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Mog The Almighty

That incident with George North was faintly amusing but I hope you're not resting your case on it. I wonder if the few NHers that I predicted would have a little cry also (as I predicted) do not watch Super rugby? Not that it has anything to do with his skills but Brown also comes across a bit of fu...

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Coaches say all sorts especially in the lead up to a game. Was it just before a game Brown was actually playing in by any chance?

This season Izzy has really set himself apart. Averaging 2 tries a game in an average side.

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Maybe better in the air, but Brown outdid Kearney in the air in the 6N which isn't easy. He also did far more damage in the Eng vs Aus game than the other way round, including a beauty of an up and under where he caught the ball over Genia's head. I don't think there's another FB out there at the m...

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Maybe better in the air, but Brown outdid Kearney in the air in the 6N which isn't easy. He also did far more damage in the Eng vs Aus game than the other way round, including a beauty of an up and under where he caught the ball over Genia's head. I don't think there's another FB out there at the m...

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His kicking game is non-existent What??? He has a fantastic boot. Just because he doesn't kick the ball away willy nilly means nothing. He's a former AFL player. No, he is a terrible kicker for a fullback. Directionless and lacks distance. He failed as an AFL player because he couldn't kick. Well I...

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CrazyIslander wrote:Izzy has a kicking game but compared to do some like Daggs, its not as good.

Granted. He's still the best 15 around by some distance.

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SFBB wrote:His kicking game is non-existent

What???

He has a fantastic boot. Just because he doesn't kick the ball away willy nilly means nothing. He's a former AFL player.

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HC sorry.

Fair points on Brown and Dagg. Halfpenny is also an excellent goal kicker which is handy.

But Iz is the best under the high ball, has a huge boot, he's the tallest and biggest of them and he's the best as a support runner coming from behind the line. Pure fullback.

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Raggs wrote:Don't worry, he'll get a few more chances to be outplayed by Mike Brown over the next 18 months.

I'd but Brown a distant 2nd to Izzy. I do watch the HK. Comes across a f**king dick but he is an excellent player. Iz though is as a pure a 15 you could get and simply on another level.

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Is that Leigh Halfpenny there? Very impressive but I'm talking about rugby.

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... is there any poster here who thinks he's not the best 15 in the game and also the best 15 in recent memory?

I expect maybe some NHers who don't watch Super rugby. But anyone who knows remotely what they're talking about?

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There are plenty of movies on alcoholism and alcoholics. Which is your favourite? Mine is Crazy Heart, with Jeff Bridges It captures the sense of hopelessness, desperation, emptiness against the fervent wish to straighten out in the last terrible period +1 for Crazy Heart. Awesome soundtrack too.

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I had my usual last night. Four pints of mid-strength beer throughout the evening and a glass of wine with dinner. Was about to pour myself a whisky while watching Game of Thrones and thought, "nah I'll have a decaf coffee and a pint of water instead". There's my small victory. ha! :twisted: :roll:...

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Nobody. Just taking the piss for a giggle.

Please carry on in bewildered astonishment.

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And still not a single shred of wreckage or credible evidence has been discovered. Unbelievable. Looking at the picture above your post, they've searched an area the size of Australia, for a month. Even if there was any floating wreckage (and there's no guarantee of that), what on earth makes you t...

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What a f**king impressive character, seriously.

His girlfriend, Zoe, used to live in the apartment above mine and he'd come past quite a lot. Never said much to him except for "hello" but he seemed like a reasonable type of bloke from what I could tell.

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Scandinavian stereotypes according to Scandinavians.

Not sure what's going on with the Finns (Finnish?) or the Norwegian woman.

To me they all (including the Danes, Finns and Norwegians) look like the Swedish male and the Icelandic female in the above.

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Made you look.

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I had my usual last night. Four pints of mid-strength beer throughout the evening and a glass of wine with dinner. Was about to pour myself a whisky while watching Game of Thrones and thought, "nah I'll have a decaf coffee and a pint of water instead". There's my small victory. ha!

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I think there's FAR too much excuse-making for dangerous play in rugby. What does it matter if the players eyes are on the ball? What does it even matter if he's jumping for the ball? Does it say in the laws that it's okay to hit a player in the air "if your eyes are on the ball"? I doubt it. It may...

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I read somewhere ... don't quote me ... that the average Londoner a few hundred years ago took in five litres of beer a day . Five f**king litres. And that's the average and includes women and children. The reason being that cities water supply was undrinkable. Fermented drinks were simply a way of ...

