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finbar
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:34
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Originally posted by Havak
The big question is was Finbar’s birthday Tuesday or Wednesday?  |
All day Tuesday!
The dogs, typically, unimaginatively, gave me clothes!  Mrs finbar, typically, thoughtfully, gave me a Mont Blanc pen, one of the new ones with a fibre tip-style nib.
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But when a team loses the best lock in the world and replaces him with a young Bath chump – and the coach breaks up the best back row forward combination in the world deliberately right before we are due to face the second best combination in Paris, and then our entire front rwo seems suddenly more interested in pies than playing - I would say “disarray” fits the bill quite nicely.  |
Sounds to me like a round about way of acknowledging England were a one man team, and, without that man, they're rooted. 
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Caligastia
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Originally posted by finbar
Phil Waugh is now out of the Waratahs team with a shoulder problem. Carlos is probably back for the Blues, but Caucau is out for the season with, I think, a shoulder problem, but Rokococo is, I think, back. On balance, the Blues have the better of the injury comings and goings. |
Yes, while I like Caucau's speed and strength, I think the Blues missed Carlos more...and it's not like the Blues are short of strong, fast wingers.
Auckland and Waikato (actually Auckland and any other part of the country ) have a pretty healthy rivalry, so this will give the Blues another reason to beat the Waratahs. Losing to a team the Chiefs beat the week before is out of the question!
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Havak
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariots.
Aug 1999
time: 05:34
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Ouch – with a casual tap of the fingers Finbar condemns French journalism as Budgie bathroom fodder. 
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but you are also so idle at work that you have the time to study the profile of your fellow posters. Isn't your company looking for a native French speaker? |
We already have several but if any more positions open up I’ll let you know.
I didn’t check his profile – there was another thread coughing up the fact it was his birthday. So a belated happy birthday for Tuesday Finbar.
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Fine thank you, I think I will have a permission this week-end. Why? |
The unbounded optimimisim about Les Bleus gave away the use of pharmacology that’s all.
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These are the beverages the bartenders keep in stock for the poor strangers visiting our beautiful country. |
I had the odd bottle of wine as well. Some very odd.
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I can't tell you, I only know Toulouse's Frog and Rosbiff. |
That’s the only other genuine Frog and Rosbiff I think – the rest of the chain is ‘Frog and British Library’ and other such witty names.
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Now I can understand the importance placed in toilets... |
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Mrs finbar, typically, thoughtfully, gave me a Mont Blanc pen, one of the new ones with a fibre tip-style nib |
Tool of the trade type gifts – nice. Can’t say the dog’s gifts were surprising – looking at their own dress sense that is.
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Sounds to me like a round about way of acknowledging England were a one man team, and, without that man, they're rooted. |
I can see how it might read that way if you squint in poor light.
There’s not too much wrong – all that is needed really is to ditch all the Gloucester players and a few selected Wasps and Bath players and we will be right up there again – excepting the search to replace the skipper as that is harder.
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Basic maths:
Seven Tigers in RWC squad = world beating team.
Four Tigers in total during 6N, only two clocking serious game time = total **** up.
Lets hope Clive can do maths!
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finbar
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:34
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Originally posted by Havak
Ouch – with a casual tap of the fingers Finbar condemns French journalism as Budgie bathroom fodder. |
No, no. Only this Midi Olympique rag that Tamerlin seems to devour from cover to cover, quoting it as reporting that Australia was trying to outlaw contested scrums, yet still unable actually to cite the relevant text.
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I didn’t check his profile – there was another thread coughing up the fact it was his birthday. So a belated happy birthday for Tuesday Finbar. |
Another year younger, another year sillier!
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Can’t say the dog’s gifts were surprising – looking at their own dress sense that is. |
Pathetic individuals they are. Caught them looking up the Midi Olympique online. "If it's good enough for Tamerlin, it's good enough for us", they said. I rest my case.
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Basic maths:
Seven Tigers in RWC squad = world beating team.
Four Tigers in total during 6N, only two clocking serious game time = total **** up.
