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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2019 20:40:36 GMT
I think the title says most of it, but a great game, enjoyed very much by many expats here, most of whom I took a not inconsiderable amount of money from.
The second half was great rugby.
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Post by WDB on Feb 23, 2019 23:41:25 GMT
Happy birthday and all that, but the title says more than I wanted to know. We had company this evening, so I recorded the match to watch in the morning. You’ve saved me the trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 1:04:03 GMT
Sorry about that, didn't think.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 1:04:37 GMT
That said, it was a very good match, still worth watching IMO.
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Post by Humph on Feb 24, 2019 9:34:20 GMT
I am not naturally disposed to be fond of the Welsh, but on this occasion, I can feel an exception coming on... 😉
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Post by WDB on Feb 24, 2019 14:17:09 GMT
Watched it now. It really was a very good match.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 17:25:53 GMT
With my mother being born in Holyhead and sharing my name with Wales's greatest ever player I feel a quiet satisfaction at the result despite living in Manchester for 54 years.
When it comes to football however, I only bleed sky blue...
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Post by Alanović on Feb 25, 2019 8:51:21 GMT
I am not naturally disposed to be fond of the Welsh, but on this occasion, I can feel an exception coming on... 😉 Don't worry, it'll pass in a couple of weeks when they arrive at Murrayfield to hand our lot their arses. I'll be there to witness it, with 2 Welsh blokes. Sigh. At least there will be plenty of heavy, a curry at Omar Khayyam's, and then Fingers Piano Bar afterwards.
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Post by Alanović on Feb 25, 2019 8:52:15 GMT
With my mother being born in Holyhead and sharing my name with Wales's greatest ever player I feel a quiet satisfaction at the result despite living in Manchester for 54 years. When it comes to football however, I only bleed sky blue... So how do you pronounce JPR?
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Post by tyrednexited on Feb 25, 2019 10:01:08 GMT
So how do you pronounce JPR? ...used to drink just up the road from you (The Packhorse) when he worked at RBH in the mid-70s...... As you were....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 17:34:42 GMT
With my mother being born in Holyhead and sharing my name with Wales's greatest ever player I feel a quiet satisfaction at the result despite living in Manchester for 54 years. When it comes to football however, I only bleed sky blue... So how do you pronounce JPR? That Welsh language is dreadful at mangling itself. JPR is easy, making Williams sound like Edwards is the complication.....
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Post by Alanović on Mar 18, 2019 9:42:52 GMT
Well that was a bit of a do at Twickers, wasn't it? Even my (half Maltese, half Welsh, Northumbrian born but Berkshire raised) mother, who is not given to paying any attention whatever to sport (it's silly) sent me an email about it in all capitals with exclamation marks.
Shame we didn't get the win, but keeping the trophy is nice. If only we'd been able to field our strongest team for at least a few matches this tournament. We'd have beaten Wales and England for sure, maybe we'd be the ones celebrating a Grand Slam.
Still, congratulations to Wales. Although where the hell the All Black-conquering Irish team was a day before St Patrick's Day is a mystery I don't think we'll ever solve. They had a stinker.
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Post by WDB on Mar 18, 2019 10:14:38 GMT
If only we'd been able to field our strongest team for at least a few matches this tournament. We'd have beaten Wales and England for sure, maybe we'd be the ones celebrating a Grand Slam. But isn’t that the point of a tournament — or, similarly, a league campaign? It rewards consistency and strength in depth, not just brilliance on a single day — or in a single half. Don’t forget that Scotland conceded 31 before they even looked like replying. Over five weekends, you might say Wales had one bad half (the first against France) and Scotland had one good one. It was very good, though.
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Post by Humph on Mar 18, 2019 10:34:29 GMT
Yes indeed, the second half of the England / Scotland match was gripping. I can't remember how many times in the closing minutes, of course to no avail, I shouted at the referee through the TV to "just blow the ****ing whistle !" 😬
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 12:41:08 GMT
Every person not English in the local bar was cheering that second half.
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