Morning all.
I can report the weather no better here in North Dorset. We've been discussing when we wear foulies on a sailing forum I use, today isn't one of them, its one for hunkering down with a good book.
Really looking forward to this game, Sale games have a special place in my heart. One of my best mates and former business partners was a Sale STH and when we lived in High Wycombe he would come to us for our home games and I'd go to him for the away fixture. I was there for the infamous "pizza" match that wasn't and took quite some stick in one of their local pubs (a real dive, but great beer and atmosphere).
One of our home games was so dreadful, lots of aimless kicking from both sides, we sat at the back of the stand moaning like the couple of old codgers from the Muppet Show.
My guess is a lot of early attritional rugby with both sides focusing on defence and not giving an inch, but like a lot of those games it will open up in the 2nd half as the defences tire. Our squad management to date should give us the edge in the end, as long as we don't get sucked in to matching them on penalties and start losing players to the sin bin.
Really looking forward to it and dare I say the following match as I'm just enjoying watching rugby, I didn't think I'd miss it this much.