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You CAN have a great night out with out getting shit faced. The thing is with people who can't handle it is they wish that everyone who drinks gets plastered and embarrases themselves. That's how they were and think that's the norm. Sorry guys but there comes a time to say stop I've had enough and ...

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You CAN have a great night out with out getting shit faced. The thing is with people who can't handle it is they wish that everyone who drinks gets plastered and embarrases themselves. That's how they were and think that's the norm. Sorry guys but there comes a time to say stop I've had enough and ...

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I like Billy Connelly's explanation for why he quit drinking, "I had my share all at once". If I ever quit completely, that will be the reasoning I give. Poking a bit of fun at yourself. Nothing to be ashamed of.

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You CAN have a great night out with out getting shit faced. The thing is with people who can't handle it is they wish that everyone who drinks gets plastered and embarrases themselves. That's how they were and think that's the norm. Sorry guys but there comes a time to say stop I've had enough and ...

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Rocketz wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
jrp wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
jrp wrote:Mog needs to give up the roids before the booze.
wtf?
Sorry, was it your previous login that was the roider?
I've been vocally anti-roids with both my logins.
Mog we should catch up for a game at the Dubliner

You live in Sweden? Sure, anytime. I'll drink beer though ... fair warning.

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jrp wrote:
Mog The Almighty wrote:
jrp wrote:Mog needs to give up the roids before the booze.
wtf?
Sorry, was it your previous login that was the roider?

I've been vocally anti-roids with both my logins.

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Milestone Report Sitting at an airport terminal right now and a colleague just went to the bistro and bought back a bottle of red..... and poured for me by default.... I actually said NO!!! WOOOOOOOT!!!! There is a stunned silence around our table now! Lots of explaining going on..... I am not maki...

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You will still pull totty even if you don't drink Never tried although anything is possible. I know last Saturday night I probably would have pulled the hottest girl I've pulled for many, many years if I wasn't drinking. Or at-least if I wasn't quite so shit-faced. She was sitting on the fence whet...

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jrp wrote:Mog needs to give up the roids before the booze.

wtf?

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You will still pull totty even if you don't drink Never tried although anything is possible. I know last Saturday night I probably would have pulled the hottest girl I've pulled for many, many years if I wasn't drinking. Or at-least if I wasn't quite so shit-faced. She was sitting on the fence whet...

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how do you end up in Sweden if not there for a woman ? Long story ... one that I'm getting sick of re-telling (had to explain it every time I meet someone new). I'll give you the short version. It is sort-of woman related. One of my old girlfriends was Swedish. Made a lot of Swedish friends back ho...

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Mog, one of the dangers in giving up alcohol is that you begin to come over all American, and believe that you can recognise the warning signs in other people's drinking habits. I have to work hard at not being judgemental, but I'd suggest that there are enough warning bells going off around your d...

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Mog you're an Aussie for Christ sake. Thank God! I thought I was helping an Irishman and it was confusing me... :shock: Speaking of booze and Irishman ... living there I literally had to dodge vomit on the streets on my way to work in the morning. Only place I've lived where it's not unusual to see...

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Mog you're an Aussie for Christ sake. Man up and stop worrying about a couple of brews. Haha. That's what I think often too ... but that's the insidious nature of booze addiction. I actually get quite a buzz out of shocking the very straight-up-and-down Swedes by playing up as the big drinking Auss...

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How old are you? 36. I would say that you are on the thin red line and can go either way but I doubt (and I might be completely wrong) there is no way you will be able to maintain this for another 3 to 5 years without going either way. More or less but 15 beers 5 nightcaps 2 blinders per week Thats...

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I'll have say 4 pints of 3.5% beer and a glass of wine. 2 nights I'll have a glass of whisky. One night out would be more like 12 or 13 pints. One night in might be 6-7 pints of 3.5% beer. Sunday maybe 4-5 pints of 3.5% beer. Averaged out maybe one booze free day a week. 3.5% crops up a lot in your...

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The main effect it has on my quality of life I think is my fitness. Mainly meaning it's hard to keep from being at least a little soft around the waistline while drinking a substantial amount. I have been there. I took a decision a while back based on that I wanted to one day be able to have beer w...

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How old are you? 36. I would say that you are on the thin red line and can go either way but I doubt (and I might be completely wrong) there is no way you will be able to maintain this for another 3 to 5 years without going either way. More or less but 15 beers 5 nightcaps 2 blinders per week Thats...

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Malahide Mullet wrote:Alot of quitters and softcocks on this thread.

I'm not a quitter.

(yet)

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