Toulouse v Tigers

by Portnoy's Complaint Mon 08 Oct 2012, 8:23 am

First topic message reminder :

What Leicester will need all available ooomph up front to confront the opposition.

And therein lies the problem with Croft, Parling, Salvi, Newby etc. all doing bit-parts in Casualty, you'd have to say the Tigers' chances are slim to say the least.

All that without the knowledge that Owens is the ref. Crying or Very sad

An LBP would be an outstanding performance.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:07 pm

Cumbrian wrote:Leicester have to get Manu on the ball much more in this half.

yeah we don't seem to have created much, Toulouse are very quick off the line

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:08 pm

another poor decision...

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:10 pm

Toulouse kicking to us too much, we need to make sure ours are better back.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:11 pm

what the hell is Barnes on about, nearly every clearing of the rucks are like that now a days.

by **rodders** Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:15 pm

Taxi for Youngs!

by Cumbrian Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:15 pm

Ben Youngs man! Needed a cooler head.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:16 pm

eeks, this could be down hill for us now.

by ME-109 Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:21 pm

Yellow card there but Nigel being nice to the tigers.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:22 pm

eeeeeeeeek!!

by Cumbrian Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:22 pm

Realistically, I reckon Tigers are after the losing bonus point now.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:23 pm

Owens is having a shocker. He has no idea what is going on in the scrum or at the breakdown. He's now letting the crowd ref and just ticking boxes.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:23 pm

clearly went backwards.

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:24 pm

Cracks me up how the tigers fans dominating this thread have made hardly any mention of the fantastic finish by the Tolouse 12 for their try. Swept that one under the carpet eh boys? CMON TOLOUSE!!!

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:24 pm

how is that not penalty at the scrum, he went straight down.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:25 pm

Owens is having a shocker. He has no idea what is going on in the scrum or at the breakdown. He's now letting the crowd ref and just ticking boxes.

by **rodders** Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:25 pm

nathan wrote:clearly went backwards.

If you were watching it whilst doing a headstand maybe..... Whistle

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:26 pm

tatterd wrote:Cracks me up how the tigers fans dominating this thread have made hardly any mention of the fantastic finish by the Tolouse 12 for their try. Swept that one under the carpet eh boys? CMON TOLOUSE!!!

you clearly have issues reading then, it cracks me up!

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:26 pm

formerly known as Sam wrote:Owens is having a shocker. He has no idea what is going on in the scrum or at the breakdown. He's now letting the crowd ref and just ticking boxes.

...........its always the welsh that moan about the ref though..............

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:26 pm

rodders wrote:
nathan wrote:clearly went backwards.

If you were watching it whilst doing a headstand maybe.....

how did you guess! :p

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:27 pm

come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:27 pm

well done Ben Smile

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:28 pm

Johnson stands up and Tolouse get the penalty. Told you Owens had lost the plot.

Cracks me up how the tigers fans dominating this thread have made hardly any mention of the fantastic finish by the Tolouse 12 for their try. Swept that one under the carpet eh boys?

What's there to say, It's a nice kick and then just a pacey finish. From a Tigers point of view It's a gift from sloppy handling.

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:29 pm

nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM

you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance

by red_stag Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:30 pm

He is a serious talent that Toulouse #12 - Gaël Fickou

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:31 pm

tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance

You really do give the Welsh fans a bad name you know. You come on here with one thing on the mind, to WUM.

by red_stag Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:31 pm

Nathan - unless you alert a moderator they will never address it. How would they know otherwise. For what its worth I dont see how tatterd is wumming you in the slightest.

by Cumbrian Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:34 pm

If we are going to moderate people for being one sided in their views, we might as well close this site down because there will never be any threads!

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:34 pm

nathan wrote:
tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance

You really do give the Welsh fans a bad name you know. You come on here with one thing on the mind, to WUM.

Not true. Just trying to balance up the thread a little - I happen to think Toulouse are the better team so far. This would never come across otherwise, it is getting lost amongst the continual complaints against the ref from tigers fans

by red_stag Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:35 pm

Cumbrian wrote:If we are going to moderate people for being one sided in their views, we might as well close this site down because there will never be any threads!

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:37 pm

tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:
tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance

You really do give the Welsh fans a bad name you know. You come on here with one thing on the mind, to WUM.
Not true. Just trying to balance up the thread a little - I happen to think Toulouse are the better team so far. This would never come across otherwise, it is getting lost amongst the continual complaints against the ref from tigers fans

So because we haven't continually said that Toulouse have been the better team none of us think it? I'm sure Toulouse fans are moaning about the ref too!

by ME-109 Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:37 pm

Seems when Tigers scrum legally they are getting stuffed.

by ME-109 Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:37 pm

Not surprised the Toulouse fans are moaning about the ref...Leicester are so offside..

by ME-109 Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:38 pm

That was complete rubbish by Nigel...

by **Biltong** Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:39 pm

tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance

Tatterd, when I read back on your comments it is clear you are more interested in antagonising posters, best behave now, thank you.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:39 pm

DOD wrote:Seems when Tigers scrum legally they are getting stuffed.

well there winning penalties from them and you guys have pretty much just told us the ref is right so you must be wrong.

