Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.

mariner4life

It must suck to be a Wallabies fan, and be reminded of that team. It was fucking awesome. And so long ago.

akan004

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Funny thing is that if Ngatai hadn't run into problems, not only would he be there but ALB wouldn't have had the opportunities to showcase himself to the selectors.
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Speaking of Ngatai, does anyone have an update on him? Sure hope he gets through his concussion issues and is ready for the EOYT. Am worried that it may be another Broadhurst type scenario.

MN5

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Out of all bands whose name is acronymised and start with "U" and have one or more numbers in its name - let's say, "2" for example - UB40 is the second worst band ever.
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Always amazed me that UB40 needed about ten fucken band members to make a sound that to me was just like one bloke with a drum machine and a synthesizer. I also read that one of the original members fell on hard times and had to join a UB40 tribute band haha. Mind you some of them do sound pretty good to be fair but in my mind there's no substitute for the real thing and real or not, UB40 were pretty shit overall.....well "Don't break my heart" is a good song. It says a lot about todays music that a cool young AB lists them as a favourite band.
 
Anyway back to the Rugby, I'm even more out of touch than usual having been away but what does Squires bring to the table that Dixon doesn't ? Is 6 foot 5 really that much of an advantage over 6 foot 4 in the lineout ?

Provincial Stalwart

Back off the rugby and onto UB40, I'm not surprised that a band member fell on hard times when there were about ten other members to share the profits with. Mind you, one tenth of fuck all is the same as a quarter of fuck all.
 
Didn't they just cover other people's hits? Elvis, Neil Diamond etc.

Rancid Schnitzel

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Winger and Canes4life , mostly.</blockquote>
 
They have a point. The Canes butt raped the Crusaders and forced them to eat their own testicles, yet they get more Allblacks. 
Actually I'm totally cool with the selections. I just wanted to mention that the Canes butt raped the Saders

Rancid Schnitzel

On a serious note I'm a bit underwhelmed by Dagg on the wing. Bit risky, but Id go for the young fella. I also want Pat T on the bench. Don't see why they cant unleash him on both the Wallabies and the Boks.

MN5

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Back off the rugby and onto UB40, I'm not surprised that a band member fell on hard times when there were about ten other members to share the profits with. Mind you, one tenth of fuck all is the same as a quarter of fuck all.
 
Didn't they just cover other people's hits? Elvis, Neil Diamond etc.
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Naaa they did a whole heap of their own stuff as well. Like I said I do genuinely like "Don't break my heart" for whatever reason, they should have stopped there cos the rest of their stuff is just awful. That's just my opinion though, they were a massive band and sold shitloads so not exactly sure how guys can fuck up and lose the hughe amounts of money they had.......then I think people like Mike Tyson and it all makes sense and obviously Jonah was out of cash when he passed away as well,
 
Back to the Rugby so this post doesn't get deleted I can honestly say I could pass ALB in the street and not know who the hell he is. Can I have a list of strengths/weaknesses from a Chiefs fan by any chance ?

Nepia

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Back off the rugby and onto UB40, I'm not surprised that a band member fell on hard times when there were about ten other members to share the profits with. Mind you, one tenth of fuck all is the same as a quarter of fuck all.
 
Didn't they just cover other people's hits? Elvis, Neil Diamond etc.
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I think they released two covers albums but those two albums were massive but if you rattled off a bunch of their songs you'd be surprised how many where by them.

Hooroo

Worst thread deviation ever!
 
EDIT: Where are the mods to tidy this up?

mariner4life

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Anyway back to the Rugby, I'm even more out of touch than usual having been away but what does Squires bring to the table that Dixon doesn't ? Is 6 foot 5 really that much of an advantage over 6 foot 4 in the lineout ?
 
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You were in the islands for what, a week? You haven't been trekking the Silk Road for a fucking year. They're completely different players.

mariner4life

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Worst thread deviation ever!
 
EDIT: Where are the mods to tidy this up?
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stop tidying shit up!! it makes our random threads even harder to follow. just let it lie unless it's outright abuse. And even then leave it alone.

MN5

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You were in the islands for what, a week? You haven't been trekking the Silk Road for a fucking year. They're completely different players. 
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Tall, Maori, tats, bit of mongrel, questionable haircuts/facial hair, one's a 6 who covers 8, the others is the other way round.
 
Would it help if I said I haven't seen a single highlanders game this year ?
 
Hooroo, I did mention Rugby in every UB40 post, did that help ?

Milk

Seems like I'm the only guy around here who likes UB40.
 
Happy with the ALB call. He's the best/only option left to compliment Fekitoa. Him and Seta or him and a 19 year old would scare the shit out of me.

antipodean

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Milk" data-cid="608811" data-time="1472093943">Happy with the ALB call. He's the best/only option left to compliment Fekitoa. Him and Seta or him and a 19 year old would scare the shit out of me.</blockquote>
 
I just have a calm easiness that ALB will do everything well enough. Not expecting a omfg it's like the love child of Nonu and Cullen type game, just good decisions and low error rate. 
Startling Smallcock must be taking lessons reading Sun Tzu. I can't believe there hasn't been an edge to the training in the Wallaby camp.

Hooroo

Oh dear, the last line, the ulitmate put down......
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/83563300/aussie-bookies-gloomier-about-wallabies-chances-than-we-are'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/83563300/aussie-bookies-gloomier-about-wallabies-chances-than-we-are</a>

Frye

Foley at 12. 
Simmons the major casualty (scapegoat).

NTA

Wallabies named:
 
1. Scott Sio (19 Tests) 2. Stephen Moore (106 Tests) 3. Sekope Kepu (67 Tests) 4. Kane Douglas (24 Tests) 5. Adam Coleman (1 Test) 6. Scott Fardy (34 Tests) 7. Michael Hooper (55 Tests) 8. David Pocock (57 Tests) 9. Will Genia (67 Tests) 10. Quade Cooper (58 Tests) 11. Dane Haylett-Petty (4 Tests) 12. Bernard Foley (31 Tests) 13. Samu Kerevi (2 Tests) 14. Adam Ashley-Cooper (115 Tests) 15. Israel Folau (42 Tests) Reserves 16. Tatafu Polota-Nau 17. James Slipper 18. Allan Alaâ€™alatoa 19. Dean Mumm 20. Will Skelton 21. Tevita Kuridrani 22. Reece Hodge 23. Nick Phipps

NTA

Snap Don Frye....
 
Notes:
 
Simmons flicked for Coleman
McCalman flicked for Fardy
Pooper retained
Skelton in
Hodge promoted
Kerevi promoted
Kurdrani demoted
 
Smacks of "fuck it, let's harden up a little!"

Hooroo

NTA, can you highlight changes from last week?

MN5

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I just have a calm easiness that ALB will do everything well enough. Not expecting a omfg it's like the love child of Nonu and Cullen type game, just good decisions and low error rate. 
Startling Smallcock must be taking lessons reading Sun Tzu. I can't believe there hasn't been an edge to the training in the Wallaby camp.
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Holy shit, that guy would be the best player of all time.

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe II - Have a stab at the teams.