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by mabunch78
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The one and only Tennis thread
Replies: 2083
Views: 169962

Re: The one and only Tennis thread

PS: Public Domain says... Where I was at after Wimbledon, I was ranked around 200 in the world and at the time I thought Andrew would be a great coach to trial so we went to the States but never did I even dream of winning the US Open and having the run I did and now I'm ranked 22 in the world, whic...
by mabunch78
Wed Apr 27, 2022 9:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The one and only Tennis thread
Replies: 2083
Views: 169962

Re: The one and only Tennis thread

Raducanu splits from coach of 5 months: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/61226768 When is someone going to say it - OK, I will - she's a princess. Dispensing with Richardson fresh from a unique achievement in the game was the move of an uppity narcissist. The reasons she proffered were barely credi...
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The one and only Tennis thread
Replies: 2083
Views: 169962

Re: The one and only Tennis thread

eldanielfire wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 1:07 pm
mabunch78 wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:51 pm
eldanielfire wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:54 am
I'm just disapppinted she is a Spurs fan.
Word. It doesn't make sense. She won something.
Might explain why she hasn't been winning since.
Ah, a late decision. Costly. Lifetime of pain.
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Angela Rayner
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: Angela Rayner

ChipSpike wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:56 pm I hope angela doesn't read PR, we put the Mail to shame
:lol:

Have to admit, I did hesitate at first...
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Angela Rayner
Replies: 45
Views: 3766

Re: Angela Rayner

She's a scally. She'd doll up just to put the kettle on. Only one answer applies.
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The one and only Tennis thread
Replies: 2083
Views: 169962

Re: The one and only Tennis thread

eldanielfire wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:54 am
I'm just disapppinted she is a Spurs fan.
Word. It doesn't make sense. She won something.
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The one and only Tennis thread
Replies: 2083
Views: 169962

Re: The one and only Tennis thread

Raducanu splits from coach of 5 months: https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/61226768 When is someone going to say it - OK, I will - she's a princess. Dispensing with Richardson fresh from a unique achievement in the game was the move of an uppity narcissist. The reasons she proffered were barely credib...
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 26, 2022 3:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Grandpa wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:06 pm
I think it balances the Man City handball against Everton that wasn't given earlier in the year...
F#cking hell! Yeah, it's all about the title race. Do you remember when you weren't part of them (not long ago...)?
by mabunch78
Tue Apr 05, 2022 2:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Big money transfer tend to happen in the summer window. There are only two windows before those slags sell West Ham. So... more or less likely to cash in this summer? If Liverpool do spend big this summer... I'd really like them to go for Jude Bellingham. I don't think they'll afford Rice. That’s t...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread
Replies: 1309
Views: 82462

Re: The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread

Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges looks set to compete against some of the sport's biggest names, including five-time Olympic medallist Laura Kenny, at Saturday's National Omnium Championships in her first women's event. Bridges, 21, began hormone therapy last year as part of her gender dysphoria t...
by mabunch78
Tue Mar 29, 2022 2:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Not a new Tier 1 World Record Winning Streak!
Replies: 22
Views: 1377

Re: New Tier 1 World Record Winning Streak!

19 in a row. Congratulations England Women! Streak to be extended next week, no doubt. Simon Middleton on to back up his 2021 WR Coach of the Year award? Haven't the Black Ferns got a 24 or 25 game win streak from the 2000s? Sorry you're right, they got 24 from 2002 to 2009 (7 years to play 24 game...
by mabunch78
Tue Mar 29, 2022 1:56 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Biff
Replies: 9
Views: 829

Re: The Biff

Things I learned: - Aussies are the hair-trigger biff merchants of yore - When Aussie rugby is good, it's the best (but again, of yore...) Feel free to watch all his videos. He's done one for every country. I particularly recommend the French one for that lovely psychopathic touch. https://www.yout...
by mabunch78
Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:07 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread
Replies: 1309
Views: 82462

Re: The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread

Someone mentioned it in much greater depth earlier in the thread but for me, the sporting advantage here is essentially akin to that conferred by taking banned substances. Ample evidence suggests many biodynamic/biomechanical physiological enhancements from having taken a course of certain banned su...
by mabunch78
Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Biff
Replies: 9
Views: 829

Re: The Biff

Things I learned:

- Aussies are the hair-trigger biff merchants of yore
- When Aussie rugby is good, it's the best (but again, of yore...)
by mabunch78
Sun Mar 27, 2022 2:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Not a new Tier 1 World Record Winning Streak!
Replies: 22
Views: 1377

Not a new Tier 1 World Record Winning Streak!