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:40 pm

crooked lineout actually spotted shocker!

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:41 pm

Seems when Tigers scrum legally they are getting stuffed

In the first 50 Tolouse were stuffed at every scrum to the point where Johnson was standing up or dropping it every time. Owens had his melt down so Cockers changed the props but Cole going off has weakened the scrum so we have lost the upper hand.

Nice kick on Ben Youngs face by the Tolouse prop. Following his captains knee to the face of Tom earlier.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:41 pm

The French fans are actually booing because someone has a neck injury.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:45 pm

Awesome try saver from Smith.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:46 pm

crickey, Toulouse just keep sending these beasts on!

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:47 pm

again, our handling skills letting us down.

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:47 pm

Biltong wrote:
tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance
Tatterd, when I read back on your comments it is clear you are more interested in antagonising posters, best behave now, thank you.

Biltong that is a bit over the top. I think the people you are referring to are antagonised by "their" (that is how it is spelled by the way) team's performance. As stated previously I am just trying to get across the good performance by Tolouse, given this has been in no way acknowledged by the tigers posters.

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:48 pm

tatterd wrote:
Biltong wrote:
tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance
Tatterd, when I read back on your comments it is clear you are more interested in antagonising posters, best behave now, thank you.
Biltong that is a bit over the top. I think the people you are referring to are antagonised by "their" (that is how it is spelled by the way) team's performance. As stated previously I am just trying to get across the good performance by Tolouse, given this has been in no way acknowledged by the tigers posters.

I'll sum up at the end of the game thanks.

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:50 pm

feel free nathan. I'm sure Tolouse will be delighted with 4-0. Uphill struggle for the tigers now. The O's can match you up front

by tatterd Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:51 pm

wtf is crane doing???

by nathan Sun 14 Oct 2012, 4:54 pm

Pass too high from Youngs again, he needs to work on that. He managed to get it out a bit quicker service in the second half.

Toulouse played as expected, perhaps a little less but that could be due to the weather.

Looking forward to the game next weekend, Haven't seen the Ospreys play for a while so not really sure what will transpire.

by formerly known as Sam Sun 14 Oct 2012, 5:02 pm

Again we better a French side away in the first half but let them back in during the second half. Owens could have been managed but we played in the wrong areas of the field. Salvi was a massive loss as we just couldn't apply the same pressure to the breakdown as we dis to the lineout and scrum.

I'd like to see Smith and Bowden come in for Goneva and Allen ahead of Ospreys game. More invention in the centres with more power and savvy on the wing. Not sure what we can add to the pack though Crane looks knackered so we could do with rotating him to the bench.

by **LondonTiger** Sun 14 Oct 2012, 5:06 pm

Well as expected Toulouse pummelled us. The only shock was we were able to be as competetive for as long as we were. Eventually Mulipola tired and we then started to struggle in the scrum.

Ben Youngs was poor but perhaps not as poor as so many of his detractors will be claiming.

We got what I expected. It was a brave defensive performance but we offered so little in attack we also got what we deserved.

Still, looking forward to next week. Shame the Ospreys team will not be taking us as lightly as some of their fans seem to be.

by **Biltong** Sun 14 Oct 2012, 5:06 pm

tatterd wrote:
Biltong wrote:
tatterd wrote:
nathan wrote:come on mods, sort this out please. There here to do nothing more than WUM
you should be "modded" for your one eyed nonsense and refusal to give your opponents due credit for a fantastic 3rd quarter performance
Tatterd, when I read back on your comments it is clear you are more interested in antagonising posters, best behave now, thank you.
Biltong that is a bit over the top. I think the people you are referring to are antagonised by "their" (that is how it is spelled by the way) team's performance. As stated previously I am just trying to get across the good performance by Tolouse, given this has been in no way acknowledged by the tigers posters.

Tatterd, there are many different ways to get your point across, antagonising posters is not the preferred method.

by timhen Sun 14 Oct 2012, 5:11 pm

GeordieFalcon wrote:It still surprises me a little why there are many who wouldnt consider Jordan Crane for the England 8 spot.

He's tough, quality...and a Leader.
Is it just because he doesnt do all the razzmatazz stuff?

I've been a fan in the past, but he's nowhere near that previous form and England selection at the moment (not surprising given the amount of time he's been out of the game). Some of his play was mindless today, and ESPN stats have him down for 6 missed tackles and only 7m carried from 11 runs (Waldrom by comparison carried 44m from 5 runs). I hope he can get back to where he was a couple of years ago, I'd happily consider him in that sort of form, but I reckon he'll need at least the season at Tigers to do so.

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