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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Ludlam + Sinckler to Toulon - how long till selection rules change?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 260
Re: Ludlam + Sinckler to Toulon - how long till selection rules change?
and yet we're selecting Cole, so Sinckler is naturally of interest. I've never liked the rule, but yes in part it's a bridge builder between the RFU and the clubs, and the RFU get to give the clubs something without paying for it. so there are reasons, even if on balance I don't happen to like the p...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Saints norm is to run around break even through to a small loss, or at least what passes for a small loss alongside their peers. They could be lying every year I suppose
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
everyone, or 2 or 3 souls who claim to represent the one true position?
the Tory party is going to struggle if they've giving up on being a broad church, and that does rather leave them continuing down the route of populism, nationalism, division and indeed Trump
the Tory party is going to struggle if they've giving up on being a broad church, and that does rather leave them continuing down the route of populism, nationalism, division and indeed Trump
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
They all voted on typical. Conservative policy, of course the whip will account for a lot of that. But 'dyed in the wool' is a high bar. You don't try and bring down your own party if you are 'dyed in the wool'. He's a wet, not dyed in the wool. And that attitude is why America gets Trump. Donuts. ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
it seems questionable in the extreme there's only one way to be a conservative and anyone who steps away from one strand of conservatism should be derided for not having a sufficiently pure take on conservatism. Rory Stewart , Amber Rudd, Dominic Grieve, these people are dyed in the wool conservati...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
it seems questionable in the extreme there's only one way to be a conservative and anyone who steps away from one strand of conservatism should be derided for not having a sufficiently pure take on conservatism. Rory Stewart, Amber Rudd, Dominic Grieve, these people are dyed in the wool conservative...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Britain in recession - so much winning by Tories
- Replies: 432
- Views: 24866
Re: Britain in recession - so much winning by Tories
Starmer isn't a socialist, and even the degree to which he's centre left will be becalmed by him thinking of the country and not just what he wants. And, as things stand, his chancellor is to the right of him, so Starmer's inclination to spend will not get past Reeves. Which begs the question how lo...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Nice! 👍 It is good news Hopefully we get more details going into the election about what Dems will actually do to restore rights to the many woman (and girls) who've had them ripped away I don’t want to be unfair to the many thoughtful Dems who are trying to shape a meaningful response to that ques...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Talk about the swamp… Brokers (these days) make most of their income from advisory and placement, not trading commissions They win this work by getting fundies on the inside rail with up-and-comers or stagging new listings The whole industry relies on special insights and keystone investors and tho...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Yup. It's just institutionalised rug-pulling. There are reasonable concerns about advantages institutions have in various markets, but this isn't as one sided as there are no reasons to restrict retail access. People could lose a lot of money very quickly, and whilst that's always going to be true ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Whether Biden will be able to benefit in Nov remains to be seen, but we just had another big Democrat win after running on abortion. After the Republican incumbent had to step down in the Alabama House seat (because he was guilty of electoral fraud... of course) a special election saw the Democrat ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
So Trump's latest grift for Easter is to sell $60 Bibles and only these bibles are endorsed by him. Bibles have been around for 100's of years and never needed any endorsements of how good day they are before until now :lol: Well, we've had the King James version for 400 years, come on down Donald ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:11 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
I don't have a strong sense SPACs need removing. They've been around a long time, what we've seen more recently is a bubble around SPACs and that's perhaps not the fault of those SPACs not being IPOs It’s (IMO) a vehicle for insiders to get a jump on new listings, at the expense of retail holders. ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
- Replies: 92
- Views: 2610
Re: Baltimore bridge has collapsed.
Jeff, the bridge suffered an almost instant catastrophic failure when impact occurred on one pier. Would there (or better should there) not have been sufficient redundancy to mean that the bridge remained standing in the event of removal of a pile (as in a design requirement typically seen)? Or is ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
It’s (IMO) a vehicle for insiders to get a jump on new listings, at the expense of retail holders. That holds for IPOs too, actually in many instances. And often times it's not a bad thing Are you being serious? If so, what is your rationale? Depends how much you want retail investors coming into t...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
If that's taken to mean higher risk then again perhaps it's better to reserve it for institutions. of course many 'retail' tools are now akin to placing a bet
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
I don't have a strong sense SPACs need removing. They've been around a long time, what we've seen more recently is a bubble around SPACs and that's perhaps not the fault of those SPACs not being IPOs It’s (IMO) a vehicle for insiders to get a jump on new listings, at the expense of retail holders. ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
I don't have a strong sense SPACs need removing. They've been around a long time, what we've seen more recently is a bubble around SPACs and that's perhaps not the fault of those SPACs not being IPOs
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Tempo is tempo. You can be iffy and get away with it if you do it quickly, especially if you also present as a threat. Faf is in many ways quite a poor player but a cracking 9, in that other than a very good kicking game he simply builds tempo when he does play, and others can play off that. Care do...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
He was a for a very long time a really good option to have on the bench to bring tempo late in the game. Sadly his playing on feel ran afoul of Eddie who rather lost patience with Care being able to remember what Eddie thought were simple details, still more sadly we had the time of Heinz, and both ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
The odds on him taking advice of council come the trial and not getting on the stand wouldn't be long
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
Do people really dislike Sunak more than Johnson or Truss? have people forgotten how unpopular the delusional featherweight and the lying corrupt feckless delusional heavyweight were? Many Brits wont vote for a non-white PM. Particularly a lot of the Red Wall types who ditched labour to get Brexit ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
The company might release him from certain conditions. he could face some shareholder trouble, but if they're invested because it's Orange Jesus they're perhaps not going to seek redress anyway
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53203
- Views: 2313895
Re: War in Ukraine...
