|
Post by Cast no shadow on Nov 2, 2019 10:57:55 GMT
NZ beat em 23-13 in group stages So what? They won when it mattered. You just said nobody turned up against them.... š¤
|
|
|
Post by xchpotter on Nov 2, 2019 10:58:50 GMT
I literally have no sporting joy in my life it's so fucking depressing. Donāt worry, thereās always Stoke...oh,wait, no....yep, being an English Stoke fan is truly shit.ššš
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2019 10:58:54 GMT
Thoroughly deserved victory for SA, they were totally dominant throughout in every aspect of the game.
England just never turned up, dreadful performance.
|
|
|
Post by partickpotter on Nov 2, 2019 10:59:25 GMT
Last week England produced a near faultless performance in beating the All Blacks.
Today, their play was littered with errors. And they got hammered.
Congratulations South Africa.
The England players will be distraught. They will know, in possibly the biggest game they will ever play in, they didnāt perform.
Ah well, two world cups in one year was maybe asking too much.
|
|
|
Post by zerps on Nov 2, 2019 10:59:56 GMT
At least we drew the ashes.
|
|
|
Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 2, 2019 11:00:15 GMT
So what? They won when it mattered. You just said nobody turned up against them.... š¤ When it mattered, I meant. They outplayed England, and I was alluding to England not turning up. It was nowt to do with that, they were just better.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2019 11:00:38 GMT
Right lads, you can all stop pretending that you're really into one of the wankest sports known to man. It's over thank fuck
|
|
|
Post by Cast no shadow on Nov 2, 2019 11:02:06 GMT
You just said nobody turned up against them.... š¤ When it mattered, I meant. They outplayed England, and I was alluding to England not turning up. It was nowt to do with that, they were just better. We never got on the front foot, choked and too ill disciplined.
|
|
|
Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 2, 2019 11:03:29 GMT
When it mattered, I meant. They outplayed England, and I was alluding to England not turning up. It was nowt to do with that, they were just better. We never got on the front foot, choked and too ill disciplined. Pressure does that. Wales had the same problem. They are bastards to play.
|
|
|
Post by franklin66 on Nov 2, 2019 11:03:39 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead.
|
|
|
Post by maninasuitcase on Nov 2, 2019 11:04:13 GMT
England were overhyped on every media channel in this country and by the sounds of it, that hype was a mere whimper on the field.
|
|
|
Post by maninasuitcase on Nov 2, 2019 11:05:37 GMT
Thank fuck normality returns on Monday. No hype, no hope, no expectationš
|
|
|
Post by trickydicky73 on Nov 2, 2019 11:09:23 GMT
Thank fuck normality returns on Monday. No hype, no hope, no expectationš There's a lot to be said for unrelenting misery! š
|
|
|
Post by LL Cool Dave on Nov 2, 2019 11:15:18 GMT
Thank fuck normality returns on Monday. No hype, no hope, no expectationš And everyone can go back to not giving a flying fuck about the rugby.
|
|
|
Post by salopstick on Nov 2, 2019 11:16:57 GMT
Called it nearly two weeks ago
When you beat the best in the world itās very hard to replicate it in the final.
England won their final last week
Fuck off eddie Jones.
|
|
|
Post by GeneralFaye on Nov 2, 2019 11:18:36 GMT
Called it nearly two weeks ago When you beat the best in the world itās very hard to replicate it in the final. England won their final last week Fuck off eddie Jones. Fuck off Warren Gatland, let's send him off too eh?
|
|
|
Post by Cast no shadow on Nov 2, 2019 11:22:38 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead. Totally agree, at least 1 forward pass for the 1st try, but I don't think at that point it wouldn't have made any difference.
|
|
|
Post by starkiller on Nov 2, 2019 11:24:19 GMT
It would have been much better to play Wales.
