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Willie Falloon wrote:Thorn to Leinster
Bowe to Ulster
Downey to Munster

Great recruitment Munster.

Boom!

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Grim tell us again how Tomas O'Leary is as good as Mike Phillips. :lol: :lol: Exactly. Why in the name of jebus am I discussing the merits of SH play with someone who has held this opinion in the recent past. For that 10 to 12 month stretch TOL was excellent. Not better than Phillips at his best, b...

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Grim tell us again how Tomas O'Leary is as good as Mike Phillips.

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So let me get this straight-Sexton needs to be given game time because he's the future but Murray needs to be dropped because he's a rookie? Sexton isn't a rookie, he is just a better option than ROG on merit. Nobody has been able to get a backline moving outside ROG for a couple of seasons now. Mu...

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Reddan is the ultimate headless instinctive scrum-half. To suggest he consciously dictates play is f**king ludicrous (and DOB, his shitness with slow ball is one of the major criticisms Leinster fans throw at him in match threads). The lengths some of you are going to do defend some of the Leinster...

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But a chip is something that a 10 does on opportunity, regardless of tactics. Sexton has the talent but I get the impression he is a confidence player. He is very comfortable at HEC level, hence v good, but he needs to be more confident in his own ability at international level. A consistent run sh...

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Chris Henry. Just saying. *ducks and covers* He works for us because he is a smart player with an excellent work-rate, and he understands the gameplan. He is basically a sweeper who gives us an extra man around the ball. As much as I rate him for Ulster I think we would get very little out of him a...

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On of the things McLaughlin does very well with Ulster is ensuring we get the all into the hands of our top carriers - we regularly hit 3 or 4 successive phases where we are picking out the big carriers, whether they're forwards or backs. I was really struggling to see any discernible pattern in our...

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To be fair to Earl its not unreasonable to suggest that D'Arcy is past it and we should try our other centrally-contracted specialist 12. It was one of the English guys that said anybody dropping Ferris instead of SOB has probably never been in a ruck. We'd be daft to drop either but we should defin...

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The amount of free possession and territory we are pissing away is really costing us. Missing kicks to touch, kicking straight to touch, mis-fielding balls into touch, kicking down their throats, it was non-stop. We were backing off them in defence and putting ourselves into the final third of the ...

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The amount of free possession and territory we are pissing away is really costing us. Missing kicks to touch, kicking straight to touch, mis-fielding balls into touch, kicking down their throats, it was non-stop. We were backing off them in defence and putting ourselves into the final third of the p...

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I have given up suggesting Wallace at 12 because it seems like he is never, ever going to get picked, despite being on a central contract. I would love to see how we go with a distributor at 12 but I don't think we have the ambition or technical ability in the backs coaching to make it happen. It is...

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So no now some of you cant blame Rog where does the real fault lie lads?? Lets face it, Kidney is completely out of his depth. That squad should be better than a 30% win rate against 6Ns teams, but that is what Kidney is delivering. I don't know what plan he is trying to work to, but the players ar...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqYgAX6D43Q

Danny Hart's 2011 World Champs run. He is a 19 year-old British kid who destroyed a field of the world's best downhillers, in torrential rain, on one of the steepest courses on the circuit.

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So please explain why he is getting shafted. He isn't you moron. He's getting the sack halfway through his second HEC-qualifying season in a row, having finally turned Ulster into a consistent, competitive team, having turned down a chance to ever return to his old day-job to stay on at Ulster for ...

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Kearney didn't get rave reviews for the Wolfhounds game at the time Yes he did. Etherman, I watched the game and I saw Kearney putting in a very impressive performance. I can't believe you watched it and thought different. No Stats, he didn't. He played well but it wasn't a "bolter" performance. I'...

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Kearney didn't get rave reviews for the Wolfhounds game at the time Yes he did. Etherman, I watched the game and I saw Kearney putting in a very impressive performance. I can't believe you watched it and thought different. No Stats, he didn't. He played well but it wasn't a "bolter" performance. I'...

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The Munster lads are an easier fish than the Welsh in the run-in to this game.

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I have a set of Ay-Ups but they don't meet your price criteria. I have found that the helmet-mounted one is very good for getting noticed because it is above headlight-height and you can also focus it on somebody if you think they haven't seen you.

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Kearney didn't get rave reviews for the Wolfhounds game at the time, he did well. He has been boosted up the pecking order and that is a good thing, its far better bringing in a youngster than an older guy who is never going to be more than a fringe player or stop-gap. Maybe Kearney isn't as excitin...

