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Heineken Cup 2021/22
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Don't think the casual punter is aware of whats happening.
HEC format is non intuitive. (I mean it's more intuitive than the URC, but very little in life isn't)
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Heading to Toulouse for my first ever Ulster away game, does anyone know any good bars where there will be ulster fans to drink with before the game?
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Think the Melting Pot has been a popular spot from previous visits, best check the Facebook pages for the supporters group etc a few days before the Toulouse weekend.Silence of the Pat Lams wrote: ↑Tue Mar 15, 2022 12:50 pm Heading to Toulouse for my first ever Ulster away game, does anyone know any good bars where there will be ulster fans to drink with before the game?
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Yes, I vaguely recall watching the cricket from NZ or somewhere in the Melting Pot last time.
Best to avoid the travelling fans though. A strange bunch, on the whole.
Best to avoid the travelling fans though. A strange bunch, on the whole.
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Melting Pot were great hosts. But to a degree, I agree with Justin - drinking with the home fans (or just the local inhabitants) is the fun bit.
I would suggest Bar Barrille beside the prison, but as I strongly suspect most of the customers were at least associated with the Russian mafia, it's maybe not the best suggestion at the minute. But definitely ranks amongst the best ever nights in 20-odd years of away trips.
I would suggest Bar Barrille beside the prison, but as I strongly suspect most of the customers were at least associated with the Russian mafia, it's maybe not the best suggestion at the minute. But definitely ranks amongst the best ever nights in 20-odd years of away trips.
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Very intriguing!
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Shame Trevor Brennan sold his bar.
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It's an english bar now. Probably worth a visit. I'd avoidthe bogs though.
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It was below average anyway, I hear.Bart S wrote:Shame Trevor Brennan sold his bar.
I have my own tv channel, what have you got?
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And avoid the Guinness too.
Apart from it being below average, Guinness are a right shower who jumped on LI's signing of Paddy Jackson to justify their pulling out of the club, even though that decision was made months before they knew Paddy was going to the club.
To then try to jump on a holier than though bandwagon and receive plaudits for their actions, even though it was their products or products very similar that in part contributed to the whole sorry mess (and no I haven't forgotten individual responsibility), I find simply disgusting - a bit like Trevor Brennan's beer . . . allegedly.
Must admit, I was in Toulouse the night before we played against Castre (2012 me thinks) and I was shocked how many Ulster fans had packed into Brennan's place even then.
Was talking to some the following day who admitted they had never heard of his set-to with Paddy Bamford.
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Does a 'set-to' not require both parties to be participating?
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Correct. What happened between Brennan and Bamford did not require both parties to be participating.
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It's a shame there wasn't a radical, dedicated to the cause of remembering and reminding Ulster fans.Cap'n Grumpy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:10 am
Was talking to some the following day who admitted they had never heard of his set-to with Paddy Bamford.
Lest we forget.
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Should this be on the senile thread?UlsterNo9 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:04 amIt's a shame there wasn't a radical, dedicated to the cause of remembering and reminding Ulster fans.Cap'n Grumpy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 16, 2022 11:10 am
Was talking to some the following day who admitted they had never heard of his set-to with Paddy Bamford.
Lest we forget.
Where did we put that, anyway?