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by funnyExiledScot Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:41 pm

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by funnyExiledScot Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:43 pm

I'd like to add that my IT skills were severely tested by this, and I didn't feel it appropriate to ask my secretary......

by **George Carlin** Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:45 pm

Your first one! I am very proud although largely unable to explain why.

by **RDW** Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:47 pm

FES has made a thread??

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by funnyExiledScot Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:51 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:FES has made a thread??

Now, go buy a round.....

by **George Carlin** Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:52 pm

The ancient Mayans predicted this but I still don't quite believe it. It must be the apocolypse now, I'm sure of it. Does this mark a new era for these boards?

Either that or we will shortly be issued with an invoice for 8 chargeable hours with a ratchet for not involving his DPU colleagues and a penance for missing a client lunch.

by funnyExiledScot Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:56 pm

George Carlin wrote:The ancient Mayans predicted this but I still don't quite believe it. It must be the apocolypse now, I'm sure of it. Does this mark a new era for these boards?

Either that or we will shortly be issued with an invoice for 8 chargeable hours with a ratchet for not involving his DPU colleagues and a penance for missing a client lunch.

The invoice is in the post, although I don't use chargeable hours anymore. Such an outdated practice. I "value bill", meaning that I pick a higher number out of thin air and pretend that there's something mysteriously unique and yet unquantifiable about what I do.

by **George Carlin** Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:48 pm

I am trying to move to that lifestyle.

It doesn't relate to rugby necessarily but Mrs GC has dragged me along this evening to watch yet another man more attractive than me. At least I've heard of this Jon Bonjovi feller.

by EWT Spoons Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:29 pm

Good work on the thread FES. Very nice.

by RuggerRadge2611 Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:35 am

totally disappointed by the lack of photos.... Rolling Eyes

by funnyExiledScot Fri Oct 02, 2015 12:41 pm

RuggerRadge2611 wrote:totally disappointed by the lack of photos....

Well, try as I did to copy and paste some images from the Interweb, it wouldn't work. So I kept the message simple.

by **George Carlin** Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:46 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:
RuggerRadge2611 wrote:totally disappointed by the lack of photos....

Well, try as I did to copy and paste some images from the Interweb, it wouldn't work. So I kept the message simple.

Not to worry. I have offered a 'suggestion'.

by **RDW** Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:53 pm

FES - I take it you've never discovered the 'Insert image' button?

Copy and past the link to the image in there, press insert, job done.

by funnyExiledScot Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:49 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:FES - I take it you've never discovered the 'Insert image' button?

Copy and past the link to the image in there, press insert, job done.

There was me thinking GC was just really clever.

by **RDW** Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:51 pm

Well never mind the Edinburgh, Glasgow or Scotland games, tomorrow sees the real exciting battle - my team and Majestic's team are coming face to face in National league 3.

I'm not playing (I'm not picked) and I'm not sure if Maj is playing, but it promises to be a full blooded game with plenty excitement!*

Bring it on! boxing

*This statement may hold some innacuracies

by funnyExiledScot Fri Oct 02, 2015 6:14 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Well never mind the Edinburgh, Glasgow or Scotland games, tomorrow sees the real exciting battle - my team and Majestic's team are coming face to face in National league 3.

I'm not playing (I'm not picked) and I'm not sure if Maj is playing, but it promises to be a full blooded game with plenty excitement!*

Bring it on!

*This statement may hold some innacuracies

What teams are those?

You two are also slugging it out in Risky's Fantasy League as well. A fierce rivalry.

by **George Carlin** Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:16 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:FES - I take it you've never discovered the 'Insert image' button?

Copy and past the link to the image in there, press insert, job done.

There was me thinking GC was just really clever.

No, no. You were right the first time. guinness

by funnyExiledScot Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:29 pm

George Carlin wrote:
funnyExiledScot wrote:
RDW_Scotland wrote:FES - I take it you've never discovered the 'Insert image' button?

Copy and past the link to the image in there, press insert, job done.

There was me thinking GC was just really clever.
No, no. You were right the first time.

Well I'm not convinced by your selected pictures. Suggests more entrepreneurial spirit than is the case in Glasgow.

by **George Carlin** Fri Oct 02, 2015 10:09 pm

I was going to have a bag of Kettle Chips for Edinburgh and a bag of Monster Munch for Glasgow but Google Images just could not deliver for me.

by cakeordeath Sat Oct 03, 2015 9:38 am

George Carlin wrote:I was going to have a bag of Kettle Chips for Edinburgh and a bag of Monster Munch for Glasgow but Google Images just could not deliver for me.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Original_Monster_Munch_Monsters.jpg
I dunno maybe it should be the other way round. Isn't this the Edinburgh front row

by **RDW** Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:55 pm

#Breaking news#

Big T has finally arrived in Glasgow! Shocked

by **George Carlin** Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:05 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:#Breaking news#

Big T has finally arrived in Glasgow!