19 in a row[edit], just 6 more to go...[/edit]. Congratulations England Women! Streak to be extended next week, no doubt.

Simon Middleton on to back up his 2021 WR Coach of the Year award?
by mabunch78
Tue Mar 22, 2022 3:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread
Replies: 1309
Views: 82462

The transgender sports competitors catch-all mega-thread

I'm putting this one up to bring the individual threads together and to spawn a discussion about the latest scandal, the Lia Thomas affair... Previous threads: Transgender people should have to compete as men The other Transgender competitors in sport unfairness story NZ Transgender Weightlifter Cle...
by mabunch78
Wed Mar 16, 2022 12:47 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Going nowhere. Rashford fudge off. You're so shit He’s desperate. I remember the kid who broke through in 2016. He worked harder, he had better ball skills and more of a threat. Rashford severely overrates himself. He believes he’s a PSG superstar ala Neymar, Mbappe and Messi stardom. Harvey Barnes...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 10, 2022 10:54 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

No more Chelski tops or match day tickets for the plastic fans...

https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/60688168
by mabunch78
Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rodney Marsh goooone
Replies: 19
Views: 1014

Re: Rodney Marsh goooone

One of his finest moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quJ018In8Ow Kiwi seizes fairly legitimate excuse to get the underarm in again :lol: No, Kiwi praising Rod Marsh's response. He made his disgust very clear and I applaud him now as I did then. :thumbup: I took it in the spirit intended. He wa...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377836

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

You really don’t understand Africa do you, when you talk about the fu c king weasels, who are you referring to, what picture comes to mind, I’d be fascinated to know. What does South Africa want to be, like the rest or a continental leader? And when I say "like the rest", it's worth pointing out ab...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:50 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377836

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

paddyor wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:41 am
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Live from the Maldives, from what I hear...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377836

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

You really don’t understand Africa do you, when you talk about the fu c king weasels, who are you referring to, what picture comes to mind, I’d be fascinated to know. What does South Africa want to be, like the rest or a continental leader? And when I say "like the rest", it's worth pointing out ab...
by mabunch78
Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:25 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377836

Re: War in Ukraine...Dozy possibly using alias

https://content.invisioncic.com/Mnhlcanucks/monthly_2022_03/friends.png.e67ba0aef5a1d9ef3395ed0aa3a8383c.png Nice company you're keeping South Africa, you f#cking weasels! Still, the sympathy for Rassie last year revealed that it's a nation of conspiracy theories and alternative facts so abstention...
by mabunch78
Sun Feb 27, 2022 12:24 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

They were noticeably far less intense yesterday than during the corresponding fixture last season. Something's gone stale there...
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: War in Ukraine...
Replies: 53759
Views: 2377836

Re: Russia mass military buildup on the Ukraine border

“Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.” Where do you think we in western Europe are currently on this circle? Exactly No matter what Poles opinion is the west has emboldened Russia as it appears too concerned with not...
by mabunch78
Wed Feb 23, 2022 7:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: De-Extinction - the space race of the 21st Century
Replies: 114
Views: 5181

Re: De-Extinction - the space race of the 21st Century

This tech will be a foundation block of late-stage terraforming/seeding in future.
by mabunch78
Tue Feb 22, 2022 1:56 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

