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JoeMangled

Some analysis on Fitzgerald's form. http://www.thescore.ie/luke-fitzgerald-ireland-analysis-1276967-Jan2014/ I can see Fitz starting on the wing but finishing most games at 13 for the 6Ns. It is too drastic to imagine O'Driscoll being dropped from the starting line up, but he will be getting 'manage...

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I would have faith in Joe, I don't think he will do sentiment tbh. I also do think there is a bit more to defence and general play then the physical stuff, communications, desire, leadership and determination to name but a few, which BOD has over, I would say nearly every one in the squad. I'm not ...

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All this talk of Ulster bringing in a place-kicking whatever. From an Ulster POV absolutely the right thing to be doing. Not helping put direct pressure on Sexton in an Irish context however and that's not good. He's cruising in France, playing mindless shite and how a player plays becomes a habit....

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BOD? Yes. Might even use the word embarrassing. Look, I doubt this is coming as any major surprise to anyone at this stage. But what does Schmidt do? There can be no place for complacency in international rugby. BOD is a legend, but he needs to be drooped for the good of the team and now is the tim...

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Best will be getting on by then. Could depend on what kind of ties Herring has to Ulster by then and how the other options are shaping up. Agreed though, really stepped up this season when needed.

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Backs look grand to me. Just in need of a solid backup for Jackson at 10. Nelson has been good enough at 15 when needed and there is still Olding to come back next season, who looks like next star of irish rugby. Props and locks. Sort that out Doc. Disagree entirely on Nelson Joe. A lot was expecte...

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Backs look grand to me. Just in need of a solid backup for Jackson at 10. Nelson has been good enough at 15 when needed and there is still Olding to come back next season, who looks like next star of irish rugby.

Props and locks. Sort that out Doc.

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Good news on Earls

Bad news on the shitty racist comment

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I think the ST number had risen to over 7000 Joe. After that I don't know. So there is 7000 gone straightaway. Sarries take 2000 at the very most and erc take 1000 again at the very most and we have 8000 left. They have said that after that though the ST holders will again be first dibs which would...

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I reckon there will be a general release sale as well. They are just understandably trying to bump ST sales as much as possible. How many ST holders are there do you know? 18,000 is a lot of tickets. Sarries may take 1000.

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Zebo and Gilroy called up to the squad. http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/international/zebo-and-gilroy-called-in-to-ireland-camp-1.1661788 While Gilroy has been quiet enough this season, he's been solid under the highball and in defence. I'd rather him than HEC Starter Dave Kearney in the team....

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Ulster XV and replacements to face Leicester Tigers, Heineken Cup, Welford Road, Saturday 18th January (kick off 18:00): J Payne, A Trimble, D Cave, L Marshall, C Gilroy, P Jackson, R Pienaar; (1-8): C Black, R Best, J Afoa, J Muller (Captain), D Tuohy, R Wilson, C Henry, N Williams; Replacements (...

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Scotland tickets arrived today

Went for upper west, got row c in the corner between west and south.

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Earl, What is Fez's current injury, and what op did he have to fix it? Is it still the knee cartilage thing, or has that been repaired? Ankle injury. Well, yes, but is it bone, muscle, ligament? Everything, probably. He's been out for 14 months now. I was close by on the prom when he rolled his ank...

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earl the beaver wrote:Paddy m you mean McAllister?

Hamstring pull, after affect of ACL surgery is it's weaker if you have the hamstring graft.

Aye. Well, that doesn't sound so bad. Feels like we've been waiting an eternity to see him playing again.

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Just keeping everything crossed for the man. It was a total ballache seeing Wally failing to make it back last year (?).

What is the story with paddy m?

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As an aside, I am completely bored titless with the welsh.

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Madigan doesn't quite have the full package yet. Missing the key games at the start of the season really hasn't helped. He wasn't that bad though, just not good enough. He'll drop to 4th in the pecking order if he's not careful. Should really be 3rd right now. Well he is already but should be there...

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BOD needs to stop being shit.
Madigan has had a poor season so far. Not a 10 you can trust.
Jackson not kicking last night was annoying.

At least Rob is looking like his old self.
JJ in to the six nations squad?

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DiscoHips D'Arcy wrote: On uafc they are saying Clancy is now reffing tonight.............. Should be entertaining

FML

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Weather seems to be pretty brutal up north at the minute.

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I feel like im taking crazy pills. That documentary was all over the place, it had no structure. It’s always interesting to listen to ROG talk, but what did we learn? Not a lot. He has phenomenal bottle, played at the top level for a long long time and is a selfish prick that plays for himself. We k...

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earl the beaver wrote:9 wins in a row and the turnips are trying to put themselves as massive underdogs, you couldn't write this script.

Not to mention their constant filthy off the ball antics and then running to the ref when they get a slight shoeing.

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No Muller? Goodluck. Good game Munster, well done. Just dont injure Henderson on his first game back please lads.

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Munster team for tomorrow Jones;Conway,Laulala,Dineen,R O’Mahony;Keatley,Sheridan;Kilcoyne, Varley,Archer;Don O’Callaghan,POC,POM Capt.,TOD,Coughlan Duncan Casey, John Ryan, BJ Botha, Dave Foley, CJ Stander, Duncan Williams, Johnny Holland, Johne Murphy Aside from Archer that looks like a hell of a...

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ah lads. is this a new low?

anyone else already drinking to dull the pain of going back to work?

f**king ulster. f**king leinster. f**king christmas games. is paulie on his way to ravenhill on friday?

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this is mental.

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jays, you can see nothing from the stand. hopefully not so bad pitch level.

proper rugby weather.

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dummy runs all over the show and pretend you have the ball to confuse them.

i'll take 4 points all day long.

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match is still on.

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Have to say, agree with a lot of that. If all their fans gave as much of a shit about the regions as they claim to now then they wouldn't have suffered so much of a player drain and be in the shitty situation they are now. The notion that playing English sides will magically fix all these problems ...

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DiscoHips D'Arcy wrote:Ulster/treviso now a sellout.

fudge me, Bowe out for 4-6 weeks!

We have fudge all players in the Ireland 23 and manage to lose 2/3 of them!

Turning into another bollocks of a season with injuries.

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Jesus, those prices

I'm already on the muesli for lunch in an attempt to save up for a couple of 6 Nations tickets.

don't bite earl.

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Analysis of the last minute by Murray Kinsella. http://www.thescore.ie/analysis-ireland-all-blacks-1191120-Nov2013/ Decent analysis IMO. There was that horrible mixture of fatigue; minds going and lack of trust in the guys around you which can happen with a new coach/players. We saw the latter quit...

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Best out for 6-8 weeks on uafc.

Thanks for breaking him and Henry Ireland, ye shitehawkes.

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Hang on, Munster Played 8 Won 7?

What the fudge? You bumholes were supposed to be crap this year.

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Lads, giving them a peno in their own 22 shouldnt have won them the game. Don't intend on watching the match again, but i thought Nige had a good game. He let plenty go in the rucks, and i thought he let us away with about 3 knock ons in the first half. It was a brilliant game to watch. When it look...

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Hell of a game. Shame we have to wait until February to see how they back it up. I don't think it can be physically and mentally possible to play with that level of intensity in every single game you play. Poor sods must be shattered beyond reason after that. Frankly, that was astonishing play from ...

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Gabby Logan kept calling him Peter O'Mahoney today, like he was from Police Academy.

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O'Mahony has bulked up a decent bit over the last 12 months. I really like him. He gets stuck in and will take responsibility. He didnt have a great game last week, but very few did. Tomorrow, fudge knows. If they play anything like they did last week then we can f**king well forget about it. We nee...

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