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#Post#: 6985--------------------------------------------------
Not part of the script
DIR By: BedfordshireBoy
Date: September 23, 2018, 12:45 pm
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Wins for Bristol and Worcester this weekend, throws the table
wide open, this could be a very interesting season as well as a
very nervous one for many clubs.
#Post#: 6988--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: SiB
Date: September 23, 2018, 12:54 pm
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Yep 6th in the table fire 4 rounds, our best result against
bottom of the table
Thankfully we got LBPs and that along with defence seems to be
two areas of improvement
Not looking forward to Kingsholm next Saturday , but Sarries at
home looks like it will be painful
#Post#: 6990--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: simjam
Date: September 23, 2018, 1:20 pm
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--- Quote from: BedfordshireBoy link ---
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> Wins for Bristol and Worcester this weekend, throws the table
wide open, this could be a very interesting season as well as a
very nervous one for many clubs.
>
--- End Quote ---
The average points total for the bottom team (not including the
freak London Welsh 1 point season) for the last 10 years is
22-23 points. Could well be a lot more than that this season so
yeah a nervous one for many clubs.
#Post#: 7020--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: Quins Head
Date: September 24, 2018, 2:57 am
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Don’t think it will be fit many clubs it will boil down to 3 or
4 max clubs unfortunately I think we will be one of them
#Post#: 7023--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: poorfour
Date: September 24, 2018, 3:27 am
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We hold the record for highest points total for a relegated
team, which is why I set the roadmap target for 11th at 38 every
year.
Looks like a very open lower two thirds of the table, with lots
of clubs scrabbling for form. I'm disappointed that Quins
haven't managed a second win in the last three games - all of
which look to have been winnable - but the fact that we are
collecting BPs is cause for encouragement. Our first season back
up, IIRC, began with a string of something like 8 LBP, and built
into a season that saw us get Champions Cup rugby and finish
second in the table the following year. There's a similar vibe
to this season: not the start we wanted, but there's a grit
that's been lacking for a while.
#Post#: 7024--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: Quinky
Date: September 24, 2018, 3:59 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> We hold the record for highest points total for a relegated
team, which is why I set the roadmap target for 11th at 38 every
year.
>
> Looks like a very open lower two thirds of the table, with
lots of clubs scrabbling for form. I'm disappointed that Quins
haven't managed a second win in the last three games - all of
which look to have been winnable - but the fact that we are
collecting BPs is cause for encouragement. Our first season back
up, IIRC, began with a string of something like 8 LBP, and built
into a season that saw us get Champions Cup rugby and finish
second in the table the following year. There's a similar vibe
to this season: not the start we wanted, but there's a grit
that's been lacking for a while.
>
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Very well put. Too many people are leaping off a cliff, four
games in. Then yesterday we saw a result that I dare say none of
us expected. It's not the first, it won't be the last. We may
lose the next six, we may win the next six; I think it will be
somewhere in between. It's a long season, and if you look at how
we were decimated with injuries and call ups last season, you
will see how squads may not be performing consistently through
the season.
#Post#: 7025--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: September 24, 2018, 4:30 am
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We really oight to have won at least one more game, and many of
the old problems are still there, notably discipline and
dreadful kicking, but on the other hand, I think there are clear
areas of improvement. I also don't think international call ups
will hurt us so much this year, paqrtly because our
international players' form hasn't been so great that their
replacements would represent a clear drop off in quality.
Gloucester away will be hard, but I don't think they're the
amazing team many are making them out to be, and I'm not just
saying that based on their heavy loss to Sarries. Sarries at
home I can't see us getting much more than a LBP out of, but
then again I've thought that the last few seasons
#Post#: 7026--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: September 24, 2018, 4:35 am
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Gloucs looked a different level against Bath, and then
completely lost the plot and looked awful. Good team but no
where near Sarries or Exeter yet. Keep DC quiet and they look
even less dangerous
#Post#: 7033--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: Samquin
Date: September 24, 2018, 6:40 am
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Discipline is costing us dear. I read we have conceded the most
penalties for a Premiership team so far this season.
#Post#: 7038--------------------------------------------------
Re: Not part of the script
DIR By: Quinky
Date: September 24, 2018, 7:38 am
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--- Quote from: T-Bone link ---
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> We really oight to have won at least one more game, and many
of the old problems are still there, notably discipline and
dreadful kicking, but on the other hand, I think there are clear
areas of improvement. I also don't think international call ups
will hurt us so much this year, paqrtly because our
international players' form hasn't been so great that their
replacements would represent a clear drop off in quality.
>
>
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I take your point, but I don't believe that any team "should"
win any game. Yesterday being a good example.
International call ups will be interesting. If PG's rotation
system works, we will have players who are match fit and who
know the systems, ready to step in. If our guys aren't called
up, then other teams will feel the loss more than us.
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