On a separate note, the long-troubled ex-Oxford Utd legend, Joey Beauchamp, tragically took his life last Saturday. A million pound transfer to the Iron under Billy Bonds/Harry Redknap that lasted a few short weeks, the winger lacked the will/mental makeup to capitalise on his immense talent but un...
by mabunch78
Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:59 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Spurs... Brilliant against City and Liverpool... rubbish against everyone else. Motivational issues? Possibly. Kane tonight gave a performance of the season contender. Just single handedly ripped the best team in Europe apart. They had absolutely nothing to defend him with. Hope the thoughts that L...
by mabunch78
Sun Feb 20, 2022 1:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

English media desperate to blow smoke up Kane's arse 😂 Falling over themselves to praise his 1 good game in the last 12+ months. Where's the criticism of his dogshit form over the last year or so. If he was a foreign £100 Mil striker he'd have been crucified long ago Never saw the game and I know h...
by mabunch78
Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:58 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Gerwyn Price - two 9 darters!
Replies: 18
Views: 1363

Re: Gerwyn Price - two 9 darters!

Apparently he puts it down to his recent gym work. What is the world coming to?
by mabunch78
Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby people
Replies: 73
Views: 4328

Re: Rugby people

I notice no-one's claiming to be a born "Real Pest On The Piss", then again, who would?
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby people
Replies: 73
Views: 4328

Re: Rugby people

Kiwias wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 1:17 am As a regular 5, I never played 15.
Yeah, that's the weird one.

The centres are excellent. Pretty sure you can apply it to any England midfield in the professional era. Sometimes they swap roles...
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:24 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Rugby people
Replies: 73
Views: 4328

Rugby people

Funny from Ruck.co.uk on FB: https://scontent.fcbr1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/273971773_7843040895721369_3088286067079563954_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=kfV9_Z_T4ikAX-_I22g&_nc_ht=scontent.fcbr1-1.fna&oh=00_AT8FpFC46-NQBPzbcqOpF8DRdQfP2ML2h7Pei89h-z3Alg&oe=6211F161 Do you kn...
by mabunch78
Wed Feb 16, 2022 12:36 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

She's a fabulous skater anyway and technically so far ahead of the others... Just watched her short program routine. She is breathtaking, by far the best and most naturally artistic skater I've ever seen. This is a really sad story. But having read this, I'm hardening on it... https://www.telegraph...
by mabunch78
Tue Feb 15, 2022 1:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Trojan Horse Affair
Replies: 7
Views: 1049

The Trojan Horse Affair

Darr. Gove. Government institutions and politicians riddled with Islamophobia. And so far zero accountability for a hoax consciously promulgated by those at the top for whatever end. It's the "sexed up" WMD dossier all over again, except this time the puppeteer is most likely to have been a chippy p...
by mabunch78
Sat Feb 12, 2022 4:34 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: U20 6N 21/22
Replies: 356
Views: 21251

Re: U20 6N 21/22

tafano wrote: Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:11 pm Wow.
So proud to finally see my little Azzurrini win against England.

It means a lot, really a lot to us.

Cause we know England are better than us.

But not today
:thumbup:
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread
Replies: 45682
Views: 3013053

Re: The OFFICIAL English and European Football (soccer) thread

Can't argue with that. Spurs haven't had to cling on like that at home for a very long time. That was a pasting.
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

Why can't they help themselves? Has Murrayfield got to them that much...? Care to translate ? Read it a dozen times and can't get your gist. It's about them being talked up before they've done anything, not the best approach when countrymen and women are choking left, right and centre. The Murrayfi...
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

I'm finding Britain a bit choky at these games. Mixed doubles curling World Champs made their mistakes in the knock-out matches, in particular in the semi when ascendant and in control. World Champ Charlotte Bankes bottled it in the snowboard cross 1/4 final. Women's curlers just choked in a very f...
by mabunch78
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:14 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread
Replies: 218
Views: 12566

Re: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics thread

Terrible news for Kamila Valieva, only 15 years old but suffering from angina. https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300514797/winter-olympics--figure-skating-star-kamila-valieva-tests-positive-for-banned-heart-medication--report Sh#t, she's redefining the sport...then again, maybe that's partly how...