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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: KentQuin
Date: July 12, 2021, 2:16 pm
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Having fallen out with Agen and flopping at Montpellier, he
needs to get his next move right. In the current climate he
might just need to settle for a one year contract.
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: July 12, 2021, 2:37 pm
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> Merci mais non merci...
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Je suis d’accord
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Somardino
Date: July 13, 2021, 1:49 am
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I’m not unsympathetic to his reason for leaving, but his
decisions really haven’t worked out well thus far. From a Quins
point of view, I’d imagine the Jones signing means we’re no
longer in a position to make an offer regardless.
Hope things find a way to work out for him, can’t imagine a
season at Agen in the Pro D2 is going to be much fun.
#Post#: 72010--------------------------------------------------
Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Carbonm
Date: July 13, 2021, 3:42 am
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He needs to sack his agent!
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Kermitpower
Date: July 13, 2021, 6:25 am
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--- Quote from: Somardino link ---
> Hope things find a way to work out for him, can’t imagine a
season at Agen in the Pro D2 is going to be much fun.
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Given the way that the Pro D2 promotion works, there's no cast
iron guarantee that they'll bounce back either!
If I've understood it correctly, it goes something like this...
1. The top two teams at the end of the regular season go
straight to the semi-final.
2. Teams 3-6 play quarter finals, the winners of which go to
the semis.
3. The winner of the final is automatically promoted to the Top
14.
4. The loser of the final has to play a play-off match against
the 13th-placed team in the Top 14 to decide if they're going to
be promoted.
So whatever way you look at it, there's a lot of opportunity for
banana skins even if they "win" the regular season. Just look
at how often Bristol "won" the Championship before losing the
play-off final.
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: July 13, 2021, 8:50 am
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I can understand why he felt he needed to leave if Quins were
imposing pay cuts, and at the time we were pretty poor too.
Couple of seasons earning good money in France, lovely place to
live, etc. Instead, he's now in the doldrums, living down there
in lockdown is presumably not as much fun as it would have been
in normal times, and Quins have gone on to win the Premiership.
A gamble that has not really paid off. He might still be
perfectly happy, in which case good luck to him. Despite his
very obvious qualities, I'm not sure I'd be that thrilled about
him re-joining, and he clearly doesn't want to anyway. While I
hope he does well for himself, it's quite easy to see his career
turning into a case of "what might have been"
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Twickersman
Date: July 13, 2021, 10:26 am
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--- Quote from: T-Bone link ---
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> I can understand why he felt he needed to leave if Quins were
imposing pay cuts, and at the time we were pretty poor too.
Couple of seasons earning good money in France, lovely place to
live, etc. Instead, he's now in the doldrums, living down there
in lockdown is presumably not as much fun as it would have been
in normal times, and Quins have gone on to win the Premiership.
A gamble that has not really paid off. He might still be
perfectly happy, in which case good luck to him. Despite his
very obvious qualities, I'm not sure I'd be that thrilled about
him re-joining, and he clearly doesn't want to anyway. While I
hope he does well for himself, it's quite easy to see his career
turning into a case of "what might have been"
>
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I generally agree with this. He seems to have made a rod for his
own back with his decisions. If he does come back, we will
behind Lynagh, Green, David etc... I get the feeling he wants to
be the big dog where he goes and that it would a little to much
like a dog with his tail between his legs coming back to Quins.
He is an amazing talent, but perhaps he has made some bad moves.
Good luck to him, hope he gets a club and a small part of me,
would still like to see him back at the stoop. He promised so
much as a winger or game braking 13.
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Guildford Quin
Date: July 14, 2021, 9:04 am
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It's ironic he left before Quins started to play a more
expansive brand of rugby which would have suited his natural
game. His defensive errors would have been less notable amongst
a team shipping 30 points every game and I'm sure he'd have
finished some of the try opportunities that were created for
Lynagh/Murley/Morris. Bad timing for him and others have been
the beneficiaries.
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: BedfordshireBoy
Date: July 15, 2021, 3:26 pm
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Interestingly he has been released by Agen.
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Re: Ibitoye
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: July 15, 2021, 5:23 pm
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> Interestingly he has been released by Agen.
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They’re pruning their squad.
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