CWC1983

Its their moment in the sun at the moment. The WC still stings since they will never have a better chance to make a semi final.....😄 It's been a while since the backs have had to play going backwards, let's see how they get on if you can put some forward pressure on them. I think you could win the scrum to get penalties and put scoreboard pressure on them.

The Steward one is weird, isn't it? Slade and Lawrence had shockers against us, can't be as bad again tomorrow. Lawrence must be in to take on Ake. It will be some of the players Twickenham swansong, can't imagine Care, Marler, Cole pulling on the white shirt there again. I also wonder if Itoje might take a break at some point. If you could manage a low scoring draw I'd be a happy man, assuming we beat the Italians in the afternoon. Italy will fancy it tomorrow and we've never given them a doing over there. It will be a lot closer than some are thinking. We got out of jail last season against them, for me it's a 60/40 game in favour of Scotland.

Good win from a very scrappy game. Thank god that boy that scored England's 2nd try didn't start, he looks a player. I have to say I thought Borthwick and George's interviews after the game were excellent. The question from Sonja to Borthwick about fans waiting for results was uncalled for and daft. It might have been me, but Russell seemed to charm the ref more than George did. Shouldn't matter, but it does. For the 1st time in my life I'll be cheering on England v a Celtic nation in a couple of weeks.....😅

Not got to those depths quite yet.

Cheers. I'd never set foot in Germany until last year for Eintracht Frankfurt v Aberdeen in the conference league. Loved it, they have a great attitude to football, beer, socialising. The last tournament I did was France 98 when I was a young lad. Its been a long time coming..... 😀

Dusseldorf 7 nights, Mannheim 5 nights. Booked flights 6 months ago and unfortunately flying out on the day of the opening game of the tournament, so missing out on a couple of days in Munich. No tickets yet. I might bite the bullet and pay over the odds for the Swiss game in Cologne via one one of the online agencies. Dusseldorf should be a good laugh, it sounds like loads of UK fans are using it as a base.

Yeah, big Hibbee. Google Bradley Welsh. Film star, football hooligan, boxing gym owner, assassination...... Some of Taylors twitter posts during brexit and covid were unsavoury to say the least.

Rumours up North that he's spending more time with certain murky acquaintances and enjoying the notoriety. I reckon the fire in his belly has gone out. In other news, heres a headline from Jan 2nd in various news outlets in Scotland "Gangster who dated Euromillions winner Jane Park shot dead outside Edinburgh pub" There's a video on social media of the gangster who got shot calling out other gangsters on New Year's Eve. Unreal... It looks from the outside that there's a turf war in Edinburgh / Glasgow and people are taking sides.

Taylor v Cattrrell 2 sounds like being set for Leeds Arena April 27th. Depending on ticket prices I might pop up to see Josh fight before he retires. It can't be as bad as the 1st fight.

Great to be part of a tournament again. 2 weeks in the sun (hopefully) and loads of German beer. Can't wait.

I'll hold my council until tomorrow to comment on the last play of the game....🤬 However we threw it away long before then

Great day in Cardiff, but I will say I was bricking it during those last 20 mins. Fair play to the Welsh public. A 6 nations day fair brings the good and great into the city centre..... I arrived at 11am and there was a group of ladies dressed up for a Saturday night out coming out of the station. High heels, sparkly dresses and not a jacket in sight (even though it was peeing down 😅). Thoroughly recommend a day out when Wales are at home.

Some team Ireland, eh? Hardly ever make basic errors, always clear out the ruck on their own ball and are always competitive in the breakdown. I honestly can't remember the last time they had a player yellow or red carded. They just do the simple stuff brilliantly.

Didn't agree with the decision Jonas v Mayer. Had to laugh at the scoucers reaction to GSTK however 🤣

I'm not far from Loughborough and normally get the train straight through from Derby to Cardiff. I think Cardiff to Leicester is still running so can Uber it home from there. 2002 was the last time we won in Cardiff.....surely due a win at some point.

Here we go again, good old 6 nations. It's shaping up to be a strange one though with all nations missing some stalwarts. Our back line looks frightening with so much strength that Chris Harris doesn't make the squad but it's possibly the forwards that give me concern. Possibly the weakest in a long time and makes the omission of Hamish Watson even stranger. I'm going to Cardiff in week 1 for our ritual capitulation, however I see aslef have called train strikes that weekend.....😡 and at the moment no trains are available.

Should be busy with the Tyne Wear derby on at the same time and no SPL games. Plenty of TV screens to keep everyone happy. Have a Tennants for me 👍 I see AFC have a new Supporters experience manager. Familiar face 😁

Downloaded Early Doors on Iplayer to watch on my train tavels over Christmas. Don't know why I missed it when it came out but its brilliant. Craig Cash at his best.

How you guys have let Shaun Edwards and Farrell slip through your net (for now) beggers belief. Do you reckon it's their choice or somehow their faces don't fit with the RFU?

After the Lords mayor's show, without a doubt. Champions league level is a step too far, the Old firm should be targetting last 16 in Europa league. Hearts, Hibs Aberdeen just want to qualify for League stages of Conference league. I think our (Aberdeen) revenue without Europe is circa £25m per season. The European run has given us £6m on top of that. It makes a fair difference. I hate to say this, but Rangers recently have sussed out the Europa League and have done well.

It's been a weird Euro campaign. Should have beaten PAOK at home(var 🤬🤬) and Helsinki home and away. The away performances have been good, 2 draws and a narrow defeat to Eintracht. All in all, our first European tour for years and we performed well. It doesn't half affect your league form though.....

Aye, making a holiday of the group stages. I'll fly in and out for the quarters and Semi's 😁😁

12 days in Germany for the group stages of the Euro's. Going to base ourselves in Dusseldorf at the start until we see where the draw places us and rail around Germany on the 49Euro monthly ticket. I've applied for tickets via the uefa ballot but apparently the 4 games in Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Cologne are over subscribed by 3m people.......

£120 per ticket Wales v Scotland 6 nations in Feb. That's the mid range price. On the other hand I paid 13 euros to see Eintracht Frankfurt v Aberdeen in the Conference league last month.standing 13 euros, seating 20 euros. League cup semi final on Saturday £28 flat rate at Hampden.

For once I agreed with Flatman on Friday night. He compared Arundell to Telea in the semi final as a winger who went looking for work and made a difference to NZ attacking options. Arundell needs to play as much 6 nations games as possible next year, he could be the game breaker you've been looking for.