Presumably he'll need to spend some time establishing a doctor to give him a sick note for the first half of the season.

by cakeordeath Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:02 pm

Not Glasgow or Edinburgh related, but this is a safe place to vent. Watching the Japan gane and I am getting Frak off with the constant banging on about their turnaround before our game.

by **George Carlin** Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:22 pm

cakeordeath wrote:Not Glasgow or Edinburgh related, but this is a safe place to vent. Watching the Japan gane and I am getting Frak off with the constant banging on about their turnaround before our game.

Absolutely. The BBC comments boards are just carnivals for idiots who 'know' that another 3 days rest would have meant a certain Japanese victory against us. A load of old balls but I am comfortable that anyone who knows anything about the game and actually watched Scotland v Japan would not think that.

by Hazel Sapling Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:46 pm

Watched the Edinburgh and Glasgow games last night. Edinburgh are depressing to watch and should have done more.

Du Preez was surprisingly ineffective to my mind. I am not sure I have seen him play well when Edinburgh are comfortable and looking to get tries. Admittedly Edinburgh are rarely in that position but they need Manu back if they want bonus points.

Glasgow have a 4th lock and a proper partner for Naka during the 6 nations in Cummings. Hart seemed to play quite well but my question is, has Clegg done enough to pass Weir in the pecking order? Offers more size and consistent kicking.

by **George Carlin** Sat Oct 03, 2015 6:50 pm

Welcome to the boards, Hazel.

by **BigGee** Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:00 pm

Tell you what, Favaro had a cracking game for Italy tonight. Pound for pound, he must be one of the hardest tacklers in the business, absolutely fearless. I think Glasgow may be able to smooth the edges off him and turn him into a good all round player.

Italy are out now, so he will be back soon enough.

by funnyExiledScot Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:48 pm

Agreed that Favaro looks good. He and Blake will serve Glasgow well. End of the road for Holmes I feel, and Fusaro will have to take a back seat also.

by demosthenes Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:11 pm

How much time off do we expect returning RWC players to get, assuming they are fit? One or two weeks? Or straight back?

Different for the likes of Favaro, and the US lock, I suppose, as they will need time to learn systems, etc.

by **RDW** Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:16 pm

I think a reasonable target is the week before the first European games, which would give them 4 weeks after the last group game. 3 weeks for those that play in the QF.

by **BigGee** Sun Oct 04, 2015 10:25 pm

Probably they will be drip feed back in depending on how much game time they have had. The foreign legion will be back first, but the Scottish guys will surely need a couple of weeks off, they have been at it continuously all year. Probably they will get rested periodically for the rest of the season as well, concentrating on the euro games and the end of season. This whole season will be a challenge, hence the much larger squad.

by cakeordeath Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:43 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:Agreed that Favaro looks good. He and Blake will serve Glasgow well. End of the road for Holmes I feel, and Fusaro will have to take a back seat also.

Someone posts a gif of his tackles from the Ireland game. Looks like he will be a real asset.

http://gfycat.com/WeakGrimyEarthworm

by **George Carlin** Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:42 am

Big Naka getting some love from the NZ Herald of all places.
So he MUST be good:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11524724

by **RDW** Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:48 am

Can't see Glasgow being able to keep him once his current contract expires - I'm sure top French teams will be circling

by funnyExiledScot Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:15 am

Agreed - I suspect Big T and Naka will be gone next season.

What can we offer them to entice them to stay? Poor weather, small crowds, no HC knock-out rugby and small amounts of money in comparison to what they could earn elsewhere.

Still, let's enjoy this season. The first choice Glasgow team will be really strong again and with Big T out on the wing it certainly gives them another dimension.

by **RDW** Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:46 am

Problem Glasgow have is that they are likely to be without their 1st XV for so long that they will struggle to play catchup for the games they lose without them.

by **George Carlin** Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:09 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:Agreed - I suspect Big T and Naka will be gone next season.

What can we offer them to entice them to stay? Poor weather, small crowds, no HC knock-out rugby and small amounts of money in comparison to what they could earn elsewhere.

Still, let's enjoy this season. The first choice Glasgow team will be really strong again and with Big T out on the wing it certainly gives them another dimension.

Not the most constructive comment I've ever read (or the most accurate - why will there be no ERChC knock out rugby?). Shall we just shut down both professional clubs, pull the hair shirts on and go to the pub to talk about how good the 1990 grand slam team was?

