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by johnstrac
Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: ITV reveal 6N punditry lineup
Replies: 76
Views: 4354

Re: ITV reveal 6N punditry lineup

iarmhiman wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:02 pm Lord Bald is to ITV 6 Nations what Alan Davies is to QI.

Guaranteed to be there every time
And to get it wrong.
by johnstrac
Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

coach pete is a legend and a hall of famer, but it was high time for a change that being said, i can see seattle struggling to rebuild for years The pieces are there but we have salary cap issues, the Jamal Adams situation especially. Not totally sold on Geno Smith but we're too good to get an earl...
by johnstrac
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Akkerman wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:21 pm about 5 years too late
Can't agree.
by johnstrac
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Pete Carroll moved sideways at the Seahawks.
by johnstrac
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Bit of a surprise about Vrabel but not totally shocked, I reckon he'll get a gig.
by johnstrac
Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Akkerman wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:29 am Is Trevor Lawrence a busted flush ?
He's been hurt to be fair, not sure he'd have played yesterday if the Division wasn't on the line.
by johnstrac
Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: What's going on with the long jump
Replies: 48
Views: 3971

Re: What's going on with the long jump

Jonathan Edwards' triple jump record is 28 years old now.
by johnstrac
Mon Jan 01, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Movie advice needed
Replies: 54
Views: 4018

Re: Movie advice needed

My wife sat up last night to watch Marry Me !
FFS the clue's in the cast.
by johnstrac
Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Interesting. The NFL has admitted the referee team blew the call for the Lions/Cowboys game that disallowed a 2 pt conversion. The referee team will be downgraded and not allowed to work the playoffs. Feel bad for the Lions, they won it fair. A more cynical man than I (and there aren't many) would ...
by johnstrac
Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Movie advice needed
Replies: 54
Views: 4018

Re: Movie advice needed

Carry On Up The Jungle is on later.
by johnstrac
Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:55 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Lions got stiffed.
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:29 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross
Replies: 71
Views: 6019

Re: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross

Hang about, I thought he did a magnificent job in the movie, The Silence of the Lambs. https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1246762681/photo/world-rugby-chairman-bill-beaumont.jpg?s=594x594&w=gi&k=20&c=L8opa9ev9Ubk8DKFPSr3iLfdcbiOwIN00svDiVaMJMY= I was more thinking "How on earth does someone end up lo...
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross
Replies: 71
Views: 6019

Re: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross

The whole system is flawed, Burrow & Sinfield get CBE's for £15m worth of charity work, Michael Eavis gets a knighthood for renting out a field. Good to see adulterer Hogg get something. Tony Blackburn gets one for doing eh his job as a radio DJ. It’s almost as if it’s a load of nonsense dreamt up ...
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross
Replies: 71
Views: 6019

Re: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross

DragsterDriver wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:17 am
johnstrac wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:19 am The whole system is flawed, Burrow & Sinfield get CBE's for £15m worth of charity work, Michael Eavis gets a knighthood for renting out a field. Good to see adulterer Hogg get something.
If you wanted to be pedantic Burrow hasn't run a mile.
Oooh.
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross
Replies: 71
Views: 6019

Re: Old Fart gets a Knighthood Grand Cross

The whole system is flawed, Burrow & Sinfield get CBE's for £15m worth of charity work, Michael Eavis gets a knighthood for renting out a field. Good to see adulterer Hogg get something.
by johnstrac
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Worst outcome for me this season would be Eagles vs. Ravens, I've never warmed to those teams.
by johnstrac
Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can the scrum be saved?
Replies: 157
Views: 23497

Re: Can the scrum be saved?

Hellraiser wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 11:48 pm
Enzedder wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:27 pm Make it compulsory to be fed in the middle of the scrum - and make it compulsory for both hookers to strike for the ball. That'll depower it but make it more of a contest
This.
Hard to referee if the player tried to strike or was just crap at it.
by johnstrac
Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:41 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Can the scrum be saved?
Replies: 157
Views: 23497

Re: Can the scrum be saved?

I question the lost 5 mins per scrum statements that appear to be doing the rounds, no doubt I'll be proved wrong though.
by johnstrac
Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Merry Christmas
Replies: 40
Views: 6473

Re: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone on here.
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Football: A22 European Super League announced again!
Replies: 24
Views: 4519

Re: Football: A22 European Super League announced again!

