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It's not a strength thing, it's a bone hardening thing. Exposure to the heavy weights and more time in scrums should be phased in after skeletal maturity. And that might have happened now for them, or it could still be happening and if you then load top end test rugby on them that's just a lot more....

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Feels like we have some key players now. Martin has started the games against SA, Ireland and France. We’ve won one and the other two have been within a point or two. He adds real grunt that you need. Earl is a menace, does everything. Lawrence genuine 12 finally Free-Bank is dangerous returning. W...

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so would Blamire

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I wouldn't be aghast to see Rodd return, but equally I've not seen anything yet which makes me concerned we might not see him back. And one needn't be swayed by experts, Eddie Jones or otherwise. Frankly there's very little point posting on the internet if you're going to let yourself be distracted ...

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That Ireland win the 6N and there are complaints about selection and performance really speaks to the improved standards.

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No issues with that last penalty. I think it was a penalty, and even if you think it wasn't the picture to the officials made it a reasonable call (i.e. not even close to a shocker) Interesting in hindsight he'd have had a better shot staying tall and looking to jackal over a carrier already going t...

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. Jarrod's defence is sh1te, Costelow's is good. Tis why one is out of, and the other in the Welsh squad. His reading what's his man and communication along the line and work in contact might be okay, it's looked wobbly but that could easily be problems inside and outside him. His depth coverage re...

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Has everyone forgotten Bevan Rodd? Or is never coming back? I'm not sure he's a test level player. Hopefully he both comes back and proves he is, but he looks a nice club option that's just a bit off the pace physically thus far at the very top of the game. That could easily be he's only just start...

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Loose Head Prop: Genge, Baxter, Haffar Hookers: George, Dan, Langdon Tight Head Prop: Cole, Opoku-Fourjour, Fasogabon I don't often accuse England and/or the RFU of acting sensibly, but keeping their grubby hands off some very young props looks a good idea. You really want them to be 22, maybe even...

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Loose Head Prop: Genge, Baxter, Haffar Hookers: George, Dan, Langdon Tight Head Prop: Cole, Opoku-Fourjour, Fasogabon I don't often accuse England and/or the RFU of acting sensibly, but keeping their grubby hands off some very young props looks a good idea. You really want them to be 22, maybe even...

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TheFrog wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:42 pm

Ramos has an eye and a nice side step to deal with rushing forwards.

Is this a comment on his attacking or defensive game?

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I don't mind being called ignorant, nor ignorant af. I don't object to being told I'm whining, though bitchy conveys some odd pejorative about the feminine which perhaps isn't called for, its hardly giving it the full Andrew Tate, it's just a little uncalled for in its latent misogyny, and for myse...

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I don't mind being called ignorant, nor ignorant af. I don't object to being told I'm whining, though bitchy conveys some odd pejorative about the feminine which perhaps isn't called for, its hardly giving it the full Andrew Tate, it's just a little uncalled for in its latent misogyny, and for mysel...

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You’re expecting him to ‘fix’ the Supreme Court ffs; despite there being no actual way to do a thing about it. Why set the gits low standards? The political leader gets two sorts of commentary on their progress, criticism for suff they've cocked up and criticism for stuff they haven't done yet. If ...

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I never said the 1st year didn't count. He needed to nurse the team through to the RWC, with a limited gameplan - and he got just about as much out of the tournament as could be expected - but the real rebuild was always going to be on hold until after the RWC. I'm not convinced by his, or the team...

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Don't POTUS' picks need to re ratified by congress? Of course. And POTUS cannot replace a sitting judge because of any requirements. Biden has done a shit job of fixing the Supreme Court and curing all cancers. Congress is the Senate and House. It is the Senate alone that confirms a President’s nom...

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Well, Earl has been very good at 8, certainly the best we've had there for quite a while. Daly pretty poor and Marcus at 15 a bit of a shot in the dark - but at least it was adventurous. He doesn't select the players I would, but he has, at least, started to move in the right direction. He's really...

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Uh-huh. And what you advocating for in actual implemenation? Rather than wishful magic wand waving for instance. I don't need to, I wasn't stupid enough to run for the job. But there is a big problem with the court lurching to the right for many people starting even to the right of Biden, and he ha...

