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Woddy

but The Wire... I got half way through Season 2 and gave up. I know it's good.. but it just bored me... but I wanted to give it a good go because I knew it was good... just didn't feel anything from it... maybe I waited too long, was only last year and maybe it didn't age well. You're opinion on TV...

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Antisemitism remains a deeply dangerous thing. You do realise that in 1948 the Jews simply went into Palestine and siezed by force the land that is now Israel, right? Imagine had the Germans succeeded in invading the UK in WWII, how long until you'd accept they're legitimate owners? You do realise ...

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Azlan Roar wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 2:54 pm
Petros wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 12:48 pm
Someone needs to learn how to spell judgement.

Your view = in your judgement. Then there are legal judgments. Different words, different spellings.

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Are you not white/English/gammon? I'm not white :lol: But not black so I think you still have to accept Anon’s perspective on this yikes. Duff is pulling edls chain I'm not sure he is. I may well be wrong, but it appears his perception was that EDL would not have a valid view unless he were of a pa...

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I'd like to see a midfield of Biggar(10), Henshaw(12), Harris(13). They would be neat & tidy and wouldn't let anyone down - whilst also being capable of shipping the ball to he danger-men outside If Farrell gets selected at 10 or 12 - we'll just get bogged down and swallowed by the Saffas Agreed, w...

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It's going to be tough enough beating the Boks as it is. There is no need to handicap ourselves further by giving Farrell any leadership role on the field. Don't mind him holding tacklebags though. If he pays enough attention, he might notice what the others are doing with their arms. Ford should be...

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I reckon Aki and Henshaw will be the test combination. Daly is also a complete nonsense. I really feel for Slade who is a class player but I can understand Gatland's idea of having a physical crash ball option at centre against the Boks It's amazing that NH rugby people still don't get how the Bok ...

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I reckon the way forward is to monetise the situation with one of the good cvnt Kiwi lawyers on this thread. No brainer, and everyone gets paid (hopefully). No kids, so won't comment on that front, but the rough stat that 50% of marriages end in divorce seems way higher on this fred (adverse select...

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Who are likely standby players and who will be the first call up? LH: Healy HK: ?? TH: Sinckler LK: Ryan Backrow: Navidi? 9: ?? 10: Sexton/Ford Wing: May/Stockdale Centre: Slade/Ringrose Fullback: Keenan Pro14 is effectively a development comp at the minute given the changes to the rainbow cup so y...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 12:59 pm
Woddy wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 12:57 pm Big, bad surprises for me: Aki, Daly, Hill, Lawes, Conan, not Sinkler, not Navidi.

Disappointed by: Farrell, no Gray, no May.

100%

I don't get this squad at all

and also disappointed by no Slade. Do we have a single ball-playing centre? Farrell doesn't count.

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Big, bad surprises for me: Aki, Daly, Hill, Lawes, Conan, not Sinkler, not Navidi.

Disappointed by: Farrell, no Gray, no May.

That leaked sqaud was pish!

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If that's the squad, Ryan's a lucky boy but I'm delighted to see Gray in there. Henderson should be on the plane. On the England boys, I'm gutted May's not there (for whatever reason) as, on form, he's fantastic in the air which is important against the Boks and has that X-factor ball in hand. Was i...

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Curry’s played for England across all 3 positions. Playing him at 8 was a pretty daft idea though Quite agree when you have proper 8s available. As semi-emergency cover, he'd do; same as Navidi, who is class as well. Then so are Richie and Wainwright in my view. Serious strength at 6 & 7 we have in...

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Curry’s played for England across all 3 positions.

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My 2c Woddy's point is spot on - a good lawyer is very important - not just technically good, but one who is focussed on what is best for you, not just on earning their cash. These cases have potential to be a shit fight where the more it escalates the better it is for each lawyer and the worse for...

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Having been through this 1. Get a lawyer 2. Listen to your lawyer. Don’t try be the good guy as he will regret it later . Wife will be trying to her what she can from Him 3. Move back into the house until divorce or separation agreement in place. Giving up his home will hurt him in the negotiations...

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Mick you are a fúcking weirdo, this is a thread about football, wtf does that have to do with the Democrats ffs. God alone knows how your brain works. Guess he's emphasising how things can change, as the Democrats are currently the Jedi and the Republicans are the Empire. Apart from Franco being de...

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There are far too many sons of players in ruggers. Cricket (in England at any rate) has the same problem. It's a classic sign of a narrow gene/talent pool and a corresponding lack of access to the finest physical specimens. You get barely any sons of pro soccer players who also make it as a pro, be...

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towny wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:22 pm Greenwich
Hayden
Lara
Richards (c)
Kohli
Gilchrist
Imran
Warne
Marshall
Lillee
Ambrose

Wouldn't even need talent - the vibe alone would thrash the fark out of the 4th XI's you clowns are posting.

I agree that's better but most are pre-21st C which (in my own head) i took to be "Modern Era".

