people are being put to death already. By murderers who don't fear the consequences of their acts. And in those countries where the death penalty is enforced, there is no evidence at all that it works as a deterrent. So let's just kill some more people. Even if some those people ar...

Mr Fedora

Lots of innocent people are being put to death already.

By murderers who don't fear the consequences of their acts.

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[quote="Noob Frankly if i were the captain i would use the challenge at every decision against me in the last minute of a game [/quote] I'm sure that was Barrett's thinking, and am equally sure that that's going to turn out to be the drawback of this referral business.

Mr Fedora

[quote="guy smiley the measure of Hunt will be how he recovers and plays over the remaining rounds. If he can knuckle down and focus, not let it get to him then good, that's the sort of character we need. He's a quality player with a massive heart. [/quote] Going by tonight's game the signs are good.

Mr Fedora

No knock on they reckon

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Jumper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:24 pm Barnes is f**king Munster now.

Welcome to our world.

Mr Fedora

Everyone has biases, so it’s natural that refs would too. A ref blowing a 20-1 penalty count to the Super Rugby team from his country is ample proof. But it doesn’t mean he was a cheat. I really mean that. There are lots of reasons for bias and it doesn’t have to be for a preference of one team ove...

Mr Fedora

There were a number of factors making this a game of two halves, but an obvious one was discipline. The Canes in the first half gave away 2 penalties if memory serves. In the 2nd 40 they conceded a high multiple of that number. Difficult to prosper when you're continually jogging back 50 metres to c...

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[quote="Jeff the Bear ... the try we did get with the French players hand under the ball was dodgy as hell...[/quote] That swung on the ref's original call that it was a try. Thing is, he was 10 metres behind the play and couldn't have had any idea whether or not the ball touched the turf. Shameful ...

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What a mare... what a jockey Happy days You'd go a long way to see an easier Grade 1 win. I don't follow the form closely enough to rate the calibre of those behind her. Were they good enough to elevate her into the superstar class? I absolutely would, is 11/11 - honestly believe she would have won...

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Banana Man wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:09 pm What a mare... what a jockey

Happy days

You'd go a long way to see an easier Grade 1 win. I don't follow the form closely enough to rate the calibre of those behind her. Were they good enough to elevate her into the superstar class?

Mr Fedora

Milan Native not in the same realm. Had a small e/w on Cepage which is claw back a few coins. Loved that from Vintage Clouds, great running. Check the ground Cepage made up in the straight - 20 lengths? I really rate Deutch as a pilot but you have to wonder where Cepage would have finished if he ha...

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I'd a lot on Blue Lord EW :blush: Metier screwed my lucky 15 also He handled the ground alot better than I thought, would need to look back at Jacob on that, he wasn't going to catch him, just needed to pop the last, could have even slowed him down for it He just couldn't pick his feet up, sign of ...

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Lineouts England 14 from 14 France 14 from 16 Scrums England 6 from 6 France 3 from 3 Possession England - 58% France - 42% Territory England - 62% France - 38% Penalties conceded England - 12 France - 8 Clean Breaks England - 6 France - 5 Defenders Beaten England - 24 France - 27 Kick from hand En...

Mr Fedora

Being stuck in hospital is no fun (speaking from recent experience). Hope you’re discharged soon Globus.

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Slow news day.

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Accusing someone of lying after they have spoken about feeling suicidal was always going to get him into trouble. You just can't behave like that on a public forum. I read somewhere that c. 2015-17 Meghan's mother had a stint working for a suicide prevention outfit. If true, then Morgan was entitle...

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This one below it, I'm not even sure who received the red card; https://twitter.com/media_steven/status/1368301416259915784 The catcher who raised his foot a little bit coming down, but still got smashed? The chaser who stood off, timed his hit perfectly, and came in with a body-to-body enveloping ...

Mr Fedora

I suppose you could have an orange card that attracts the 20min rule, and a red that's the full game. 100% agreed with Ready. He's great, a real throwback clubland player. You could almost come up with a whole team of Aussie players that look like they are turning up for 4ths. 1. That fat tub Zande...

