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LLANDRE
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Literally it is two. However when someone says I'm having a couple of pints tonight I take that as a few .
Edited by LLANDRE - 16 October 2017 at 9:48pm |
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scarlet_rob
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We lost the match by gifting them two tries.
Leigh, what with returning to Toulon, would have been under more pressure than usual. He'll win us more games than he'll lose us.
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Legendinmybathroom
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Like I mentioned in the match thread, Leigh is still finding his feet. He took a brave punt joining a club that’s first thought is always to run the ball back at the opposition, bearing in mind who he’s been playing his rugby for in recent years. He is already showing signs of improvement with ball in hand, he ran a lovely line for his try yesterday (on the outside shoulder of the centre) and scored another lovely try at PYS the other week (taking an inside line off Stefan Evans).
That last kick was difficult, even for someone of Leigh’s calibre. He’s only going to get better and he’s going to win us more games than he cost us. |
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SA14
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He didn’t say a coupling of kicks. Besides. To couple means to have intercourse as well. |
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s.pimpernel
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And to be overly harsh, those two lead to an 8 point swing which effectively lost us the game. To me, he is currently a work in progress and appears to be in a similar position where Foxy was this time last year; Foxy`s contribution before Xmas (maybe even Easter) last season wasn`t poor, it just wasn`t anywhere near the level we all know he was capable of. Halfpenny will come good but I don`t think we will see the best of him till after Christmas. I`m just hoping he won`t be picked for the Autumn Internationals. A Team Wales beasting is the last thing he needs at this moment in time.
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GPR - Rochester
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That is a pretty fair summation of where Leigh is at the moment. The comparison with Foxy is also spot on. The tackle was one of those things and in all honesty I have seen Liam making a total botch of that sort of tackle as well. What is not usual is him missing both of the penalties. 99 times out of a hundred he would have nailed that first one which would have got us to 10-3 instead of a couple of minutes later being 15-0. He will get his mojo back & will prove to be one of our better signings.
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diego6754
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I agree apart from the missed kicks and the missed tackle I thought he was excellent on Sunday. Fantastic under the high ball and then made yards once he'd secured it. Picked some intelligent lines, linked well, beat a few would be tacklers. Yes a work in progress, but definitely a work in progress which is working and is working quicker than I expected. And to be fair that winger will run over the top of more than a couple of players this season and you can't fault his bravery on that one. The second missed kick; the noise, whistling, booing and jeering in the stadium was incredible, not an excuse but mitigating circumstances. Unfortunately their is no chance of him not playing for Wales this autumn, especially as it know seems that George will miss at least the first couple. A nice touch on Sunday, after the players had come over to see us Nonu and a couple of the other Toulon players came and took Leigh off for a lap and a round of applause from the Toulon crowd. Nice gesture and probably shows his standing in the team which he plays.
Edited by diego6754 - 17 October 2017 at 11:01am |
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scarletman
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Of course there is an informal definition in the Oxford English Dictionary which would support SA14's point ! (see RED highlight below)
NOUN
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OriginMiddle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate. PronunciationEdited by scarletman - 17 October 2017 at 11:03am |
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Ffidel Bennett
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Couple of points here Scarletman- 1. my middle English isn't up to scratch so I have now learned a little about the origins of the word. 2. Scarletfever is a decent, puritanical forum and your obsession with sex should only be allowed after10 o'cock watershed - Freudian slip here I'm afraid. 3. Sh*t -How many is a couple again? |
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TheKing
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Another one on one tackle directly resulting in a try missed. Poor goal kicking percentage and still offering nothing with the ball in hand.
keep the excuses coming though guys.
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GPR - Rochester
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You really are a prize prat!!!. 15 of our 20 points - no he didn't contribute anything.
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Gate12
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His technique in the tackle was awful and it's not the first time he's moved across to use his right shoulder to the detriment of his noggin, there's no getting away from that but I think he is getting much more involved in the game with us than he has for Wales for a very very long time.
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TheKing
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He's a back 3 player in the best and most prolific try scoring side in the pro 14. Ofcourse hes going to get on the end of some nice team tries and kick a fair few goals. I think if there was a prize for the pratiest reasoning, you just won it...
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TheKing
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12. Scott
11. Steff 14. Hadleigh 15. Mcnichol
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aber-fan
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As I wrote before, I remain baffled that an experienced international like 1/2p can't tackle without putting his head in front of the carrier's knees - a recipe for failure and concussion! There is no sense at all in trying to prove your bravery by such kamikaze methods - and no-one doubts his guts. He may not have been able to get enough force into the tackle even if he'd used his left shoulder, as he should have done - but he'd have avoided 10 minutes of HIA. (I remain an admirer.)
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“You cannot reason a man out of what he never reasoned himself into.” (Jonathan Swift)
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GPR - Rochester
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Divert as much as you like - your still a prize prat and this site would be far better off without you.
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