Bleeding Russia has been a win. The US security guarantee has taken a reputational hit, though. At the cost of a generation of young Ukrainian men. This is no win Ukraine has been badly let down by us all. And the loss of quite a few Russians who left to their own devices would never have entertain...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
it rather looks like there isn't a business so in theory the shares would lose value and then no he'll not make billions. he likely can't sell at the moment as there really should be a limitation on him doing so for months, maybe even a year or so, but maybe the company can give him a waiver there ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
it rather looks like there isn't a business so in theory the shares would lose value and then no he'll not make billions. he likely can't sell at the moment as there really should be a limitation on him doing so for months, maybe even a year or so, but maybe the company can give him a waiver there ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
For me, not an American. If I was to go into a pub/ bar and was having a drink with Trump and then Biden, who do I feel most comfortable leaving my wallet behind with, whilst I went to the bathroom. You could trust Trump.. he'd treat it like it were his own... in fact... A decent chance he'd have n...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Possibly not, but he also turned his lonely eyes to Care rather than Spencer, so he might not especially want either Spencer or Quirke and was only waiting for JVP
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: War in Ukraine...
- Replies: 53203
- Views: 2313895
Re: War in Ukraine...
That's too broad and sweeping a generalisation. Even among US allies there have unquestionably been some losers. The de-dollarisation of the world is going be the biggest global change since the end of the Cold War. Winners and losers undecided. But a huge change Assuming you're right, also bigger ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Trump should claim he's absolutely langered all of the time. it wouldn't cost him the vote of a moron, and it'd be some justification for being Father Jack on the world stage
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
We are now in the Mitchell/Spencer era. Possibly JVP backing them up. About bloody time. We could easily skip past Spencer and have one of JVP, Quirke or even Randall on the bench. Spencer is only a couple of years younger than Youngs, or only a decade younger than Care! Which is to say Spencer's t...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Picked him when JVP and Quirke were injured. Maybe Spencer keeps the spot because Quirke is so often injured, but Quirke does look a cracking 'finisher' I'm not averse to Spencer knocking around the 2nd/3rd spot, and I don't really care even before it's hardly something to worry about. If the conver...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
it rather looks like there isn't a business so in theory the shares would lose value and then no he'll not make billions. he likely can't sell at the moment as there really should be a limitation on him doing so for months, maybe even a year or so, but maybe the company can give him a waiver there f...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
We are now in the Mitchell/Spencer era. Possibly JVP backing them up. About bloody time. We could easily skip past Spencer and have one of JVP, Quirke or even Randall on the bench. Spencer is only a couple of years younger than Youngs, or only a decade younger than Care! Which is to say Spencer's t...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
And the bid if it has passed MSC must entail some staged business plan that shows them moving to a 10k capacity, I presume that can't just be some shit they've scribbled on a fag packet and you actually need something in place, but it's sports administration so who knows
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
They did apply or were going to apply 2-3 years back for a doubling in capacity. No idea where that's at now, maybe they're in a race with Bath to see who can take the longest to actually get going with a their development
is it still just the one developed stand as things stand?
is it still just the one developed stand as things stand?
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Doncaster Knights in the Premiership in the future? https://www.drfc.co.uk/press-statement-doncaster-knights-rfu-the-premiership/?fbclid=IwAR2YhoGOTT0OLlj1h-lzR6376zUqKDa1j3e3Uz42pqyLv2vBe6zKarIATzE Probably not a bad thing having another Northern team in the Premiership, maybe in a 14 team Premier...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Reform Party UK
- Replies: 442
- Views: 53266
Re: The Reform Party UK
Do people really dislike Sunak more than Johnson or Truss?
have people forgotten how unpopular the delusional featherweight and the lying corrupt feckless delusional heavyweight were?
have people forgotten how unpopular the delusional featherweight and the lying corrupt feckless delusional heavyweight were?
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
- Replies: 112357
- Views: 7529964
Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
The bit I liked from Mercer last night, that which made me smile as it were, was winning the lineout in the buildup to the Harris try and from having jumped at the front to win the ball Mercer has already gone past several colleagues to work across the field should he be needed on a subsequent phase...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18096
- Views: 820473