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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by The Ides of March, Oct 24, 2016.

  1. fran-MLs little camera

    fran-MLs little camera Well-Known Member

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    My selection process for watching the Olympics is....has GB got a chance of a medal? Luckily this method produces a wide choice of events. :) I love the Olympics for introducing me to events that otherwise you would rarely see or, in the case of sailing for instance, sports hard to follow without lots of camera coverage.
     
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  2. tomw24

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    Come on England, win today and the Grand Slam is there for the taking!
     
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  3. ChilcoSaint

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    Great try by Curry, Wales decided not to close the gap. 3-10.
     
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  4. tomw24

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    Garbage. Absolute garbage from England.
     
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  5. Saints_Alive

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    Jeez, this is like Saints v Cardiff all over again....
     
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  6. ChilcoSaint

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    Terrible tactics by England, why persist with a kicking game when Liam Williams was catching everything? Youngs and Farrell awful.
     
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  7. The Ides of March

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    The biggest threat to NZ not winning the World Cup again will come from themselves for being too cocky,

    I was talking with an England supporter in the Lennox bar here in Palma and he thought that NZ put on the greatest show of rugby in the final in 2015. To compare that spectacle with the ordinariness served up by Engand and Wlaes tonight, and you are watching two different games.
     
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    That’s what happens when you get 2 sides of equivalent firepower playing each other. The AB’s have served up some filth themselves when they play a side who cancel them out.
     
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  9. The Ides of March

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    I think they feel their biggest threats come from SA, Oz and England.
     
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    Ireland and Wales are ranked higher than SA and Australia as well as England.
     
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    That may be the case, but when it comes to the business end of the WC, I will be very surprised to see either of them there. I hope I am wrong as I love the Irish and Welsh.
     
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    And Spurs and Portsmouth :emoticon-0110-tongu
     
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  13. The Ides of March

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    You forgot Sevilla!!! Seriously, thinking I need to go and see Real Mallorca play. After all, they are here on the island.
     
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    Just seen the news regarding the Foxes sacking Puel. Seems to be a reoccuring theme. Feel sad for him, but has been on a terrible run.
     
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  15. fran-MLs little camera

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    I'm sure he'd rather be a successful manager, but I could live happily with his payouts. Failing at being a football manager can be a good career. Be good enough to get a job...then earn good money or get paid off. Win, win.
     
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  16. fran-MLs little camera

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    In women's 6 nations, England lead Wales by 29-5 at HT
     
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  17. fran-MLs little camera

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    Finished 12-51 to England.
     
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  18. SaintinSerbia

    SaintinSerbia Annoying Twat

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    oh come on, transforming from a man to a woman is obviously going to give you an advantage in women's sports. I'm all for equal rights no matter what your sex, race or sexual orientation but the abuse being given to women who say it's unfair for an (ex)man to race in a woman's race is also unfair. https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/47428951
     
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  19. fran-MLs little camera

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    Totally agree...unfair for someone who has the physical advantage of growing up as a man to enter a women's competition.
     
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