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  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    You were clearly cheesed off for a BRIEf moment .....

    Implicate - Intimidate*

    * - who wouldn’t be with cheese flying around...
     
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    <laugh>

    Intimidate - Inebriate
     
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    The assailant probably was

    Inebriate - Intoxicate
     
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    <applause>

    He was a communist from Leicester


    Intoxicate - Illustrate
     
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    A Red Leicester <laugh><laugh><laugh> Very good Nick! <applause>

    Illustrate - Invertebrate
     
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    Thank you Taff

    Invertibrate - Insecticide
     
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    That was the joke of the year so far - and could well still be come midnight on 31/12/2020 <laugh> <cheers>

    Insecticide - Ince
     
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    Morning Nick and PH

    Good luck today - I think you will do the double, but I’m hoping for a point <cheers>

    Today’s theme is words that contain the letters MTO

    Ince - Tom*

    * - one of your players. Fitting given today’s fixture between us <cheers>
     
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    From The Telegraph:

    It has not taken long for Shaun Edwards to adapt to life in France. The gnarly son of Wigan has a new wallpaper on his phone; an intoxicating view of Mediterranean surf crashing towards shore on the Promenade des Anglais just a few metres from the team hotel in Nice.

    “Not bad is it?” said France’s new defence coach, stretching out on a hotel balcony following a vigorous morning practice session. “Training was full-on yesterday, too. Live tackling. Live rucking. Good stuff. We’ll be ready. ”

    The School of Hard Knocks has come to the Cote d’Azur. Even a few hours in the French camp persuades you that a more resolute, on-message France side awaits England in Paris next weekend, with Edwards as one of its orchestrators.

    England are well aware that the Edwards Factor could have an immediate impact, just as it did on the 53-year-old’s first assignment for Wales 12 years ago. That day, England lost 26-19, their first home defeat to Wales in 20 years. There are many who hope that his presence in the ranks of Les Bleus will yield comparable success. On a bright, blustery afternoon on the Riviera it still induces something of a double-take to see Edwards kitted out in the dark blue livery of the national team, trading greetings in French and getting a welcoming embrace from a passing Fabien Galthie. “He is our Frenchman now!” said the French head coach.

    The obvious question is how the integration of a thoroughbred northerner into Gallic bosoms has gone, but Edwards cuts it off at source.

    "How many Englishmen will we be up against in the respective coaching teams in Paris?” he said with what could have been either a menacing or a twinkling chortle. You can’t always tell the difference with Edwards. “It’s a global business, pal.”

    And Edwards is right. His presence in French colours is no mere frippery, no old boys’ reunion stunt pulled off by former Wasps’ colleague, new France manager, Raphael Ibanez. Edwards’ record is second-to-none. He has accumulated just over a half-century of winners’ medals in a career stretching back 37 years from when he was signed as a 16-year-old schoolboy for a record £35,000 fee by Wigan. You ask if he was daunted addressing his foreign charges for the first time only four days earlier. “Daunted?” snorted Edwards. “I’ve won 16 trophies, played, captained Wigan and Great Britain...”

    You get the drift. Communication will not be an issue. After all, whatever the limitations of his French vocabulary, Edwards is fluent in body language.

    His CV also speaks loud and clear. There have been three Grand Slams and four Six Nations titles with Wales alone. What was it then that attracted Edwards to the France job – the alluring backdrop, the potential of their youthful talent, the flair, the…

    “Four-and-a-half year deal on the table,” interrupts Edwards with deadpan certainty. “I’ve been negotiating contracts since I was 16 years old. You can tell when someone really wants you. I’ve got a family to support and I needed security.”

    Family is an integral part of Edwards’ life. England have twice come knocking on his door, firstly in 2006 when head coach, Andy Robinson, offered him a contract. Edwards was head coach at Wasps at the time alongside director of rugby, Ian McGeechan.

    “England were serious about it but it was only two-and-a-half years after I’d lost my brother [Billy Joe] in a car crash and my mum [Phyllis] reckoned that I still needed full-time involvement in work so as not to let my mind dwell and fester,” said Edwards. “She was right. Mind you, perhaps she was right on another count, too, as England have been through five or six coaching regimes since then. Me, I’ve only ever had two jobs in 20 years prior to this. France is my third.”

    And England one day? He does, after all, have a home in Chiswick, only 20 minutes from Twickenham, “Why not? I’m ambitious and still reckon I’ve got another 10 to 15 years to offer. But it’s not about nationality or anything like that. It’s the intensity of the experience, the big moments, that attracts me. I’m addicted to big games. That’s why I’m here.”