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ROG quarter-squatted 40kgs during the RWC, a lot of the lads were hitting PBs around that time.

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Great spite.

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Seriously? He isn't exactly the ideal man to allow to take this week off training and still start on Sunday. Seriously. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2012/0202/1224311111099.html It also doesn't really dovetail with Deccie saying that Keet has trained really well in the camp, though tha...

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Mentioned a few pages back. Might have been why Buck said there was doubt over the centres for the game on Sunday No - that wasnt the reason. I am still hearing talk over his fitness however. You might still see McFadden playing and Kearney moving up to the bench. Said in the paper yesterday or the...

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ROG says the squad fell in love with themselves, he'd be just the man to spot that kind of thing.

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So the deal is: Bowe signs for Munster -> Willie flounces forever unless Ulster beat Munster in the QF. If Ulster win that, he can come back, for good. Otherwise his flounce is perma. Bowe signs for Ulster -> Fester takes a well-earned break for a week and because I'm a good sort, I'll chuck in ano...

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Can somebody not just ban these wit kant?

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I don't agree with the call at lock either, but it's not completely nuts, and it isn't likely to cost us the match, given DR is readily available if DOC blows this Last Chance. The point about the "stupid Leinster whinging" is that the rabid, OTT tone of the criticism (whether the picks themselves ...

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Did we manage to make it til page 12 before the first "get behind the team" routine?! I'm looking forward to the match on Sunday but the selection policy is so stale, its getting beyond a joke. We have two centre options who have been pretty mediocre over the last year, and we've picked them both. I...

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Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves, Soy. We'll see how Sexton gets on on Sunday before encloswing the pass We have f**ked about enough, it got us knocked out of the World Cup which we'd supposedly been building up to for 2 seasons. Also, if Deccie absolutely must pick Keet at 13 at least Sext...

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ZappaMan wrote:
Conn wrote:
Boxcar Ira wrote:
Hellraiser wrote:Ireland Team: RK TB KE GD AT JS CM, CH RB MR DOC POC SF SOB JH. Rep: SC TC DR POM* ER ROG FMCF
Predictable enough. Didnt see him recalling Girve though.
Chris Henry at loose head is another big call
As big as Jake the Snake starting at outhalf? I think not.

Surely it should read ROG FFS?

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AYEAYE wrote:Just got this bad boy.

Nice!!!

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Anyway, I thoroughly recommend getting a road bike, it's not necessarily a magic bullet to more speed (although mine has definitely improved with one) but somehow it makes riding on the road a lot more fun. As far as what to get, have a look at Genesis - I think the Aether has been discontinued but...

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Question for the cyclists on here: What is a good "distance" to do on a stationary bike a week if you are an office jockey who wants to do a 24hr 340km mountain bike challenge at the end of the year. (I can only ride my normal bike on the weekends by the way, hence the exercise bike) Link to challe...

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I'll have a quick butchers tonight if possible (the threat of snow tomorrow is making me reconsider my options on cycling in...) I'm slightly worried, being a total novice at this, that I'll utterly fudge it up and end up forking out more for the consequent repairs, though I do have the Haynes bike...

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I'm absolutely overjoyed that, having forked out £150 to get my bike serviced, the (new) bottom bracket sounds like a f**king antique typewriter. :lol: The BB itself or do your gears need trimmed? What did they do for £150? I'm not entirely certain. The bottom bracket/cranks have been a pain in the...

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Brazil wrote:I'm absolutely overjoyed that, having forked out £150 to get my bike serviced, the (new) bottom bracket sounds like a f**king antique typewriter.

The BB itself or do your gears need trimmed?

What did they do for £150?

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HKCJ - as lovely as that P3 is, do you really think you can face 4-6 hours in an aero position on a TT bike? 4-6 hours?! Sadly Joost I think it will be more like 6-9!! Will have to do a lot of core work to get the most out of it but I prob spend 60% of my time in saddle in aero position anyway on m...

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He'll certainly have won more than Touhy. Hang around tomorrow - there might be fun with Kiddinmes selections. Won more what?i thought you claimed he'd be a regular member of the 22-30 man squad by the time the 6n rolled around,now he has been playing well for Leinster but he's still a bit away fro...

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An official thread is a great idea. HK that TT bike is gorgeous, I would be wary of not getting the use out of it outside competition, would you still use a TT bike for training runs? I am at the nerd-spreadsheet stage with two bike builds I have been planning for some time, a light 29er and a cyclo...

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