Blues vs Scarlets

Two awful mistakes from the Blues gift the Scarlets the first try of the match

3 - 7

Two passes to no one already from Patchell

And that lineout on the 5 minutes was the worst defensive play of the season so far.

And now an interception thrown from Tom James

Jesus christ. Might as well stop watching now.

Clawed one back thanks to our best centre partnership in years

All Scarlets tries, points and opportunities have come from Blues possession,

Scarlets haven't actually had much possession...as we gift them 3pts with a stupid penalty while in possession

What's that? 5 penalties given away by the Blues 4 & 5.

We need at least two new locks next season.

Scarlet just wait for a mistake and they score blues poor in defence as usual.

Much better than the Ospreys/Dragons game, hope the rain stays away.

Cardiff still think it's Xmas. Gifts galore to the Turks.

Cardiff Dave wrote:Cardiff still think it's Xmas. Gifts galore to the Turks.

Very true Cardiff gifted all the points.

Haven't seen Cuthbert all game

Tom James on the other hand!

He may have given away the intercept, but he is by far the Blues biggest threat.

Fish paced. Try.
Extras missed by the Turk.

wales606 wrote:Haven't seen Cuthbert all game

Saw him lean on a ruck in the first half. That's about it so far.

Someone wake up Derek.

don t agree with yellow for knock on pen yes.

glamorganalun wrote:don t agree with yellow for knock on pen yes.

Pretty clearly had no chance to catch it.

It was cynical to prevent a 3 on 1 and likely try. Deserved a yellow.

Evenly matched now that the Turks are down to 13.

Try Davies.
Dear me.

Poor reffing regarding knock on should be yellow but great response by scarlets

Must go for posts

Need some synthetic mud to go with the synthetic pitch I reckon.

Going for the try and 5pts.

Blues blowing this game, good defence

Should have taken the 3

Need to push pressure on the clearance and not give away a penalty

Tom James really looking good.

Try Cuthbert, would you believe it!

Good try will there be s drop goal?

And of course it is Cuthbert that scores it!

Hahaha

Didn't think we would come back from 12 - 3 down,

Didn't think we would throw it away against 13 men

Didn't think we would score that try

I've had enough surprised for today,

Can they blow the whistle now?

and Cardiff win. Never in doubt mun.

Did not think we would win that before the match

Definitely did not think we would win it after 20 minutes

Thought we would lose it with 1 minute to go.

Two ridiculous comebacks in a row

Being a Blues fan is not good for your heart.

Cardiff Dave wrote:and Cardiff win. Never in doubt mun.

How they won that, bit of help with inconsistent reffing deliberate knock on s but s good gsme to wstch

Great game, better team edged it. Scarlets were pretty good, but as per their discipline was horrendous. Another few cards to add to the list.

Only caught the last 20, that was some great entertainment. Blues are definitely going in the right way.

wales606 wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:and Cardiff win. Never in doubt mun.

Turkeys foiled, if you like.

VinceWLB wrote:Only caught the last 20, that was some great entertainment. Blues are definitely going in the right way.

Aw you missed the first half present giving.

wales606 wrote:Did not think we would win that before the match

Definitely did not think we would win it after 20 minutes

Thought we would lose it with 1 minute to go.

Two ridiculous comebacks in a row

Being a Blues fan is not good for your heart.

Me too.

wales606 wrote:And of course it is Cuthbert that scores it!

Hahaha

Wonder what his stats look like for that game.

Attendance 11,720 apparently.

TurkTalk.....

http://www.scarletfever.org/forum/blues-v-scarlets-match-thread_topic42013_post904294.html#904294

Starting to dislike Tom James as a player (not that he cares) who once again was acting like a muppet after today's game. The funny thing is that he's not even that good a player. He was dropped from Wales, dropped from Cardiff and after playing a few games for Exeter got dropped there as well. He also gave an intercept try today so to act like that at the final whistle tells me he has a very short memory.

Cardiff Dave wrote:Attendance 11,720 apparently.