    Edwards has invariably been pigeon-holed as a tough-nut bruiser, beasting players to they-shall-not-pass peaks of resistance, and seen as not capable of more cerebral or broader reflections. That persona does, of course, exist but it is far from the whole picture. “Ten words of encouragement is better than one single word of criticism,” said Edwards.

    He is surprising in other ways, too, happy to chat about Catholic faith, Vatican politics and Brexit. There should be no surprise at this broader hinterland given that he once covered up the British Coal logo on his GB shirt in support of the miners during the fierce industrial dispute of the mid-eighties. “Both granddads worked down the mine as did my dad before he went to rugby league,” said Edwards. “It was like a civil war back then. It was my way of showing support.”

    Edwards’ remit is to oversee defence; "to create turnovers as, let’s be honest, the French lads are not bad counter-attacking from turnovers are they?”

    He has had French lessons and schools himself for one hour a day when he can. It helps that head coach Galthie used Edwards’ Welsh defensive system at the World Cup in Japan. “Fabien admitted it was a bit of a cut and paste job as they were without their own defence coach so he copied it. Down the years I’ve never said much on the training field, ever, even in English. Three or four instructions is all you need. Then drill, drill, drill. It’s about instilling confidence. Discipline, too. ”

    Edwards currently lives in Toulouse but is probably going to set up base in Perpignan. “I know a few Wigan lads at the Catalan Dragons. I hear it’s sunny down that way, too. I’ll have to get my Trilby on.”

    Edwards has long held French rugby in high regard, citing France scrum-half, Jacques Fouroux, known as Le Petit Napoleon in the 70s, as his type of player. “You don’t want shrinking violets at half-back. You want a cocky so-and-so who is not afraid to boss the others. ”

    There is a sense of renewal in French rugby as a new regime sets about restoring the country to its former glory.

    “And when were they at their best?” asked Edwards. “Under Bernard Laporte, when they won four titles in six years between 2002 and 2007. They did it by being disciplined with players dropped for daft penalties, by being pragmatic and clever. Then you can add the razzle-dazzle. It’s been said that French teams are lazy. From what I’ve seen already in training, nothing could be further from the truth. The big overall message here in conjunction with the Top 14 clubs is to all work together in the best interests of French rugby, not against each other.”

    Edwards is feisty as well as tender, all-consuming and driven yet also solicitous. It takes time to get to know him properly but he acknowledges that with the 2020 Six Nations championship only a matter of days away, an initial moment of reckoning is pending. His son James, 22, a good French speaker, will be on hand to pass on tips on La Marseillaise. Edwards believes in immersing himself in the customs of the community, as he did in Wales, where he returns with his new employers mid-way through the tournament.

    “What happened to me in Wales goes beyond a game of rugby,” he said. “The support the Welsh people gave me surpassed anything I’ve ever experienced, more even than my time in Wigan or as GB captain. I gave my all and they accepted me as one of their own.”

    And now it is the turn of the French. Le Petit Napoleon II is in their midst.
     
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    Morning Taff & PH

    Thank you for the compliment, praise indeed <cheers>

    A topical link <ok>

    Re today, as always, may the best team win

    Tom - Motionless**

    ** as is our defence


    Thanks for the clip re Edwards. Always thought England missed a trick with him, but he's not exactly an 'HQ' type is he?
     
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    No - he doesn’t give that impression <laugh>

    Motionless - Omitted
     
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    <laugh>
    Used to collect Glen Larson cartoons, (The Far Side etc - 1st one), like the hooker one <ok>

    Omitted - Tomorrow

    How is Sue this morning?
     
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    No improvement - if it remains the case, I will take her back to the Surgery or call the Out of Hours Doctor

    Tomorrow - Mother
     
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    Oh dear, sorry to hear that Taff, fingers crossed

    Mother - Demonstration
     
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    She was awake and coughing most of the night. I made her a cup of tea at 5.20am (yesterday it was 6am and the day before at 4.25am).

    She’s shattered!

    Demonstration - Motel
     
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    Poor lady, how are you coping??

    Damned Virus's

    Motel - Leitmotif
     
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    I’m fine - head cook, bottle washer and Matron all rolled into one <laugh>

    I’m a bit tired .... although 3 points today would wake me up <laugh>

    Leitmotif - Montana*

    * - other States are available
     
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    <laugh>

    Fair enough...they're yours

    Montana - Remote
     
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