Lets hope Clive can do maths! |
Let me adjust your equation to accord with the facts:
Six so-so Tigers + one Giant Of The Game Who Carried The Other Fourteen Players = world beating team.
Team consisting of as many Tigers as you care to choose, or, in fact, of anyone you care to choose, minus Giant Of The Game Who Carried The Other Fourteen Players = total **** up.
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Havak
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariots.
Aug 1999
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I imagine a bartender sees the English supporters coming in his bar from a very long distance and prepares the bottles of wine accordingly. |
We are actually very knowledgeable about wine. We know that there is both red and white for example.
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quoting it as reporting that Australia was trying to outlaw contested scrums, yet still unable actually to cite the relevant text. |
A man after my own heart! It is very unfair of you to make us substantiate the wild unattributed quotes we make.
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Another year younger, another year sillier! |
Amen to that!
I feel Tamerlin may enjoy being compared to OESDs (albeit of noble character if limited IQ). I feel an cascade coming on?
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Team consisting of as many Tigers as you care to choose, or, in fact, of anyone you care to choose, minus Giant Of The Game Who Carried The Other Fourteen Players = total **** up. |
Further irony – that giant states in his autobiography that all the talk about the difference he made to England was ludicrous as “one man cannot make that much difference to a side”. M’Lud the jury politely disagrees.
My serious view is that the team had other world class players – Neil Back certainly, Hill when played at Six, Wilko (lest we forget) and Ben Cohen too I would say. Even Lewis Moody (watch the build up to that drop goal again and see who scares Rogers on his clearance and then takes the line out ball) although he just cannot stay fit these days.
Interestingly for Tigers trip to Newcastle on Sunday Benny Kay has been put on the bench – Louis Deacon is playing so well he is keeping Kay from starting. Deacon is a name for Englands future – wonder if he will be a ‘once in a generation player’?
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Pierre grabs an empty bottle, pops out to the WC Turc, a zip is heard to unfasten, and sixty seconds later Havak is making a mental note to post here about the oddness of French wine. |
Hmm I thought the colour of that house red was a little off!
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Caligastia
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Happy Birthday from me too Finbar. You got a thread? I didn't see it.
I never get a thread...
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finbar
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:34
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Originally posted by Havak
We are actually very knowledgeable about wine. We know that there is both red and white for example. |
Or, if you're in a hurry to get to the match, you pour one into the other and call it Havak's Rosé.
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I feel Tamerlin may enjoy being compared to OESDs (albeit of noble character if limited IQ). |
Yes, sometimes I look at Dermott and have to believe it's Tamerlin - loveable, buffoon-ish nature; prone to farting through the night; squats because he can't hold his balance when he cocks his leg; pores (or, indeed, paws) over the Midi Olympique; cultivating his own dope plants amongst my tomatoes ...
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Further irony – that giant states in his autobiography that all the talk about the difference he made to England was ludicrous as “one man cannot make that much difference to a side”. M’Lud the jury politely disagrees. |
Yeah well, add modesty to his list of achievements. It's crap, of course.
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My serious view is that the team had other world class players – Neil Back certainly, Hill when played at Six, Wilko (lest we forget) and Ben Cohen too I would say. Even Lewis Moody (watch the build up to that drop goal again and see who scares Rogers on his clearance and then takes the line out ball) although he just cannot stay fit these days. |
Back, a year or so ago, yes; Wilkinson, obviously. I'm not convinced about Cohen. Obviously talented, but he doesn't produce the goods often enough. Regardless, it's a short-ish list, only underlining J****'s import.
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Hmm I thought the colour of that house red was a little off! |
Red? Cripes, Pierre must've been on a beetroot diet.
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31-03-2004 17:35
But it's a decision that requires not only judgement but a real eye for potential, looking for players who - in terms of the next World Cup - are three years away from their best. Your suggestion a few weeks ago about blending is right - providing the experienced heads kept for the process are (a) earning their keep, and (b) the right people to teach. 
He's being tested. And is he up to it?
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