So... the rugby....

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

To borrow someone else's phrase for a minute, "I don't know anything about rubgy".

 

But I get the feeling that from being pre-tournament favourites, we're probably going to lose on Sunday.

 

France looked pretty hot against Ireland, and I've yet to see anything from our boys to suggest we're world class.

 

But what do I know?

 

Can someone who does, please fill me in??

 

Ta.

 

 

[ESG]

all depends if you stop the french from running with the ball coz england will undoubtably score 6 zillion pts from penalties

 

 

sky sports 6.00 saturday the next instalment of quality rugby ...

[BFR]

Problem is the french boys have got a kicker who is on better form than Jonny Wilks. I don't think we can afford to play this game defensively

[GHA EFM]

Zeal. If we play as well as we are capable, we can win. Quite simple, really. But France are quality.

[The one & only BigRon,EFM]

Anyway - what's the point of playing a 'sport' when your not sure how the ball is going to bounce?

How can you have a world cup when 99% of the world aren't there.

Waste of time. Watch football.

[BFR]

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The one & only BigRon,EFM said:
what's the point of playing a 'sport' when your not sure how the ball is going to bounce? Watch football.

I refer you to the Stan Collymore wonder goal scored againt Tottenham when the amazing Anfield divot made Ian Walker look even more of a tit than usual

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

It was at White Hart Lane - I was at that game!!

 

 

[GHA EFM]

bfr. Tim Flowers was in goal for that one. And it wasn't against Spurs, was it?

[BFR]

It happened twice in the same season GHA. You're probably right about the other one being Flowers

[SteveP]

I remember going to WHL and seeing us draw 3-3 with the pool, there were no keeping errors but the amount of times we lost the lead really p1ssed me off..

 

God it's hard being a spurs fan.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

I was at that game too, SteveP. Great entertainment. For the neutral!!

 

I remember several 3-3 draws with Everton during the '90s too!

 

 

[GHA EFM]

Collymore shot, rolled along floor, at Anfield, bounced up and over Tim Flowers shoulder. Happened to Nigel Martyn fairly recently as well. I lay the blame for 6 of the Farnborough rezzie goals on the pitch as well. The other was a defensive mix-up when Brew tried to pull off a 'one-two.' Bit too complicated for that level, Brew, sort of getting ahead of yourself. Alright, Keith Dublin was in your pocket but a 'one-two?!?!'

[SteveP]

I was at a 3-3 draw with Everton, when Jeff Minton scored for Spurs, Gazza said his goodbyes on the pre-match excercises and it was the last time I stood at a spurs game in the Paxton Rd End.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Yes, I was at that one. I have a feeling it was Minton's debut?

 

 

[SteveP]

I think so, he had a very short career with us.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

While you're here, rebel, I remember a 3-3 draw with Slough too. We were bloody 3-0 and cruising our way back to the top of the league (98-99 season) and we threw it all away. The equaliser came in the last minute. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

 

 

[BFR]

sadly I missed out on that game as I was dodging the soap myself back then.

I stand corrected GHA, it was Flowers beaten by Collymore, but in the same season McManaman made Walker sit in his box and laugh like a girl thanks to another friendly divot

[SteveP]

I'll never forget a 5-5 draw we had at home to Hitchin, we equalised at the death, it was a hell of a game, one of the defences seemed a little too open for my liking.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Talking of comebacks, SteveP, were you at the game at Chesham at the start of the 99/00 season, when you were 3-1 up with eight minutes to go, only for us to go and win it 4-3? I think that was my last visit to Chesham.

 

Always seems to be a reason I can't make the Chesham game, be it weddings, funerals or simply bed-ridden with a hangover.

 

 

[GHA EFM]

What do I win?

 

So Zeal, you getting into the whole 'rugby' idea then? Man's game, you see.