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I'd love it if we signed Fearns, I think the England boat has sailed for him though

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hp18 wrote:
DAC2016 wrote:Is that a real e-flyer or did someone just knock that up in their lunch hour?
It's legit. I had similar thoughts.

It's made to appeal to good, honest, salt of the earth rural Leicester types who don't need none of your fancy new age design concepts or artsy shit

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No idea why Peter Betham is on the bench for this one having been one of our best players so far this season, nice to see Toomua make his first start however.

I think we'll have just about enough to take this one but wouldn't be surprised if we lost

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Robshaw is a pretty easy pick as our best ball playing flanker, he is very comfortable standing at first receiver and distributing and he has an underrated linking game as well

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The trolling accusation probably refers to your suggestion that a flanker who has been consistently used as first receiver by his club and country isn't a ball player. But you knew that. And i guess I bit. But just on the off chance that you didnt, I guess it's worth pointing out which part of your...

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JM2K6 wrote:Te'o

I'd hate to see him get capped to be honest

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Kind of gone unremarked, but McCall has said Fazlet's unlikely play against Wasps or Toulon.... That would leave only 3 weeks till England's opening game, must be close to ruling him out of at least the first test. T'eo, Devoto and Slade are the other options in the EPS, I guess T'eo might be the n...

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We've been defending like a bunch of schoolboys at times, the only reason we've been winning games is our attack being excellent so far

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http://www.leicestertigers.com/news/25507.php#.V_durI8rKrw Tigers confirm coaching team change 7 October 2016 10:12By Andy MannScott Hansen, Leicester TigersLeicester Tigers can confirm that Scott Hansen has left the club's coaching staff. Hansen arrived at Welford Road at the start of the 2015/16 ...

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I read on Twitter he was being called back early to cover for Ashton's ban

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There's one man who has the aggression, turnover skills, bulk, and engine that Eddie's looking for in his 7. Step forward Kyle Sinckler :nod: Kyle Sinckler is also yesterday's man, true rugby fans know that Rapava-Ruskin, whose name I definitely knew how to spell without googling it, is the next bi...

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Chuckles1188 wrote:
le chat wrote:will England ever have a decent 7 again so we can stop discussing this ongoing topic, been happening years now.
Underhill. But then he'll sustain 5 concussions in 2 tests and never play rugby again

Underhill is yesterday's man, Will Evans is the hot new bandwagon in town

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Itoje at 7 is nuts to me , as is Williams frankly (albeit I'd probably have Itoje at 6 to allow for Launchbury to come in) but Jones is riding on a high at the moment and is getting the benefit of the doubt because of his success. If he'd lost a few games then I'm sure less people would be shruggin...

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Chuckles1188 wrote:
Selim The Sot wrote:Following the loss of Sam Jones with a broken leg it now seems that Watson has fractured his jaw (not judo related this time).

That's not Watson you racist

Addison call up and Roko to start for me

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Mike Williams to start at 7 then presumably

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Whatever wasn't right with Hughes earlier in the season, he's put it right. Against quins he had highest tackles, meters, defenders beaten, clean breaks, offloads and tackles made of all the Wasps players, and above most Quins in most of those too. Meh, it was only Quins. Still it's nice to see him...

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Only two 10s in the training squad and one of them (Farrell) injured. Pretty much guarantees a place in the 23 vs South Africa for Slade, doesn't it? I think Farrell is expected to be fit in time, Slade hasn't exactly been ripping up trees for Exeter either. Once again we look decidedly thin at 12

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BBC reporting that Faz has no set return date for Sarries

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Bristol favourites surely

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Williams has been physical but turnover prone, not pressed his case for England today

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Will Evans gets a token 4 minutes at the end of the game

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JM2K6 wrote:Like 3-4 Tigers players straight off their feet to seal it off there

Love a good home town referee

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Mike Williams has knocked on a few balls today

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JM2K6 wrote:I've not seen every match but O'Connor's been anonymous for Tigers. He's slow and lacks top level physicality, which isn't a great combo.