Can't believe folk thought otherwise.
|
|
|
Post by salopstick on Nov 2, 2019 11:25:15 GMT
Called it nearly two weeks ago When you beat the best in the world itās very hard to replicate it in the final. England won their final last week Fuck off eddie Jones. Fuck off Warren Gatland, let's send him off too eh? Gatland took wales from the bottom to the 4th best team in the world. 2 narrow semis. Grand slams. two great lions tours. He leaves a grateful nation
|
|
|
Post by franklin66 on Nov 2, 2019 11:26:48 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead. Totally agree, at least 1 forward pass for the 1st try, but I don't think at that point it wouldn't have made any difference. It's more than that mate the first peno against etoje for not moving away but they did it all game lying on the wrong side and hands everywhere. They were offside so many times, in from the side I knew very early we would struggle with the ref.
|
|
|
Post by Squeekster on Nov 2, 2019 11:39:31 GMT
Thank fuck normality returns on Monday. No hype, no hope, no expectationš And everyone can go back to not giving a flying fuck about the rugby. Until Pulis is unveiled!
|
|
|
Post by Cast no shadow on Nov 2, 2019 11:41:54 GMT
Totally agree, at least 1 forward pass for the 1st try, but I don't think at that point it wouldn't have made any difference. It's more than that mate the first peno against etoje for not moving away but they did it all game lying on the wrong side and hands everywhere. They were offside so many times, in from the side I knew very early we would struggle with the ref. Oh yes definitely, de klerk is master of the dark arts, just think the try killed the tiny bit of hope.
|
|
|
Post by franklin66 on Nov 2, 2019 11:46:54 GMT
It's more than that mate the first peno against etoje for not moving away but they did it all game lying on the wrong side and hands everywhere. They were offside so many times, in from the side I knew very early we would struggle with the ref. Oh yes definitely, de klerk is master of the dark arts, just think the try killed the tiny bit of hope. I'm not sure what they must see because I agree there were forward passes but it's the old "no obvious error" but I thought it was.
|
|
|
Post by cobhamstokey on Nov 2, 2019 12:06:30 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead. We were poor but he gave them everything and was totally āinconsistentā with his decisions.
|
|
|
Post by PotteringThrough on Nov 2, 2019 12:19:22 GMT
Best team won. They pressured us all over the place and were so quick to make the tackle.
A bit like watching Stoke in the end. Riding our luck in the first half but behind. Creating a couple of half chances but overall not good enough. Followed by a slow start in the second, brief rally before completely folding
|
|
|
Post by Widget123 on Nov 2, 2019 12:26:09 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead. Agreed the reffing was very inconsistent. That penalty in the first minute was utter bullshit but the team should be wise enough to overcome that. You're brave waiting till tonight! One guy on my Facebook is already seven pints down. š¤£
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2019 12:32:57 GMT
It's more than that mate the first peno against etoje for not moving away but they did it all game lying on the wrong side and hands everywhere. They were offside so many times, in from the side I knew very early we would struggle with the ref. Oh yes definitely, de klerk is master of the dark arts, just think the try killed the tiny bit of hope. De Klerk does it all the time for Sale Sharks as well (and gets away with it). He's a really niggly, feisty little so and so who knows every trick in the book, and a few that aren't - I seen him do the same loads of times for Sale. I really can't stand him.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2019 12:38:48 GMT
I have so many issues with how that was reffed but it looks like sour grapes so I'll forget it and get blind drunk tonight instead. Agreed the reffing was very inconsistent. That penalty in the first minute was utter bullshit but the team should be wise enough to overcome that. You're brave waiting till tonight! One guy on my Facebook is already seven pints down. š¤£ Prior to the final I always thought Garces was a really top class referee but I thought that some of his decisions today were decidedly dubious, particularly some of the penalties he awarded against England but he was shall we say "somewhat reluctant" to do the same when SA offended. However England should have seen the way he was reffing and at least tried to avoid doing the same thing over and over. Maybe SA just sucked them in and forced them into it. Certainly the scrum was a problem, Dan Cole just wasn't up to the challenge today, but the number of penalties we gave away was crazy. It still doesn't take away from the fact that SA thoroughly deserved the victory
|
|
|
Post by salopstick on Nov 2, 2019 12:45:12 GMT
To be fair England have been consistent,
they didnāt win the world cup and they didnāt win the six nations!
|
|
|
Post by redstriper on Nov 2, 2019 14:04:28 GMT
Ref was appalling but we could have changed tactics at half time but didn't, they were half a yard away every time we tried to pass along the line, yet we never once tried a grubber through the line to run onto.
|
|