Okay then, "The Phoney War"

[BaggyTrousers]

Shan, thanks for that, I even agreed with a fair bit of it.

On POM though, though I did enjoy his performance, he could be fecking brighter, cuter or less feckin' stupid.

The shoulder charge, for which he may well be cited by the way if viewed harshly, was dumb, but he also got done, a little harshly as it turned out on the replay, for grabbing a led in de lineout, that particular loss of an attacking position due to stupidity wrecks my head.

[Snipe Watson]

That photo of Launchbury is a gift that just keeps on giving.

[Russ]

That photo of Launchbury is a gift that just keeps on giving.

Have great pleasure posting it and will continue to post it over and over

[BaggyTrousers]

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[Snipe Watson]

Shan, thanks for that, I even agreed with a fair bit of it.

On POM though, though I did enjoy his performance, he could be fecking brighter, cuter or less feckin' stupid.

The shoulder charge, for which he may well be cited by the way if viewed harshly, was dumb, but he also got done, a little harshly as it turned out on the replay, for grabbing a led in de lineout, that particular loss of an attacking position due to stupidity wrecks my head.

The problem with POM is that his borderline lunacy is a vital part of his value to Ireland. A sanitised POM would be another Robbie Diack without the vineyard.

[big mervyn]

That photo of Launchbury is a gift that just keeps on giving.

Have great pleasure posting it and will continue to post it over and over

The Engerlish public voted for the MOTM.

You really can't trust an Englishman to make the right decision

[Russ]

That photo of Launchbury is a gift that just keeps on giving.

Have great pleasure posting it and will continue to post it over and over

The Engerlish public voted for the MOTM.

You really can't trust an Englishman to make the right decision

That's not correct but don't let that stand in the way of your xenophobia

Mastercard control the MOTM award. They shortlist 3 and ask Twitter to vote using hashtags

It is open to a world vote

Just so happens the game was on at UK prime time and England has a huge number of narcissistic people on twitter, as well as 99% of people on twitter being marketers or trolls

[BaggyTrousers]

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[big mervyn]

That photo of Launchbury is a gift that just keeps on giving.

Have great pleasure posting it and will continue to post it over and over

The Engerlish public voted for the MOTM.

You really can't trust an Englishman to make the right decision

That's not correct but don't let that stand in the way of your xenophobia

Mastercard control the MOTM award. They shortlist 3 and ask Twitter to vote using hashtags

It is open to a world vote

Just so happens the game was on at UK prime time and England has a huge number of narcissistic people on twitter, as well as 99% of people on twitter being marketers or trolls

So, essentially, I was correct?

[justinr73]

I would love to see Fitzwasteofspace up against France at 12.

You're not on your own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34450473

[BaggyTrousers]

I would love to see Fitzwasteofspace up against France at 12.

You're not on your own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34450473

Et tu Stevie.

[Spiffsson]

I would love to see Fitzwasteofspace up against France at 12.

You're not on your own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34450473

Et tu Stevie.

After reading that you have to ask yerself - is Stevie writing his own column (or indeed autobiography) or is this the work of some faceless hack who knows where to put the commas, writing under Stevies monniker, even if Stevie himsele is supplying the opinons. Doesn't quite sound like the big lad, does it?
Unlike D'Arcy's excellent pieces in the Irish Times that you feel come straight from the horse's mouth.

[big mervyn]

1F and Lukey go way back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxYNV9Vulcw

[Russ]

I would love to see Fitzwasteofspace up against France at 12.

You're not on your own.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/34450473

Et tu Stevie.

After reading that you have to ask yerself - is Stevie writing his own column (or indeed autobiography) or is this the work of some faceless hack who knows where to put the commas, writing under Stevies monniker, even if Stevie himsele is supplying the opinons. Doesn't quite sound like the big lad, does it?
Unlike D'Arcy's excellent pieces in the Irish Times that you feel come straight from the horse's mouth.

The PR team at work again I am afraid

[Rooster]

Right through this I have been convinced that Joe is getting influenced in his team choices by the D4 Mafia and the longer it goes on the more convinced I am, the entire thing is not his style at all.
As for the French he might get very lucky and the French just forget they are playing in Cardiff otherwise it will be an England /Australia type massacre only worse.
He has fecked around with centre combinations so much that we have not seen 2 consecutive matches with the same players now how that can bed in as a stable partnership is beyond me, he has a batch of utility players in the squad that are jacks of all trades masters of none, the lads themselves are probably getting confused as to where they should be on the pitch.
A phoney war perhaps but it is asking a hell of a lot for everything to just suddenly fall into place next weekend and the way things have been going I really can't see it happening. Has he another gameplan ? I really doubt it as we have seen Ulster also playing Fibberball no doubt to keep the likes of Trimble and Gilroy sharp and ready if someone gets injured.

Roll on the end of the tournament and get back to some proper rugby.