I think Toonie is clear eyed about his great finds moving on. The key is to spot them and get them in the door in the first place. We sniffed at Favaro for example, but now that he has come back to fitness, he is playing well in the World Cup. We get the best players that we can afford, give them a collegiate environment and hope that they are greater than the sum of their parts. Twas ever thus and will be unless the likes of Duncan Bannatyne stops investing in sh!te health clubs and starts pouring the money into the bottomless sinkwell of the professional rugby franchise.

by funnyExiledScot Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:31 pm

George Carlin wrote:
funnyExiledScot wrote:Agreed - I suspect Big T and Naka will be gone next season.

What can we offer them to entice them to stay? Poor weather, small crowds, no HC knock-out rugby and small amounts of money in comparison to what they could earn elsewhere.

Still, let's enjoy this season. The first choice Glasgow team will be really strong again and with Big T out on the wing it certainly gives them another dimension.
Not the most constructive comment I've ever read (or the most accurate - why will there be no ERChC knock out rugby?). Shall we just shut down both professional clubs, pull the hair shirts on and go to the pub to talk about how good the 1990 grand slam team was?

I think Toonie is clear eyed about his great finds moving on. The key is to spot them and get them in the door in the first place. We sniffed at Favaro for example, but now that he has come back to fitness, he is playing well in the World Cup. We get the best players that we can afford, give them a collegiate environment and hope that they are greater than the sum of their parts. Twas ever thus and will be unless the likes of Duncan Bannatyne stops investing in sh!te health clubs and starts pouring the money into the bottomless sinkwell of the professional rugby franchise.

You read my mind!

You're absolutely correct on the model both Glasgow and Edinburgh need to adopt. Scout out the rough diamonds, embrace them in a collegiate environment with excellent coaches and mingle them with the best of local talent. Hopefully keep them for three years add a "Mc" by deed poll and slap some tartan on them.

The point I was making is that every now and then you will find a talent so good and showcase them well such that their expectations exceed what you can deliver. I believe that will be the case with Naka in the summer, and it is clearly already the case with Big T now. I don't actually think it's a particularly bad thing. Young and unearthed talents elsewhere can see Scottish rugby as a great place to develop, and it further enables us to attract top players on the up. Sure, they may not all turn out to be lifers, but one or two will. Plus it's a win/win in terms of exposing our own youngsters to players like Naka, Matawalu, DTH, Bressler, Manu and Burleigh.

I'm sorry if my comment re: ERCHC knock-out rugby was taken as not constructive. I just think that it's difficult to sell it to current and prospective players when you've thus far never had it. I'm sure when Toulon come knocking and offer it, Naka will take Toonie at his word when he promises it for next year.

by **George Carlin** Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:02 pm

Has Frazier Climo been released by the Scarlets? He seems to be back playing for Ayr.

by funnyExiledScot Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:43 pm

He's still listed on the Scarlets website.

Would be a good option for Glasgow if they can get him, as his versatility would be useful, and this ex-pat bloke I know on the Internet tells me he was awesome for Ayr....

by **RDW** Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:15 pm

Well after all this chat about Rory Clegg, he's moving to Oyonnax at the end of the month!

by **George Carlin** Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:40 pm

RDW_Scotland wrote:Well after all this chat about Rory Clegg, he's moving to Oyonnax at the end of the month!

Glasgow and Edinburgh: Ongoing Banter Thread X-rated Gaah10

Not very smart, Toonie. He was good cover. Presumably this coincides with Gregor Hunter coming back to fitness?

by Eejit Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:08 pm

In fairness its a hard opportunity for the guy to turn down.

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:20 pm

Rory Clegg is a rather good rugby player and good luck to him getting a juicy contract - he played well for us clap

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Thu Oct 08, 2015 11:23 pm

BTW the true Warrior legend that is Bernardo Stortoni has hung up his boots in Argentina. Thanks Bernie - always a gaucho amigo ! clap

by funnyExiledScot Fri Oct 09, 2015 11:58 am

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:BTW the true Warrior legend that is Bernardo Stortoni has hung up his boots in Argentina. Thanks Bernie - always a gaucho amigo !

Always enjoyed watching Bernie play. Good footballer and totally committed.

by **RDW** Mon Oct 12, 2015 9:53 am

We're back to Pro 12 action this weekend - would be good if people stood up to the plate and created match threads for the Edinburgh and Glasgow games!

Doesn't have to be straight away, but before Wednesday would be good.

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:24 pm

Sorted for one game !

by **RDW** Mon Oct 12, 2015 12:31 pm

Thanks 21st

https://www.606v2.com/t60876-glasgow-warriors-v-newport-gwent-dragons-1935-hrs-16-october-2015-scotstoun-stadium-glasgow

by EWT Spoons Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:12 pm

Edinburgh vs Ulster match thread

https://www.606v2.com/t60884-pro-12-edinburgh-rugby-vs-ulster-rugby-fri-16th-oct#3177149

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