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There's obviously a trade off when choosing a Lock in the backrow - but maybe someone that has done so much coaching of elite forwards, knows, better than us, what is needed for the upcoming game. And what about all the other examples I gave? :lol: Well, Earl has been very good at 8, certainly the ...

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And what happens when somebody even worse than Trump gets in? You create an extraordinary precedent where every president can meddle with the Supreme Court to their whims. Besides that it's an almost certain vote loser. As it is plenty of the Haley supporters will vote for Biden, they may well woul...

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And what happens when somebody even worse than Trump gets in? You create an extraordinary precedent where every president can meddle with the Supreme Court to their whims. Besides that it's an almost certain vote loser. As it is plenty of the Haley supporters will vote for Biden, they may well woul...

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How should Biden have addressed the power balance of the Supreme Court? I don't know if I'd have gone with increasing the numbers, but for sure I wouldn't have left them judging their own (corrupt) behaviour. In any event what Biden has done is nothing, and that's not good given it's now controlled...

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And yet he's done nothing about the balance of power on the Supreme Court in 4 years, nothing about the corruption shown by those sitting on the courts. So it's all very well telling them where to go, but actually do something would you please. The only thing going for Biden is he's not Trump, clea...

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And yet he's done nothing about the balance of power on the Supreme Court in 4 years, nothing about the corruption shown by those sitting on the courts. So it's all very well telling them where to go, but actually do something would you please. The only thing going for Biden is he's not Trump, clear...

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I would give the Tories some leeway on attacking the financial crash in '07 as being Labour's fault if I thought the Tories would have acted more strongly on banking regulation, but somehow I have my doubts. As is it's more stuff that happened when Labour happened to be in power, and what one gets t...

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:thumbup: People only think they want a presidential candidate jailed in an election year. It would be catastrophic. I don't want him jailed, I want him dead. But jail will do in the interim, and either we have jail as a punishment or we don't, we can't have it and then not use it for some, that's ...

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I suggest you listen to most recent edition's of The Ruck & Rugby Pod where clear from what respected commentators well Warburton at least are saying attack is clearly not being coached so handling the ball is absent which is unforgiveable. If the players need England coaches to teach them to pass ...

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Haley might as well stick it out now to see if there's slim chance the DoJ manages a modicum of competence and puts Trump in jail The DoJ are very competent, if too conservative for some, but are unlikely to get to a sentencing before Election Day. Even if they did, he wouldn’t be imprisoned pendin...

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Haley might as well stick it out now to see if there's slim chance the DoJ manages a modicum of competence and puts Trump in jail

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Marcus, otherwise he would be at 15. All fantasy of course, Borthwick is way out of his depth surrounded by idiots. :thumbup: I'm not up to speed on who's who in England these days. You are Felix Jones, I collect my £5. I was thinking more along the lines of why bother to be up to speed with Englan...

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Lack of social housing means councils pay private landlords billions each year to house people. The private houses being rented by councils means they are not available to people not eligible for social housing forcing up rental rates due to a lack of available rental stock This then prices people ...

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It's a valid point as the game becomes increasingly professional and very little separates the players themselves. Perhaps or perhaps it's just using stats to prove a point you want to make? Sam Warburton was discussing the same thing a week or two OK and reckons it's not a valid point, the Lions m...

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I mean, does it actually matter who we pick at left winger when we’ve had evidence that the backs touched the ball once in training during a session? Yes, if only because speed is needed to scramble when our blitz is breached. And whilst we don't care about attack, or so go certain claims, the blit...

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soak tackles went out in the 90s maybe Not according to the saint of referees, Wayne Barnes you still see them, but there aren't many sides looking/hoping to make soak tackles and get men over the ball, it's much more about winning collision now, more even than about making a tackle in many ways, j...

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soak tackles went out in the 90s maybe

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I wonder would it have anything to do with the fact that loads of Tories are landlords... That and nimbyism. There is a big downside to my line of thinking that over time would see property lose value, that's not issue free All depends in how you build the social housing. Building loads of poorly c...

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Very, very lazy (and stupid) from Barrett

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One can see with one of the biggest player spends in the world Racing are already nearly winning 50% of their games.

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Piquant Well yes. Then the government spend on renting private housing would be massively reduced, and all those additional homes private landlords are currently renting would likely see some shift back onto the property market. And we'd be closing off what until recently was the biggest annual fra...

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