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Jerome Manning wrote: ↑Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:05 am The players are...uummm..a lot...whiter.

Poverty Bay looked fairly brown.

Refreshing to see the manly, unemotional reactions by the try-scoring team. Bring that back please.

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[quote="Monkey Magic "... only thing I can think is the ref assumed Wales were going to take the shot at goal [/quote] As did I and everyone else watching, including the England team. That’s what caught them out. Schoolboy error.

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“the ball ... travels forward onto his calf”

Lol

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How stringent is the NZ testing schedule for PEDs? She's got trapezius and deltoid muscles bigger than many top backrowers, Richie McCaw for example. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3725/2155/320/mccaw_gallahercup.jpg Could many backrowers race their kayak as effectively and as fast as double ol...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:52 pm
Druid wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:50 pm Italy working so hard in defence but that will show later on.
They are very naive and a team with a good pair of half back would have already scored 4 tries.

Very much this

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terryfinch wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:32 pm
Punter15 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:31 pm Knock on from May?
I thought so too.

Plain as day. Officials must be blind.

Mr Fedora

Engrossing game. Shame it was marred by some incompetent reffing.

Mr Fedora

Argies hardly mounted an attack. ABs with the ball and territory they had should've doubled their total. A couple of late tries made the score respectable but only served to paper over the cracks.

On the plus side, Whitelock's new look gets a

Mr Fedora

Foster is wasting no time in pulling the ABs down to his level. Sad to see.

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Congrats Argies. Made the ABs look second rate.

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Good game from the ABs. Richie Mo'unga PoM - I haven't seen him play that well all around before. The forwards were dominant and the backs looked polished. How long has Whitelock been doing that sterling work!? People have underestimated Whitelock's level of performance as it was hidden by Retallic...

Mr Fedora

Sad. That's too young nowadays.

Never heard him called anything but J.J., so looked him up - John James he was.

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Mick Williment, Laurie Mains, and Trevor Morris top my list. I'm sensing a pattern here. I tend to disfavour players who are over-hyped. Currently Farrell would sit atop that particular totem pole (altho I realise he has his detractors here). It sounds as if I’ve been rumbled. There is some logic b...

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Mick Williment, Laurie Mains, and Trevor Morris top my list. I'm sensing a pattern here. I tend to disfavour players who are over-hyped. Currently Farrell would sit atop that particular totem pole (altho I realise he has his detractors here). It sounds as if I’ve been rumbled. There is some logic b...

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Kiwias wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 5:41 am Mick Williment, Laurie Mains, and Trevor Morris top my list.

I'm sensing a pattern here.

I tend to disfavour players who are over-hyped. Currently Farrell would sit atop that particular totem pole (altho I realise he has his detractors here).

Mr Fedora

Why didn't Racing set for a drop goal when they were camped in front of Exeter's sticks? Very un-Northern-Hemisphere-like.

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ABs took their chances, Oz blew most of theirs. O'Connor was a weapon for them last week but was anonymous today and gifted NZ a try with a poor kick. Some good young talent coming through on both sides though and the two games in Oz will be a lot tighter I expect.

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Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2020 4:58 am So yeah, NZ Rugby f'ked up but Rennie not getting the job can't be pinned on Henry. You can still give him shit for not appointing Razor though.

Foster was appointed by a panel. Maybe Henry did prefer Robertson but was out-voted.

Mr Fedora

A few years back I went to the Glorious Goodwood festival of speed and you got to see up close the early F1 cars and I have to say my respect for those drivers in the 50s/60s/70s grew immensely. These cars were little more then wire frames with a fuel tank, huge engine and a flimsy shell on top. Ba...

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Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:01 pm
Fruit and Nutt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:46 pm Diving
Trampoline
Surely strength plays a fairly big role in the flippy shit?

Weight too.

Mr Fedora

When a woman competes and beats a man in elite competitive sport we'll include them in goat discussions. Girls beat the blokes fairly regularly in elite equestrian events, since horsemanship puts a premium on attributes other than strength. Their relative deficiency in that department is the main r...

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