Looks like the new super league will only have 2 clubs in it. They are desperate because the EPL has become the Super League by default. Yes, thanks to Australian American money and non English talent. The EPL is a disgrace and has ruined pro football in the UK. Not sure I get your point. The EPL h...
by johnstrac
Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SPOTY
Replies: 21
Views: 2184

Re: SPOTY

Like so many BBC offerings it's a box ticking exercise, I can't recall the last time I watched, probably G's year.
by johnstrac
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: SPOTY
Replies: 21
Views: 2184

Re: SPOTY

Josh Kerr can't get a nomination because we have to have certain categories filled instead of just an open vote by the public. The woke BBC love to tell us what we like. On a similar subject I heard women's football described as the castor oil of sports "you're forced to have it, you don't like it a...
by johnstrac
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Michelle Mone
Replies: 27
Views: 3156

Re: Michelle Mone

Frodder wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:55 pm Her face has changed......like a lot.
That's where your £60m went.
by johnstrac
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:08 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Songs that bring good or bad memories
Replies: 31
Views: 4809

Re: Songs that bring good or bad memories

Bit of a strange one but Echo Beach for me, certain things were "happening".
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup
Replies: 15
Views: 956

Re: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup

£100 per replica shirt. Of course. Personally I think this is another thing the NFL gets right, teams have a home, away and either a throwback or colour rush uniform, fans get consistency if nothing else. It's a big deal for a team to change uniform. So the NFL get it right by also having 3 differe...
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup
Replies: 15
Views: 956

Re: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup

£100 per replica shirt. Of course. Personally I think this is another thing the NFL gets right, teams have a home, away and either a throwback or colour rush uniform, fans get consistency if nothing else. It's a big deal for a team to change uniform. It's not a new concept. Just that the shirts are...
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup
Replies: 15
Views: 956

Re: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup

Hate this in all sports, why change if there's no clash ? £100 per replica shirt. Of course. Personally I think this is another thing the NFL gets right, teams have a home, away and either a throwback or colour rush uniform, fans get consistency if nothing else. It's a big deal for a team to change...
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:08 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Things you appreciate more as you get older.
Replies: 105
Views: 9178

Re: Things you appreciate more as you get older.

themaddog wrote: Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:10 am Pensions
This.
by johnstrac
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:52 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread
Replies: 112614
Views: 7574867

Re: **OFFICIAL** English Rugby Thread

Loving the gist of Ashton's comments here, I mean whatever could Arundel learn from the players at Racing that he couldn't learn being cold shouldered by england ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/67695323
by johnstrac
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup
Replies: 15
Views: 956

Re: Both Teams in Change Strips in Champions Cup

Hate this in all sports, why change if there's no clash ?
by johnstrac
Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Benjamin Zephaniah.. goooooooone...
Replies: 7
Views: 1057

Re: Benjamin Zephaniah.. goooooooone...

I really feel sorry for any poor bastard that gets a brain tumour at any age never mind 65 but he was hardly Wordsworth was he ?
by johnstrac
Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Lions Lions Lions
Replies: 61
Views: 4282

Re: Lions Lions Lions

Akkerman wrote: Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:28 pm Dirt trakers team likely, no ?
No, the Argies will take it seriously.
by johnstrac
Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:20 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

JPNZ wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 2:51 am Statement game from the 49ers today, really putting the Eagles to the sword in Philly.
Always good, I've been following the game since Channel 4 first started and I've never warmed to the Eagles.
by johnstrac
Sat Dec 02, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A lorra deaths todays
Replies: 19
Views: 1948

Re: A lorra deaths todays

Brigit Forsyth also gone (Thelma in the Likely Lads).
by johnstrac
Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:04 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: A lorra deaths todays
Replies: 19
Views: 1948

Re: A lorra deaths todays

John Byrne, Scottish playwright, artist and former partner (husband?) of Tilda Swinton went yesterday.
by johnstrac
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: People you are surprised to learn are still alive
Replies: 485
Views: 57092

Re: People you are surprised to learn are still alive

Dean Sullivan (Jimmy Corkhill) gone.
by johnstrac
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Leinsterman wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:17 pm You mean Giants v Pats? Love seeing the Pats lose again
Doh ! Half asleep.
I think I subconsciously judged the Panthers there.
by johnstrac
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:15 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NFL 2023
Replies: 281
Views: 33219

Re: NFL 2023

Thought that the Giants - Panthers had a 0-0 written all over it.
by johnstrac
Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:10 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Terry Venables Gooonnnneee.
Replies: 17
Views: 1916

Re: Terry Venables Gooonnnneee.

It's a great shame and sympathy to his family. Didn't realise he was england manager for only 23 games.