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by DickyP
Thu Aug 04, 2016 10:50 pm
Forum: Welford Road Chit Chat
Topic: What a load of ... Exeter Chiefs urged to re-name themselve
Replies: 4
Views: 4197

Re: What a load of ... Exeter Chiefs urged to re-name thems

Trouble is you never can tell out of context - in any sane world the Scots would have been upset by Mel Gibson portraying them as blue painted savages in Braveheart but because it was anti-English it was OK!
by DickyP
Thu Aug 04, 2016 7:58 pm
Forum: Welford Road Chit Chat
Topic: What a load of ... Exeter Chiefs urged to re-name themselve
Replies: 4
Views: 4197

What a load of ... Exeter Chiefs urged to re-name themselve

I spotted this Exeter Chiefs urged to change 'offensive' name by Native American expert and thought what the :censored: as it seemed too trivial and narrow minded for words - however, am I wrong? I'd be interested to know people's ideas. I'd suggest as a first response Exeter should say they'll foll...
by DickyP
Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Jones names provisional elite player squad
Replies: 19
Views: 3958

Re: Jones names provisional elite player squad

It does make me wonder, given that Tom Youngs spent most of last season out with a serious back injury how much work did he do on the aspects of his game that saw him left out last year... According to EJ it wasn't his skills but his aggression and application - not exactly things you can practise ...
by DickyP
Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:47 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Slow Motion
Replies: 8
Views: 1791

A Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious!

Something Rugby fans have known ever since TV replays were introduced.

Slow-motion replays can distort criminal responsibility
by DickyP
Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:33 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Kit Watch
Replies: 154
Views: 52942

Re: Kit Watch

The new kit is great and the traditionalists out there will love it. When the price comes down after Christmas I will probably buy it, however after looking at the Stade website their shirts are stunning, why can't we have a subtle tigers head superimposed on the shirt. I am well aware that most of...
by DickyP
Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:22 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Kit Watch
Replies: 154
Views: 52942

Re: Kit Watch

... , last season the home kit was worn away more often than not. If I were a betting man, I would guess this may only see the light of day once or twice to justify its existence. ... Good point - whilst I didn't think the home kit design last season was the best it was certainly 'OK' ( I bought on...
by DickyP
Sun Jul 31, 2016 5:11 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Wearing a tigers shirt abroad
Replies: 12
Views: 3861

Re: Wearing a tigers shirt abroad

Over the years I've been stopped for friendly conversations about Tigers whilst wearing my shirt in Vancouver, on an Alaskan Airways flight to Juneau, Nürnberg in Germany, Lexington in Kentucky, and in Hawaii amongst other places! Always a good conversational gambit - mind you wearing a Tigers shirt...
by DickyP
Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:53 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Kit Watch
Replies: 154
Views: 52942

Re: Kit Watch

To my taste the home design is excellent - good trad stuff; however, the change/away strip is truly bilious - horrid/nasty and various other epithets spring to mind. I suppose a strip that makes the opposition nauseous has its advantages! Still these things are, of course, to personal taste and some...
by DickyP
Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:43 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Sam Underhill
Replies: 23
Views: 3697

Re: Sam Underhill

If picking Underhill due to his choice of undergraduate degree while he was still a teenager isn't an exceptional circumstance then I don't know what is.... I agree and surely the simple question to the lad - "do you intend to stay in Wales after graduation?" would solve the (alleged) 'le...
by DickyP
Thu Jul 21, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: An analysis of the finances in the Irish game
Replies: 16
Views: 3291

Re: An analysis of the finances in the Irish game

Precis of article: "With France and England no longer subsidising us we have a problem". The real answer for the proper financial success of the game in Ireland, Scotland and Wales would be a British league, with no European competition in the current model. This would be analogous to the ...
by DickyP
Fri Jul 08, 2016 9:51 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Johnson v Eales
Replies: 12
Views: 3107

Re: Johnson v eales

Personally I won't bother to vote but speculate on what a superb pairing they'd have made together.
by DickyP
Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:08 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Kit Watch
Replies: 154
Views: 52942

Re: Kit Watch

Whilst the indications are that the home shirt will be good, the same logic would hint that the away shirt will be something like the pikki shown in the STIHL to extend Tigers partnership page - pretty billious.
by DickyP
Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Welcome back Brendan Venter.............
Replies: 13
Views: 3066

Re: Welcome back Brendan Venter.............

Well there's no denying he's a 'character', which after the charisma-free Tom Coventry can't be a bad thing. He's certainly likely to instil the one thing that was truly missing last season, which was back-bone.
by DickyP
Tue Jul 05, 2016 10:02 am
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: If the Met-Rx is to be the Holland & Barrett ...
Replies: 45
Views: 9857

Re: If the Met-Rx is to be the Holland & Barrett ...

Oh for a nice simple world where you just have North, South, East and West stands - wonder why that's never been tried anywhere? :smt003
by DickyP
Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:31 pm
Forum: Fans Forum
Topic: Leicester Tigers 2016/17 Squad/Transfers/Contract thread.
Replies: 510
Views: 113035

Re: Leicester Tigers 2016/17 Squad/Transfers/Contract thread

Epic achievement compiling this - thanks: as at 18:30 on Mon there is one error - you have Genge both coming from and going to Bristol.