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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
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Originally posted by Caligastia
Yes, well, the Blues were without Carlos and Xavier Rush due to injury which really seemed to take the spark out of them. |
Weren't they also missing one of their wingers? Caucau? And, at one stage, Latham chased and caught their other one? Rokococo?
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Despite the scoreline I wouldn't say the Blues were destroyed. |
The Reds didn't destroy them as much as the Blues destroyed themselves with terrible handling and the lack of a game plan. They seemed lost without Carlos directing things.
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At this point I think we will be lucky to have one NZ side make it to the playoffs. If I had to guess I'd say Stormers v Waratahs for the final. Who was that who was saying the Super 12 is too predictable? |
It's hard to know what will happen. Which, after so many years of fairly predictable patterns, is a damn fine thing. The Bulls and Stormers are playing well at home. The test will be whether they can do it on the road. The test for the Waratahs will be whether they can keep their game together. They have, in the past, started wonderfully, only to fall in a hole. This is shaping as the most interesting S12 season ever.
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Caligastia
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The gap between the parties had narrowed as the election approached. What has to be remembered is that 90% of the population opposed Spanish involvement in Iraq. There were massive protests. And the government's immediate reponse to the bombings - blaming ETA, denying al-Qaeda (or whomever else), when the complexity of the atrocity was not only obviously way beyond the capacity of ETA, but also completely at odds with ETA's practices - was what tipped the scales, IMHO. The government politicised the atrocity and suffered for it. |
Whichever way you slice it, a terrorist act has affected the result of an election. That's bad news for all of us IMO.
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Caligastia
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Weren't they also missing one of their wingers? Caucau? And, at one stage, Latham chased and caught their other one? Rokococo? |
Caucau was on, and it was him that was chased down by Latham. If you saw the replay though you'd see that it wasn't so much Latham's speed that got Caucau so much as the angle they were both running. Still, well done to Latham.
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The Reds didn't destroy them as much as the Blues destroyed themselves with terrible handling and the lack of a game plan. They seemed lost without Carlos directing things. |
The new guy started off pretty well, but nerves got him in the end.
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It's hard to know what will happen. Which, after so many years of fairly predictable patterns, is a damn fine thing. The Bulls and Stormers are playing well at home. The test will be whether they can do it on the road. The test for the Waratahs will be whether they can keep their game together. They have, in the past, started wonderfully, only to fall in a hole. This is shaping as the most interesting S12 season ever. |
Who knows, maybe the Chiefs will make it to the playoffs this year.
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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
He declared no one would be picked for the six nations who would not then be prepared to tour in the summer – Martin, Jason and Neil all have young families and did not want yet another tour at the end of another long season. Therefore instead of having the veterans around to groom the youngsters brought in ahead of the summer what we have actually had is youngsters thrown straight in – a recipe for disaster. |
Fair point, but how do (or did) you see the grooming happening? Who would have played in the 6 Nations? The vets or the youngsters? Assuming you're talking about the vets' replacements.
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There are several very young locks around who age for age may be better players than he was. The problem is maintaining that consistency of form. Keep your eye out for a lad called Deacon from Tigers over the next few years – he has the potential to be a Jonno in the long run. |
Yes, but it's the J**** character, too. But, as I said, that's rare.
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Knowing who will convert potential into reality is an art form not a science?  |
If you happen to get a handle on it, let the Waratahs' brains trust know?
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Thorpe is the one who gets me – bags full of talent but always falling just short of the mark… |
Temperament seems to be his big problem. Tons of talent, but emotionally shaky.
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He can always play the immigrant card again as a last resort? |
You can bet he'll be looking for something like it. Interestingly, what the new Labor leader's doing is dealing in ideas - new ideas, different approaches. Making the government look old, lazy and tired. Which, after 8 years, is a perception that's hard to avoid.
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Having said that I have no problem with the centre left winning – I wish we still had a major party left of centre. |
Me too. Our only one is the minor party Greens.
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Caligastia
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Tamerlin and Havak -
I can understand your suspicion (considering what your news media tells you), but Zogby are very well respected and certainly don't have any reason to bias the poll either way.
With regard to the servicemen you spoke to, Havak, I would tend to trust the results of a poll with a wide sample of the population for accuracy more than I would the experiences of a few individuals. I have spoken with American servicemen who report positive things, but that doesn't mean their experiences are an accurate overall picture of what is going on.
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I'm not really talking about newspapers. It was the BBC broadcast in Paris that showed me it's bias.
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