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My personal 21st C XI: Cook Sangakarra [had to put him somewhere] Ponting Smith Dravid Kallis Gilchrist Warne Bond Anderson McGrath Many more Aussies than I'd like ideally, and can't quite decide who my favourite proper-quick would be. Went with Bond by extrapolating a short career into a long one....

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My personal 21st C XI:

Cook
Sangakarra [had to put him somewhere]
Ponting
Smith
Dravid
Kallis
Gilchrist
Warne
Bond
Anderson
McGrath

Many more Aussies than I'd like ideally, and can't quite decide who my favourite proper-quick would be. Went with Bond by extrapolating a short career into a long one.

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The English Youngs bros' dad played for England.

Think Lozowski's dad might have got an England cap.

Jacob Umaga is getting there, son of The Legend.

Famous French combos are Camberabero and Skrela.

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Interesting Trivia fact, wonder who the last one was. Strange article though, spent half the time talking about Islamic extremism in the area, despite the fact that FACT are garden variety rebels that have fought ISIS in the past It's a loose definition, but going through Wiki's list of killed head...

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Ah, you need to take a day off from being an idiot, at least read wiki properly. Short version of events is: They were neutral initially Sided with axis as politically ussr was grabbing the bits of greater Romania back and France and UK were in no position to help. A rather large and decent German ...

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Just as a background to the thread. Anyone expect that many Chinese deaths? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/World_War_II_Casualties2.svg/1280px-World_War_II_Casualties2.svg.png Yep, the Japanese were not great occupiers. I think those numbers must reflect a longer period o...

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Well played Ireland. Destroyed us.

England did not help themselves - got on the wrong side of the ref. Robson showing he’s a better distributor from fly-half than Farrell.

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Of those I've seen play "live":

1. Popplewell
2. Wood
3. Claw
4. Davidson
5. Madeyes
6. Ferris
7. SO'B
8. Axel
9. Stringer
10. Humph
11. Bowe
12. Henderson
13. BOD
14. Geoghegan
15. Kearney

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guy smiley wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:46 pm Woddy, I think your query is answered in the wording of the Law specifying that if the ball doesn’t travel 15m players must return to their onside positions. That suggest pretty clearly that once the ball leaves the hands it’s on.

Good point!

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Interesting. "Once the ball has been thrown in ...". That can be read two ways: 1. Once the ball leaves the thrower's hands; or 2. Once the throw has been completed. The second reading means you wait until the "throw" section of the line-out (when the ref has his hand up) is over, which would accord...

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There are a couple in that Youtube selection that you could argue where not immediate, with the "blocker" 5m or more away from the kicker. The ball got to them pretty quickly, but not immediately.

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Curry and Slade have both made low, one-handed charge-downs in the recent past when I'm not even certain that the ball was being kicked up rather than along.

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Dear Mods Is it possible to lock the top 3 or 4 contributors to this thread into it for perpetuity? They could then knock each out to their hearts' content without infecting other threads and making them unreadable. It might bring back many of the posters from the NW of Europe who have sloped off as...

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That call against Itoje was ridiculous (in the real world) because Itoje was still in the act of tackling when he ripped the ball. Both players were still falling rather than on the ground (again, in the real world). I agree with the comment above that it appeared that the ref was looking for a tec...

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That call against Itoje was ridiculous (in the real world) because Itoje was still in the act of tackling when he ripped the ball. Both players were still falling rather than on the ground (again, in the real world). I agree with the comment above that it appeared that the ref was looking for a tech...

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For my education, what is the correct way of saying Ioane? Re Morris, does he himself not pronounce it Dow-wee? Not when he was going to school in Crickhowell he wasn’t. He may just have given in. My friend has a son called Lewys, which rhymes with Ferris, at least vowel wise. When he came back fro...

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For my education, what is the correct way of saying Ioane?

Re Morris, does he himself not pronounce it Dow-wee?

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Potential foul play aside, Jonny May is a phenomenal athlete and I think under-rated too. He surely has to at least be in the discussion for best winger in world rugby right now. As long as he doesn't have to use his brain, he's among the most potent wings playing. You can see it all go wrong when ...

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In terms of dangerous play, my pet peeve is players purposely trying to jump over other players to field an up and under (box kick). It’s a win / win strategy. Either you catch the ball safely, and have the ball, or you fall over the other player contesting the ball and dangerously fall on your hea...

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In the first one they won the Battle of Britain after teaching the stodgy Brits how to Dogfight In the second they rescue a nuclear scientist from the Germans but half way through the Russians become the baddies. Good stuff "Taught them how to dogfight" is probably overselling it, but weren't the P...

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Recently saw a couple of Polish war movies on Netflix. Both recent but 50s level propaganda. Classic. Please elaborate? What was/is the Polish view of those things (outside of the obvious our-lads-did-well)? In the first one they won the Battle of Britain after teaching the stodgy Brits how to Dogf...

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