Quote:Wilson Pickett
Shields ?
Quote:Leinster Lady
I thought you were unlucky not to get the fourth try bonus point towards the end of the match yesterday. That extra point would certainly have helped your chances of qualification for the QFs.
Given that Lyon were beaten by Treviso yesterday, there is every chance that they will now throw in the towel meaning that Saints have a good chance of beating both Lyon and Treviso with bonus points and ending the group stage on 19 points. Your reward for this would be to play Leinster again in the Aviva stadium in a QF.
A small group of Saints fans made it over to the Aviva stadium yesterday and they certainly made themselves heard at certain key stages in the match which was very heart warming.
If you don't make it through to the QFs we wont be meeting again and in this case best of luck in the Premiership.
Quote:Leinster Lady
I thought you were unlucky not to get the fourth try bonus point towards the end of the match yesterday. That extra point would certainly have helped your chances of qualification for the QFs.
Given that Lyon were beaten by Treviso yesterday, there is every chance that they will now throw in the towel meaning that Saints have a good chance of beating both Lyon and Treviso with bonus points and ending the group stage on 19 points. Your reward for this would be to play Leinster again in the Aviva stadium in a QF.
A small group of Saints fans made it over to the Aviva stadium yesterday and they certainly made themselves heard at certain key stages in the match which was very heart warming.
If you don't make it through to the QFs we wont be meeting again and in this case best of luck in the Premiership.
Quote:Whiston Saint
So it took Lol 71 minutes to reveal that we have half a team out there and an important block of 3 Premiership games coming up.
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So it took Lol 71 minutes to reveal that we have half a team out there and an important block of 3 Premiership games coming up.
That is incredibly disrespectfully to the half of the team that you don’t consider are good enough to be called Saints. I am sure all those young men who have dedicated a large part of their lives to be good enough to get professional
contracts at a top rugby club love to be told that they are not considered good enough to even count as part of the team.
Quote:fair_weather_fan
People here are getting far too hot under the collar over these two losses
Quote:Wilson Pickett
He meant half the first team Ajack, come on mate
Leinster Lady thank you.
In what other competitions do teams from the same group play in the QF?
Madness
Quote:tedgeQuote:fair_weather_fan
People here are getting far too hot under the collar over these two losses
We are even though most of us expected the outcome. I suppose what is difficult to come to terms with is the confirmation of just how far short Saints are in a competiton of this quality. It is especially hard for those of us of a certain age who readily recall Saints at their peaks being equal to any side in Europe. Add to that the raised expectations caused by a marked improvement in performances at domestic level and we are brought down to earth with a bump. Perhaps the bitterest pill of all to swallow is the realisation that, for reasons all outlined many times, there seems to be absolutely b.....r all we can do about it !
Quote:Wilson Pickett
He meant half the first team Ajack, come on mate
Leinster Lady thank you.
In what other competitions do teams from the same group play in the QF?
Madness
Quote:Aberavon Wizard
It will never happen of course but one year as an experiment with no seedings would be fascinating. The cream will always come to the top but what price a pool group of Leinster, Munster, Clermont and Saracens ! Ditto Wimbledon - Federer v Nadal on the first day !
Quote:SaintMaul
Also has a thread on this forum ever hit 10,000 views because the views for this thread at the time of posting have already exceeded 9,500?
St Marlowe predicted the demise of this forum when he stepped down as a moderator a few years back. So it's good to see the forum growing in popularity if anything, with lots of free debate.
Quote:smitferbrainzQuote:Wilson Pickett
He meant half the first team Ajack, come on mate
Leinster Lady thank you.
In what other competitions do teams from the same group play in the QF?
Madness
Same reason that in the Premiership play offs 1st plays 4th and 2nd plays 3rd. Being the “best” qualifier gives you the privilege of playing the “worst/ weakest” qualifier. “Rank has it’s privileges” as a senior manager once told me wanting to put me in my place (he didn’t). It would be unfortunate if we did qualify as the last place team and did end up having to play them again. For me it not about playing them again the the QF, I’m just fed up at continually having to play them in Europe, be a change to play say Connacht for once and not because they aren’t so good as Leinster. Just be good to play other teams. We ended up playing against Castres for year on year, that was a bore too for me.
On yesterday we all knew we’d be in with a serious chance of a tonking, we’d debated it all week. Well, no surprise was it? It was great to score 3 tries. 2 tries better than last week! Great experience for some of the younger players. Saving some of the more senior players and giving them rest and a chance to recover a bit. We got nailed, most expected it, I certainly did. We’re still in this. We can beat Benny with a 5 to get 14 and we have a shot at the QF’s. If we beat Benetton and lose to Lyon we’ll probably come 2nd in our group but probably won’t qualify. Actually I hope that this is the case so we can rest up a bit and go for the Premiership. But at the end of it all it wouldn’t surprise me if we do qualify, draw Leinster away and beat them! Then the tune of the Leinster v Saints thread will be different won’t it?
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Also has a thread on this forum ever hit 10,000 views because the views for this thread at the time of posting have already exceeded 9,500?
St Marlowe predicted the demise of this forum when he stepped down as a moderator a few years back. So it's good to see the forum growing in popularity if anything, with lots of free debate.
Oy
No politics
Next thing you know there will be talk of cliques
And St Ed will be back administering to the ill informed
Quote:Sans Culottes
Try 2. Block on Biggar.
Quote:tedge
I reckon it WOULD surprise you actually !