Wales vs England
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Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
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Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
I've read a couple of articles and i can't quite understand the issue.
I read that some have an issue that their contract is expiring. Isn't that part of being a pro player?
But then, i also read the problem is the clubs/regions can't give contracts because they don't even know what their budgets are because the WRU won't release any info?
And then online chat is the WRU is fucked because it is still run by the amateur game, which cares more about which village has the best clubhouse?
I also read a great conspiracy where this the culmination of Gatland's plan to have weak regions so he got access to players whenever he wanted.
Hard to see what the real issue is other than the team on the field being a bit (lot) pants
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@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
I've read a couple of articles and i can't quite understand the issue.
I read that some have an issue that their contract is expiring. Isn't that part of being a pro player?
But then, i also read the problem is the clubs/regions can't give contracts because they don't even know what their budgets are because the WRU won't release any info?
And then online chat is the WRU is fucked because it is still run by the amateur game, which cares more about which village has the best clubhouse?
I also read a great conspiracy where this the culmination of Gatland's plan to have weak regions so he got access to players whenever he wanted.
Hard to see what the real issue is other than the team on the field being a bit (lot) pants
@mariner4life I took it as players simply not having any idea where to put pen to paper as WRU haven't decided anything so club signings can't happen. They also don't know if playing overseas will stop their international career.
Yes, expiring contracts are part of being a pro player but you mitigate the risks by making advance decisions. Those decisions aren't available at the moment. -
Wales match day squad announcement delayed. Still in protracted negotiations with WRU over pay/contracts.Not a good look for Gats in a WC year.
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England wider squad announced. Curry (T) out injured and replaced by Curry (B) with Earl dropped. Mako obviously knows where the bodies are buried or he trains like Jesus because I can’t think of any other reason why he’s there.
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Wales will be calling up the U20's to play the full English side at this rate.
It's looking dodgy whether the game will go ahead at this point unless someone backs down before tomorrow. -
Wales will be calling up the U20's to play the full English side at this rate.
It's looking dodgy whether the game will go ahead at this point unless someone backs down before tomorrow.@pooler-fan said in Wales vs England:
Wales will be calling up the U20's to play the full English side at this rate.
It's looking dodgy whether the game will go ahead at this point unless someone backs down before tomorrow.Players
We want contracts and moneyGame cancelled because of strike
WRU lose millions
Players
Where’s the money?It’s not going to happen
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Fuck off you useless bastards
You’re not a train driver ffs
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Fuck off you useless bastards
You’re not a train driver ffs
They're not rich enough for starters.
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Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
Mike, I remember my Welsh friends (who seemed pretty well connected) saying that the Wales before Gatland took over had similar player issues - pretty much down to the attitudes of the players - and Gatland had to take a pretty hard line with a few of them.
Is this the case now or are their grievances a bit more genuine?
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@pooler-fan said in Wales vs England:
Wales will be calling up the U20's to play the full English side at this rate.
It's looking dodgy whether the game will go ahead at this point unless someone backs down before tomorrow.Players
We want contracts and moneyGame cancelled because of strike
WRU lose millions
Players
Where’s the money?It’s not going to happen
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
@pooler-fan said in Wales vs England:
Wales will be calling up the U20's to play the full English side at this rate.
It's looking dodgy whether the game will go ahead at this point unless someone backs down before tomorrow.Players
We want contracts and moneyGame cancelled because of strike
WRU lose millions
Players
Where’s the money?It’s not going to happen
Could reverse that argument as well.
Point is that Union and players need each other and should work to agree. The moment one party refuses to keep looking for middle ground, so does the other. -
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
Mike, I remember my Welsh friends (who seemed pretty well connected) saying that the Wales before Gatland took over had similar player issues - pretty much down to the attitudes of the players - and Gatland had to take a pretty hard line with a few of them.
Is this the case now or are their grievances a bit more genuine?
@Victor-Meldrew said in Wales vs England:
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
Thought I was reading The Onion
Buy insurance you mental midgets
Mike, I remember my Welsh friends (who seemed pretty well connected) saying that the Wales before Gatland took over had similar player issues - pretty much down to the attitudes of the players - and Gatland had to take a pretty hard line with a few of them.
Is this the case now or are their grievances a bit more genuine?
A and B
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Now on apparently
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Curry (T) out for the rest of the 6N. Made me check his stats. 24y7m ish and 49 International caps. Not a particularly early starter internationally. Seems like whenever he can be picked, he is. England and Lions. It’ll be interesting to see if he keeps that imperative up.
Also didn’t realise he is the nephew of John Olver, former England hooker, who would have won a stack of caps but he was around the same time as Peter Wheeler.
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BTW I’m expecting a Welsh backlash this weekend. Not going to be easy for us Saes.
@Catogrande said in Wales vs England:
BTW I’m expecting a Welsh backlash this weekend. Not going to be easy for us Saes.
You’ll have a bigger backlash from Caroline St
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The Sheriff
“It has been a distraction with everything that has been going on, but I have got to commend the players' professionalism in this," added Owens.
"When we have crossed that white line at training, we've prepared well and done our work as professional players. We are ready for Saturday.
"We have fronted up in training and prepared as we would for any Test match and are looking forward to going toe to toe with England."
Let’s fucking hope so
Meanwhile Nigel Walker has aged 10 years overnight
Poor bastard
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The Sheriff
“It has been a distraction with everything that has been going on, but I have got to commend the players' professionalism in this," added Owens.
"When we have crossed that white line at training, we've prepared well and done our work as professional players. We are ready for Saturday.
"We have fronted up in training and prepared as we would for any Test match and are looking forward to going toe to toe with England."
Let’s fucking hope so
Meanwhile Nigel Walker has aged 10 years overnight
Poor bastard
@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
We have fronted up in training
I thought I saw on the news they walked out or skipped a training?
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@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
We have fronted up in training
I thought I saw on the news they walked out or skipped a training?
A training session was cancelled to facilitate some negotiations