Near enough a full house

mikey_dragon wrote:Starting to dislike Tom James as a player (not that he cares) who once again was acting like a muppet after today's game. The funny thing is that he's not even that good a player. He was dropped from Wales, dropped from Cardiff and after playing a few games for Exeter got dropped there as well. He also gave an intercept try today so to act like that at the final whistle tells me he has a very short memory.

Merthyr boy mun. Lord Dowlais'll ave ewe.
What did he actually do after the final whistle btw?

wales606 wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:Attendance 11,720 apparently.

Near enough a full house

Not sure how many is a full house these days. Was 13.5k not so long ago and nowt has changed as far as I can tell. Unless it's down to revised H&S regs.

Great game and best team won (despite giving away a few presents). Scarlets really struggling with injuries at present so they can reflect on a pretty good performance the get into a winning position against a pretty strong Cardiff team. When they get some of their injured players back the will win games like today's.

The young ref had a pretty good game apart from not yellow carding Cuthbert. On the TV there also looked to be an off the ball incident where the Cardiff no 8 seemed to hit the Scarlets no10, any one else catch that?

Cardiff Dave wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:Starting to dislike Tom James as a player (not that he cares) who once again was acting like a muppet after today's game. The funny thing is that he's not even that good a player. He was dropped from Wales, dropped from Cardiff and after playing a few games for Exeter got dropped there as well. He also gave an intercept try today so to act like that at the final whistle tells me he has a very short memory.

Merthyr boy mun. Lord Dowlais'll ave ewe.
What did he actually do after the final whistle btw?

Who gives a sh*t where he's from. He was cheering and getting lairy right in somebody's face, basically being a very ungracious winner. I think it was the Scarlet who had given away the breakdown penalty which sealed it, and he was still on lying on the floor at the time, maybe hurt I don't know. I wasn't a fan of the finger on lips at Rodney Parade last week either - and at the time the Blues were still losing so not really sure why he did it.

mikey_dragon wrote:

Cardiff Dave wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:Starting to dislike Tom James as a player (not that he cares) who once again was acting like a muppet after today's game. The funny thing is that he's not even that good a player. He was dropped from Wales, dropped from Cardiff and after playing a few games for Exeter got dropped there as well. He also gave an intercept try today so to act like that at the final whistle tells me he has a very short memory.

Merthyr boy mun. Lord Dowlais'll ave ewe.
What did he actually do after the final whistle btw?

Who gives a sh*t where he's from. He was cheering and getting lairy right in somebody's face, basically being a very ungracious winner. I think it was the Scarlet who had given away the breakdown penalty which sealed it, and he was still on lying on the floor at the time, maybe hurt I don't know. I wasn't a fan of the finger on lips at Rodney Parade last week either - and at the time the Blues were still losing so not really sure why he did it.

Just watched a replay of the ending. I guess a posh Cardiff and the Vale player probably wouldn't do that sort of thing I spose. There again, it's Tom and he's showing he's happy to beat the Turks. He'll be doing an Ash the splash next.

Another close fought, exciting derby full of p**s poor rugby.  Mistake after mistake from both sides and awful decision making.  Still, let's stick our heads in the sand and get off on the "atmosphere".

PS: Tom James needs a slap from his captain, what a t0sser.

Cardiff Dave wrote:

mikey_dragon wrote:Starting to dislike Tom James as a player (not that he cares) who once again was acting like a muppet after today's game. The funny thing is that he's not even that good a player. He was dropped from Wales, dropped from Cardiff and after playing a few games for Exeter got dropped there as well. He also gave an intercept try today so to act like that at the final whistle tells me he has a very short memory.

Merthyr boy mun. Lord Dowlais'll ave ewe.
What did he actually do after the final whistle btw?

He's not from Merthyr, he is from Rhumney, about 5 miles away from Merthyr in the Gwent valleys. Although he did play for Merthyr and we used to call him the Merthyr Express, he has always had an attitude problem and he is not missed at Merthyr RFC either. A total tw@t of a person and he only has himself to blame for not getting anymore Welsh caps.