Will Evans will overtake him soon enough IMO.

I fear Evans will be a victim of Cockerills youth "development" policy this season

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Ouch. Marchant looks the goods at least... And right on cue, Marchant is dropped for Conrad Hopper... See L.Mafia? We're doing our best... Picking Championship quality players in an effort to get ready for a tilt at the Championship title, smart stuff :thumbup: England 7 shirt is wide open, cometh ...

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Quins need to do the decent thing and get relegated so they can rebuild properly, sadly I think they're not quite shit enough yet

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Mullet 2 wrote:What the fúck is a lifestyle trainer anyway?

There what a stylish urban gent would pair with a nice set of skinny jeans and a floral print shirt.

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What about lifestyle trainers? Surely they must be acceptable

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At what point do Bristol hit the panic button? No shortage on money so surely they go out into the market now for some decent players who may see them to a few wins. Where do the decent players come from though? Any team so obviously panic buying will also find salary demands going through the roof...

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Club form does not automatically equate to test form Club form against Worcester or Newcastle you might have a point. Goode does it in play-off matches and EC finals where the standard is a tad higher level than what Quins play. But has been appalling in all but 2 of his 20 international caps You d...

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Club form does not automatically equate to test form Club form against Worcester or Newcastle you might have a point. Goode does it in play-off matches and EC finals where the standard is a tad higher level than what Quins play. And international rugby is a step up again, which Brown has repeatedly...

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Yeah sure Brown got stood up badly in that clip, but Goode is an absolute turnstile in defence. You could argue for Goode at 15 on the basis of distribution but there's no way you could seriously make a case for him being a better tackler than Brown, unless you're only basis for that is one 5 second...

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Manu's perma- groin problem has flared up again and he's out until it settles down - so, given the history of this injury, that's zero chance for the Autumn games and the Lions tour is probably in dire jeopardy (assuming he ever recovered enough form to be selected for either). Damn :( , it's getti...

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One of the guys on the egg chasers podcast has mentioned he heard that George Ford is going back to Leicester I'd have him back in a heartbeat but I'd rather we spent the money on a number 8 Higginbotham is still the favourite rumour though, isn't he? That's the rumour, but we get linked to loads o...

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BurrowHill wrote:One of the guys on the egg chasers podcast has mentioned he heard that George Ford is going back to Leicester

I'd have him back in a heartbeat but I'd rather we spent the money on a number 8

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Scotland: (where everyone is arguably a fringe contender, but going to assume Dickinson, Nel, Gray x 2, Laidlaw, Hogg have a decent chance) John Hardie Cornell du Preez Finn Russell Matt Scott Mark Bennett Tommy Seymour If he stays fit Dunbar should be on that list. Matt Scott? He's perhaps 3rd cho...

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Not that anyone gives a shit, but Sale's team for Quins this evening: 15. Byron McGuigan, 14. Will Addison, 13. Sam James, 12. Johnny Leota, 11.Paolo Odogwu, 10. AJ MacGinty, 9. Mike Phillips, 1. Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2. Neil Briggs, 3. Halani Aulika, 4. Bryn Evans, 5. Jonathan Mills, 6. TJ Ioane, ...

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Manu was fairly shit last weekend so losing him may not be that big a deal. I feel centre could be very problematic for us this year, Manu is always injured, Betham is a wing pretending to be a 13, Matt Smith is merely average and is getting on a bit now and Jack Roberts is a midget with very little...

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Like it or not he was the only realistic choice I think. I look forward to him naming Warburton as Captain :thumbup: Maybe you aren't being sarcastic but I don't really get this dislike of Warburton, why is the captain of one of the Lions nations who plays very well on a consistent basis such a con...

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Like it or not he was the only realistic choice I think. I look forward to him naming Warburton as Captain :thumbup: Maybe you aren't being sarcastic but I don't really get this dislike of Warburton, why is the captain of one of the Lions nations who plays very well on a consistent basis such a con...

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