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NellyWellyWaspy

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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #30 on: April 03, 2019, 04:24:22 PM »
Happiness.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2019, 05:34:06 PM »
If he stays I hope he stands less deep and gets a full pre season playing that way.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #32 on: April 03, 2019, 05:42:12 PM »

This sounds similar to the recent articles about Jerome Kaino saying that criticism of Julian Savea at Toulon was justified... which he 100% rebuked.
i.e. utter tosh from the press
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #33 on: April 03, 2019, 05:50:48 PM »
The House of Rugby podcast had a rugby journalist on instead of Hask this week.. along with Tinds.. and despite his best efforts of trying to sound like he likes to write about rugby.. I got the sense he made more money from reporting gossip... if it was printed.. then so be it.. whether it be true or not

I wonder how quickly a forum message (not this one) can find its way to the national press?

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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2019, 05:57:48 PM »
Bobby Bridge now confirms that The Times was talking bollux.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/wasps-rugby-news-lima-sopoaga-16070832
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #35 on: April 03, 2019, 06:10:24 PM »
Not that it's particularly important, but I wonder who planted that malicious little rumour in the first place?
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #36 on: April 03, 2019, 06:29:42 PM »
Whilst i'm glad he's staying he needs to start producing, 1 good thing every 6 games isn't doing it for me...not given his stature, he should have more in his locker no matter if its a new environment or not.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #37 on: April 03, 2019, 06:31:11 PM »
The journalist in question is pretty well thought of at the club so it's feasible it was a genuine case of mishearing something.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2019, 07:17:29 PM »
Quote from: Vespula Vulgaris on April 03, 2019, 06:31:11 PM
The journalist in question is pretty well thought of at the club so it's feasible it was a genuine case of mishearing something.

I think you are being generous VV. Who was the journalist in question? Owen Slot, Stephen Jones?  It still smells like a malicious plant to me.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #39 on: April 03, 2019, 07:28:12 PM »
Quote from: Vespula Vulgaris on April 03, 2019, 06:31:11 PM
The journalist in question is pretty well thought of at the club




Not any more he won't be.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #40 on: April 03, 2019, 07:41:07 PM »
Quote from: Rossm on April 03, 2019, 07:17:29 PM
Quote from: Vespula Vulgaris on April 03, 2019, 06:31:11 PM
The journalist in question is pretty well thought of at the club so it's feasible it was a genuine case of mishearing something.

I think you are being generous VV. Who was the journalist in question? Owen Slot, Stephen Jones?  It still smells like a malicious plant to me.

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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2019, 08:50:11 PM »
Then he should have checked his source* before printing such an outrageous lie.



* I still wonder who that might be. In the context of the rest of the article I have seen then it could only have been Cips or his agent.
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2019, 09:03:59 PM »
Cips' agent is my guess. Conversation (imaginary):

Agent: 'Lot's of clubs are/were interested in signing Cips.'
Reporter: 'What, even Wasps?'
Agent: 'Yes.'
Reporter: 'But they have Sops for 3 years'
Agent: 'Wasps want Cips, so I presume it is to replace Sops'
Reporter: 'That would mean Sops is off early?'
Agent: 'That would be the conclusion.'
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #43 on: April 03, 2019, 09:11:38 PM »
I can go with that, idle chat creates nonsense story!
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Re: Sops leaving?
« Reply #44 on: April 03, 2019, 11:31:38 PM »
One sentence about Lima in the middle of an article about Cipriani Re-signing for Gloucester. Perhaps the sub editor had a little space to fill.
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