ABs v Scotland

[Nepia]

@crash said in ABs v Scotland:

Can't whinge about the ref. Thought he was ok overall....now Australia on the other hand...
> Cane's YC was pretty cynical.
Just wish we would stop doing the dumb stuff. Naholo has a history of tackling players in mid-air. He should be taken aside and given a coaching clinic. Why does he persist in doing this shit? Shag have a word FFS.

On the replay it actually looked like Cane got pushed over by another AB and then sealing off the ball. Crockett's was stupid, really stupid, the 9 hadn't even really done that stupid NH roll the ball thing they do that refs let them get away with.

[Talisker]

@booboo
It would take a lot longer to answer properly than half past two on a Sunday morning allows.
The short answer is that using "Jock" isn't cool

[booboo]

@booboo said in ABs v Scotland:

@talisker

Genuine question: is that an issue?

Is standard term for Scotsman here (like Boer, Frog, Paddy, Pom).

I prefer it to "Sweaty" that some of the Poms use.

I laughed at Jegga's term Porridge Wog

[booboo]

@talisker said in ABs v Scotland:

@booboo
It would take a lot longer to answer properly than half past two on a Sunday morning allows.
The short answer is that using "Jock" isn't cool

Righto. I'll look for a suitable alternative

[Talisker]

@booboo

I guess you are okay with "Kiwi"

We only have derogatory shite from the English, such as Sweaty or Jock, that is why I object to it

[booboo]

@talisker said in ABs v Scotland:

@booboo

I guess you are okay with "Kiwi"

I think we named ourselves that

[Talisker]

@booboo
Hence you (plural) being fine with it - we didn't choose those nicknames for Scots

[Crash]

@talisker most people don't choose their nickname?

[Talisker]

@booboo

I don't want to get too ott about it all, I just don't want to be defined by English people, that's all

[Talisker]

@crash
True, but you can choose to accept it or you can choose to reject it

I'm not going to tug a forelock

[Nepia]

@talisker said in ABs v Scotland:

@booboo

I don't want to get too ott about it all, I just don't want to be defined by English people, that's all

What name would you like us to call you?

Also, I'd like an itemised list of all the yellow cards we should have got (you can also provide the one that the jocks, Sweaties, damn this is hard - Scottish people missed out on as well, you know, for balance).

[Talisker]

What name would you like us to call you?

Scots is fine

Scottish players/people if you prefer

[Marty]

@crash said in ABs v Scotland:

@talisker most people don't choose their nickname?

When I saw a Scots hand emerge from a ruck to grab the ankle of a defending player for the umpteenth time, the nickname "Skirt-Wearing Mother@$%r" sprung to mind, but I've calmed down since then.

[Talisker]

@marty

When I shouted "ffs, ref those cheating cynical bastards are deliberately stopping any chance of quick ball by whatever means necessary"
I wasn't really thinking about a collective noun for the ABs

[Marty]

@chester-draws said in ABs v Scotland:

@mokey said in ABs v Scotland:

Apart from the first half against France, this has been a pretty rubbish NH tour by AB standards.

Well, very recent standards maybe.

We've not lost yet, and I've seen a few losses on NH tours in my time. Um, like last year.

I do get why people are unhappy with the level of errors currently in the AB game but in terms of scorelines, we haven't really shellacked teams on a NH tour since about 2010.

I quite enjoyed this match, the crowd was great, the intensity was good, the Scots were very good (but not magnificent) and the AB's when the held on to the ball showed they are still capable of being astonishing.

[Crash]

@talisker liberal use of the word "cheating" there. you're not Cheika in disguise are you?

[Crash]

@marty I think what irks me is that we were asleep for 3/4 of that game, and only pressed into action a couple of times. I would really like to see us go hard out and concentrate for 80+ minutes.

[Talisker]

@crash

two guys were binned, I thought a couple more could have walked, not for the in air collision, that was nothing, but for the infringements at the breakdown as we were looking to score late on.

Hames definitely won a scrum penalty by driving in and up, and that was a big turning point. (I've watched it again now)

I was more responding in kind to the lighthearted leg pulling, but you did ask

[rotated]

I will reserve my opinion on this game until next weekend.

But I can’t remember the last time a veteran on this team played the game of his career (or even in the discussion) and that is a mild concern.

[DMX]

@mokey
This vintage of ABs will likely play to the level of the opposition, however the oppo plays we will keep them in the game.