World Cup Final match thread
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>Me too but I can't be arsed arguing. Ben makes it sound like the Aussies got farked over. I would beg to differ. There was call missed on both sides, fact is we played the better rugby and we won the day. It is not like in 2007 when we went an entire half in posession but having the ref swallow his whistle.</p> -
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>i think it is rather obtuse....</p> -
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<p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p>
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<p>i think it is rather obtuse....</p>
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<p>I see what you did there. Nerd. :yes:</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="538825" data-time="1446535029"><p>I'm struggling to see your angle Ben</p></blockquote>
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
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<p>ah ok, so no decisions went thier way at all? Or wil you need to watch from another angle to see if thats the case?</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Ben" data-cid="538841" data-time="1446536327"><p>My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>I'm struggling to understand you. The ref did not hand us the game. The Aussies that inhabit TSF are less aggrieved than you. I can't be bothered to gauge opinion on enemy sites like GAGR but the biggest noises seem to be coming from elements in the Aussie media who are paid to generate interest. Are you trying to troll for a scrap? -
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>
Whether the s at the end of "decisions" is a typo, or not, makes a huge difference in this sentence.<br><br>
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<p>I'm struggling to understand you. The ref did not hand us the game. The Aussies that inhabit TSF are less aggrieved than you. <strong>I can't be bothered to gauge opinion on enemy sites like GAGR</strong> but the biggest noises seem to be coming from elements in the Aussie media who are paid to generate interest. Are you trying to troll for a scrap?</p>
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<p>I had a look and they don't seem as certain there as Ben that the wallabies were screwed.</p> -
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My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well. <br><br>
That's my angle.</p></blockquote>
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<p>My angle is only that decisions went our way in the final and I'd be pretty pissed if I was an Aussie. But they have taken it really well.<br><br>
That's my angle.</p>
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<p>I'd accuse you of being Justin Marshall but even he dropped the dumb devil's advocate gimmick for this game.</p>
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<p>Both teams got away with a lot but the most obvious one by a mile was Kepu's invisibility cloak. Give him a yellow after his second (or third or fourth or fifth) cheap shot and the ABs would've run away with the game.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Unco" data-cid="538851" data-time="1446537422"><p>I'd accuse you of being Justin Marshall but even he dropped the dumb devil's advocate gimmick for this game.<br>
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Both teams got away with a lot but the most obvious one by a mile was Kepu's invisibility cloak. Give him a yellow after his second (or third or fourth or fifth) cheap shot and the ABs would've run away with the game.</p></blockquote>I had no issue with Ben Smith's YC, but there was no malice and he was a little unlucky in the timing of his tackle. In contrast Kefu tried to take out our players at least four times, including raking NMS's face. On another day he would have seen yellow pretty quick -
Speaking of Kepu's impersonation of the Dutch effort in the 2010 soccer World Cup final.<br><br>
Was there a 5th act? During the game I saw what looked like an off the ball swing at the head of (I think SBW) during a kick chase of an NZ kick. Was about 10 to 20m off the ball. During the second half, just in Oz territory.<br><br>
Could have been one of the other Oz bros, could have been a bog standard holding back a chaser by grabbing the shoulder. But looked a bit off, haven't seen it since the live play. -
Oh FFS the Aussies where out played by a better team plain and simple. Well we could all say that Pocock should have been sent off and that the Aussies where very lucky to even make the final.
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<p>You're still talking about the ref?<br><br>
Fuck. I didn't realise the ABs lost.<br><br> ;)<br><br>
Only two moments would I want back in that game: injuries to Douglas and Giteau. Those fucking sucked</p>
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<p>It's Ben's fault. If it wasn't for his avatar I'd swear he was austrayan</p>
