The UAFC

Is the point not that it was a "ramble" because D/L was mooting the various points made by both sides of the Humph divide without necessarily wishing to pass a clear judgement either way himself? That would certainly be my view-arguments presented without firmly stating which camp he is i...

It's interesting sometimes how the thing that you actually write, and the thing that some people read is so completely at odds... Not in every case, and thanks to BR for saving me the bother of doing a chapter and verse rebuttal for the benefit of all the guys who seem to think it was some underhand...

mikerob wrote:Spoiler alert in HWM's post!

Saw Shadow Dancer as well over the weekend as well. Decent enough, very low key. I thought the duration (1hr 40) was about right.

what were the NI accents like??

Like wise there are older Man City and Chelsea fans about from the late 60s. Doesn't really work with Man Ure and the Red stars because of their level of success over the past 40 years. Kind of, but I was a Man U fan growing up, and actually all through primary school I was pretty much on my own, a...

poor fella, good player too.. hope he's back playing before too long! Brian Smith sounds reasonably confident, so fingers crossed..

Mac wrote:As Roger Waters says "Is there anybody out there?"

All & any updates appreciated!

I second that emotion!! Sitting in restaurant in London town, hungry for steak and match updates!

Gael wrote:If he keeps baggin the 5 pointers he can drink all he likes

what the man said!!

Latest ramble over at the FRU

actually funny you should mention it, the younger brother picked up a new home jersey, which looks the part and everything, but I noticed that the quality of the stitching on the neck was rubbish.. as it happens I think he was charged the supporter jersey price for the test shirt, so probably would ...

cracking post Buck

it's commonplace around here to see a lack of 'squad depth' blamed in part for under-performance in the league last year - I'm not quite sure I follow the logic.. Surely if we lack squad depth, this means that we concentrate more gametime in our core of top players - who are clearly capable of good ...

Bring Humph On!! wrote:Is Iain Henderson carrying an injury or anyone know why he hasn't featured yet?

I was wondering that, also Spence hasn't featured?

fuzzy, nonplussed and rupi - thanks for that, I get it now.. I'd guess that most boys in the U-18s and maybe even U-19s will be with their schools for most of the year training there etc for the most part, with the occasional Ulster/Ire camp - what about boys who leave school but don't get an academ...

Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Don't know if this helps or not?

nope, in fact that is specifically why I am asking on here, because the actual Ulster website is so woefully out-of-date and uninformative!!

Does anyone know what is meant by 'sub-academy'? I see it referred a lot, but don't have a clear picture in my mind of what it entails, or how formal a structure it is.. And re the academy, what is the extent of integration with the first team in terms of training etc? For example, does the academy ...