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#Post#: 89324--------------------------------------------------
Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: Sketchley
Date: April 27, 2022, 1:43 am
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Just looked at prem rugby regulations, league position on same
points are number of wins then pts difference. Not sure it make
much difference mind.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: April 27, 2022, 3:14 am
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--- Quote from: poorfour link ---
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> No, I’m not. That’s more or less the opposite of what I wrote.
>
> I’m stating that a team can only benefit from underdog status
if they think of themselves as underdogs. And I don’t think last
season’s Quins saw themselves in that light to any appreciable
degree.
>
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Well, that's not true. What if the other team believes the first
team are underdogs and approaches the game differently as a
result?
But anyway, the point is that being labelled as underdogs can
give a team a boost because there's not the external pressure of
expectation - and indeed perhaps the boost of "let's show them
they're wrong" - without the players themselves ever needing to
believe they should be or are underdogs.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: April 27, 2022, 5:04 am
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--- Quote from: The Absolute Quintet link ---
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> Top post, including a whole new verb 'to Quin'. I Quin, you
Quin, he/she Quins, we all Quin. COYQ!
>
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I would suggest some phraseology as the next logical step in
our development of the verb "to Quin" is:
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> We Quin'd them
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For example, in the 2012 semi final in Bristol we were 28-0
down, Quin'd them, and won.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: April 27, 2022, 7:29 am
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I prefer "to Quins" - so we Quins'd them. Sounds nicer, I think.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: TeddingtonQuin
Date: April 27, 2022, 7:55 am
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--- Quote from: RodneyRegis link ---
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> I think the entire team was just knackered. Sarries had been
on holiday for weeks having won the league by miles, and we were
fighting tooth and nail right up to the end. We outplayed them
in the first half but in the final quarter they their salary cap
busting bench just blew us away.
>
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Fixed it for you :)
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: April 27, 2022, 9:07 am
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--- Quote from: RodneyRegis link ---
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> Never fear, Bolly will be along shortly to even the score with
his auto-tick ;)
>
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Wot is an auto-tick? And why might it "even the score"?
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: April 30, 2022, 4:29 am
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Disappointing loss last night, but 2 points is better than
nothing and probably takes Exeter out of contention for 4th.
Looking at the permutations, the worst scenario is that Saints
and Gloucester take maximum points from their remaining fixtures
(10 for Saints, 15 for Gloucester) and we get nothing.
That would take Saints up to 78, Gloucester to 77 with us
staying on 74. It’s not impossible, but fairly unlikely given
both play Saracens and we face Gloucester.
This could well change again by 5pm today. Firstly, I don’t
think it’s a given Gloucester best Bath. On form, they should,
but Bath have significantly improved recently, they’ve got a
number of top players back and in a local derby, form does tend
to go out of the window a bit. Even if Gloucester do get 5
points, we have the opportunity to kill off their challenge next
round. They could beat us with a BP, but I don’t see us getting
0 from that game. The only way I see them winning on the final
day is if Saracens rest a lot of players, but I’d be very
surprised to see a BP win. Again definitely possible, which is
why we need to make it an irrelevance at the Big Stoop.
I doubt Saints will beat Saracens. Again, it’s possible Saracens
rest a load of players, but Saints don’t tend to do as well
against physical teams that play more formulaic, structured
rugby. They score a lot of tries, so if they win, it’s possible
that if they win, they get a BP. I can easily see them getting a
BP win against Newcastle.
All very hard to predict, but I don’t think it’s likely that
Saints and Gloucester get maximum points and we get 0. It’s
definitely possible we drop to fourth, but I’m not sure that’s
the worst outcome as I’d rather go to Welford Road than the
Stonex.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: Quinston Churchill
Date: April 30, 2022, 9:56 am
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Bath laying down for Gloucester ATM. All too easy.
Makes next round a proper showdown - I guess our play-offs are
starting a couple of weeks early.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: honkytonk
Date: April 30, 2022, 10:05 am
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2 games to go, 7 points clear of them and 6 clear of Saints. I
think we will be fine tbh.
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Re: Last 3 rounds
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: April 30, 2022, 10:07 am
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Bath not doing us any favours.
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