Tigers v Bath

[Tigerbeat]

Roly, no opinion deserves to be treated with contempt!! All users are entitled to their opinions even if you disagree and should be respected.

[Roly]

Roly, no opinion deserves to be treated with contempt!! All users are entitled to their opinions even if you disagree and should be respected.

That's what I was trying to explain to the user in question. My opinion was clearly not respected and treated with contempt.

[Iain]

As ever Roly, it's all in the delivery.

If you tend to get a rather short response when others get one you'd rather have, it's probably a reflection of your own manner.

[Roly]

As ever Roly, it's all in the delivery.

If you tend to get a rather short response when others get one you'd rather have, it's probably a reflection of your own manner.

Would you mind then, for the benefit of other users and the moderator, explain what was wrong with the delivery of that particular post that warranted your reply?

That particular post was balanced and informed, and try as I might, I can't see anything therein speculative.

[Iain]

It's the cumulative effect of every thread being dominated by you insisting the sky is falling in and scoffing at anyone who offers any point for any hope. I'm not alone in being bored of it. In that post you merely regurgitated the same thing you have said everywhere else.

[Tigerbeat]

Message to all - If the cap fits, please take note.
There have been a lot of digs or criticisms towards other users over the last few days. Repeat request have been made to respect other users views and opinions and stop the digs / insults.
Please can we stick to topic and allow other users to express a view without it either being ridiculed or criticised to an extent where it becomes an argument, unrelated to the topic, and dominates the thread.

[h's dad]

As ever Roly, it's all in the delivery.

If you tend to get a rather short response when others get one you'd rather have, it's probably a reflection of your own manner.

Would you mind then, for the benefit of other users and the moderator, explain what was wrong with the delivery of that particular post that warranted your reply?

That particular post was balanced and informed, and try as I might, I can't see anything therein speculative.

I thought for a moment that Roly doesn't know what he's doing. But it passed.

[Bowden Tiger]

Returning to the OP, I strongly believe that we will beat Bath. I base that on a very strong pack, with a good bench for the pack. Personally with the backline , I would like to see TV at fullback with Thompstone coming in. With no returns from the sickbay, I would leave the other backs alone and give them a chance.

Ever the optimist!

[SIBARITE]

I always like your reasoned polite posts Bowden Tiger but you really can't just hope for the best all the time and think that will work. "The times they are a changing"

[h's dad]

I always like your reasoned polite posts Bowden Tiger but you really can't just hope for the best all the time and think that will work. "The times they are a changing"

Top performing players run out onto the pitch not just believing that they can win but that they will definitely win. The same commitment from the fans helps (or would help). I don't know how much focus Tigers put into this aspect of the mental game but Saracens especially concentrate on it hugely.

I've been shot down for this but this is not stuff I make up but established and proven research.

[SIBARITE]

I always like your reasoned polite posts Bowden Tiger but you really can't just hope for the best all the time and think that will work. "The times they are a changing"

Top performing players run out onto the pitch not just believing that they can win but that they will definitely win. The same commitment from the fans helps (or would help). I don't know how much focus Tigers put into this aspect of the mental game but Saracens especially concentrate on it hugely.

I've been shot down for this but this is not stuff I make up but established and proven research.

References please.

[h's dad]

I always like your reasoned polite posts Bowden Tiger but you really can't just hope for the best all the time and think that will work. "The times they are a changing"

Top performing players run out onto the pitch not just believing that they can win but that they will definitely win. The same commitment from the fans helps (or would help). I don't know how much focus Tigers put into this aspect of the mental game but Saracens especially concentrate on it hugely.

I've been shot down for this but this is not stuff I make up but established and proven research.

References please.

You've done that before - asking for references while failing to provide any of your own. Start with one of Matthew Syed's books which is a good read for the non-specialist and draws on plenty of quoted sources and research. Some of the stuff that Saracens do is really easy to find on google.

[Roly]

I always like your reasoned polite posts Bowden Tiger but you really can't just hope for the best all the time and think that will work. "The times they are a changing"

Top performing players run out onto the pitch not just believing that they can win but that they will definitely win. The same commitment from the fans helps (or would help). I don't know how much focus Tigers put into this aspect of the mental game but Saracens especially concentrate on it hugely.

I've been shot down for this but this is not stuff I make up but established and proven research.

References please.

Actually, it's True. Saracens employ several sports psychologists and they spend a lot of time working with the team and with individual players. I think they call it mental conditioning.

I'm not suggesting Tigers don't do this, because they probably do, but Saracens practically brainwash their players - and it shows. The way they play almost reminds me of The Borg. They play as a collective.

[Bowden Tiger]

Sibarite, why can't I be positive? I have been a Tigers member for over 35 years and have seen many periods similar to now, when we have been playing poorly 'as a team'. Each time we have come through it. This will be another of those periods!
I could not contemplate myself being part of the rampant negativity that spreads across many of the threads on this site.
Next, people will be saying that if we lose to Bath, our DoR should fall on his sword! Oh, they already have!

[Roly]

Sibarite, why can't I be positive? I have been a Tigers member for over 35 years and have seen many periods similar to now, when we have been playing poorly 'as a team'. Each time we have come through it. This will be another of those periods!
I could not contemplate myself being part of the rampant negativity that spreads across many of the threads on this site.
Next, people will be saying that if we lose to Bath, our DoR should fall on his sword! Oh, they already have!

No, but if the defeat is substantial, he should seriously be considering whether he is the right person to be DoR.