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ARM · Post by **ARM** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 9:57 pm

Enjoyed that game. Congrats Embra.

Weeg still getting outmuscled - doesn’t bode well for play-offs. Too many of the key guys not hitting their straps. Hogg for example has had a strangely subdued season.

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:14 pm

Didn’t get to see it. Performances of note?

How did the Edinburgh centres go against the more established Glasgow pair?

On Hogg, he seemed to come firing back briefly after the autumn but then really faded. Not bad necessarily but not much of anything? Him following the trend of Glasgow’s season or the other way around?

How did Fagerson go? Really interested how he does against tougher forward packs.

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:21 pm

I hadn't realised that Edinburgh were only 2 points off the top spot in their pool...

What an absolutely amazing turnaround but I can't help but wonder about those bonus points...

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:21 pm

Mikey Brown wrote:Didn’t get to see it. Performances of note?

How did the Edinburgh centres go against the more established Glasgow pair?

On Hogg, he seemed to come firing back briefly after the autumn but then really faded. Not bad necessarily but not much of anything? Him following the trend of Glasgow’s season or the other way around?

How did Fagerson go? Really interested how he does against tougher forward packs.

Which?

BlackCat1978 · Post by **BlackCat1978** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:49 pm

Adder wrote:
BlackCat1978 wrote:Damn! The match isn't on BBC! Does anyone have an 'alternative' link?
https://livesportshd.net/sky-sports-action

Thank you sir! That was a VERY watchable link - first class

Edinburgh in Exile · Post by **Edinburgh in Exile** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:56 pm

ARM wrote:
ARM wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote: Nah Weegies have shot their bolt.
Saved for later.
And deleted.

Haha. Good man Arm.

Cameo · Post by **Cameo** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 11:55 pm

That was good fun. Glasgow look more likely to score from distance but Edinburgh have something about them. Good to have them both in the playoffs and glasgow have at least some of their spark back

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:16 am

Few thoughts:
A side with the embra forward pack and the weeg backs would be very good.
Edinburgh probably should have won by more.
Rambo showed he is Scotland's best hooker.
Swinson was 5th best second row in the match.
No one can convince Harley deserves to be in a Scotland squad ahead of... well any SQ back row really. He is involved in rucks but rarely impacts them. Edinburghs back row were very effective.
Carmichael for a young lad is excellent in maul defence. He's closer to Cummings than many would think IMO.
Horne, Russell and Grigg were good.
SHC was good in the main.
Fowles, Harries and Fife were shite.
Young VDM is fun to watch. Raw as hell but fun.

Post by **OptimisticJock** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 1:36 pm

ARM wrote:
ARM wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote: Nah Weegies have shot their bolt.
Saved for later.
And deleted.

switchskier · Post by **switchskier** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 3:56 pm

Time zones meant that I didn't get to see the game but there are some beautiful tries on that highlights passage. Both teams looked to be playing with confidence which seems to be the huge difference.

Looking at the table, I had t realised that both teams had the same number of wins. Glasgow got 14 bonus points to Edinburghs 8 though, plus the draw means a fairly big points difference in the end. Attacking rugby paid off which is what bonus points are meant to do I guess.

francoisfou · Post by **francoisfou** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:12 pm

Good result, Edinburgh (are you known as "Edinbourgeois", by chance?).

Tough match at Thomond to come, but nevertheless, I may put a fiver on you!

Adder · Post by **Adder** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:31 pm

whatisthejava · Post by **whatisthejava** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:59 pm

I think weeg have been undone by the utter utter shiteness of their conference, got Munster early and Leinster at home and pumped them and then really didn’t face a decent team until Edinburgh and then again scraped past games until the last few months when they look half cooked.

Think Munster fared better as they had the cc to prop them up but next season they need to try and even the pods a bit

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:59 pm

So I wrote a bunch of shit about the Edinburgh backrow and lost it as the signal dropped out on the tube, as I just love doing. Basically it looks very promising. Hope Barclay can manage his game-time sensibly over the next couple of years. Will he play 8 do we think? 6. Bradbury/Crosbie 7. Watson/Ritchie 8. Barclay/Mata isn't a bad crop. Ritchie looked great on the highlights.

Charlie Horse is definitely off, right? And is Carmichael more of a 6 or lock?

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:35 am

Mata is absolutely nailed in that back row. What a f*cking find.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:41 am

Tremendous to think that no team in the pro 14 has won more games than Edinburgh. In the hardest pool, playing the best team in the other pool 3 times, playing th3 cheetahs away, that is some achievement.

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:43 am

Mikey Brown wrote:So I wrote a bunch of shit about the Edinburgh backrow and lost it as the signal dropped out on the tube, as I just love doing. Basically it looks very promising. Hope Barclay can manage his game-time sensibly over the next couple of years. Will he play 8 do we think? 6. Bradbury/Crosbie 7. Watson/Ritchie 8. Barclay/Mata isn't a bad crop. Ritchie looked great on the highlights.

Charlie Horse is definitely off, right? And is Carmichael more of a 6 or lock?

Carmichael is a second row who can play 6.

The Edinburgh back row looks promising. Ally Miller will be pushing for a go next year too. There seems an edge to them that the I'd Glasgow equivalents lack at times.

Mikey Brown · Post by **Mikey Brown** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:34 am

Yup. Resources at both teams are quite strangely spread about.

Post by **OptimisticJock** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:06 pm

Every pro14 game live for 3 years with premier sport with one game a week free on freesport

Big D · Post by **Big D** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:22 pm

SHC apparently only offered a deal up to December ao.is off to the scarlets. Suggests a 9 from the SH is on his way.

BlackCat1978 · Post by **BlackCat1978** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:24 pm

OptimisticJock wrote:Every pro14 game live for 3 years with premier sport with one game a week free on freesport

Is Premier Sport available through Virgin? Might consider a subscription, but not if they're only going to show the Irish matches.

Post by **OptimisticJock** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:30 pm

BlackCat1978 wrote:
OptimisticJock wrote:Every pro14 game live for 3 years with premier sport with one game a week free on freesport
Is Premier Sport available through Virgin? Might consider a subscription, but not if they're only going to show the Irish matches.

Not sure. Every match will be shown.

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:34 pm

Big D wrote:SHC apparently only offered a deal up to December ao.is off to the scarlets. Suggests a 9 from the SH is on his way.

Who is off to the Scarlets? SHC?
I hope not. He'll just ride pine.

Post by **OptimisticJock** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:39 pm

hugh_woatmeigh wrote:
Big D wrote:SHC apparently only offered a deal up to December ao.is off to the scarlets. Suggests a 9 from the SH is on his way.
Who is off to the Scarlets? SHC?
I hope not. He'll just ride pine.

Confirmed earlier.

hugh_woatmeigh · Post by **hugh_woatmeigh** » Tue May 01, 2018 12:11 am

OptimisticJock wrote:
hugh_woatmeigh wrote:
Big D wrote:SHC apparently only offered a deal up to December ao.is off to the scarlets. Suggests a 9 from the SH is on his way.
Who is off to the Scarlets? SHC?
I hope not. He'll just ride pine.
Confirmed earlier.

An odd move for all parties involved IMO.

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