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General Category => Wasps Rugby Discussion => Topic started by: Vespula Vulgaris on April 16, 2017, 03:38:56 PM

Title: Bristol game thread
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on April 16, 2017, 03:38:56 PM
35 minute gone and it's a nail biter. We tried too hard to start and had to settle down. 7-14
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Harry the wasp on April 16, 2017, 03:44:00 PM
7-19
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on April 16, 2017, 03:44:34 PM
Half time, if we can keep it sensible we've got this sorted. 7-21
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 16, 2017, 03:45:38 PM
At half time, the D is looking better. The attack is looking better. The team are getting to know who will be where. Nathan didn't come back on? Did you notice that the commentator talked about Fekitoa coming next year?
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Brandnewtorugby on April 16, 2017, 03:49:58 PM
Radio Bristol is really listenable, very good commentary. Worried about Hughes, said it looked like collar bone on the radio?
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 16, 2017, 03:52:31 PM
The vipbox.nu hd feed is great. Thanks for that link VV.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Raggs on April 16, 2017, 03:55:06 PM
Did they check the Bristol try with the TMO?  Pretty big knock on to miss by the AR.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 16, 2017, 03:59:22 PM
Did they check the Bristol try with the TMO?  Pretty big knock on to miss by the AR.

Yep defo a knock on. Poor not to check it.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Chilham on April 16, 2017, 04:02:44 PM
Yep.  If Nathan's done his collarbone, that'll be a summer off for him.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Harry the wasp on April 16, 2017, 04:11:50 PM
Saints currently doing us a favour, just scored an early try to make it 20-6.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Raggs on April 16, 2017, 04:17:39 PM
Can't rely on Saints, no matter how nice it would be for top 2 to be confirmed today.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Harry the wasp on April 16, 2017, 04:25:36 PM
Yes Raggs, Saracens have a nasty habit of never giving up. At least we are doing our best - 6 trys now.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Raggs on April 16, 2017, 04:28:45 PM
I know they scored, but what a tackle by WLR!
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Aelfrith on April 16, 2017, 04:40:23 PM
The VipBox.nu link has succeeded in taking a £1 donation to Unicef from me but will not allow me to log on and see then feed. It keeps linking me back to the subscription page. Anyone got any ideas about what I'm doing wrong. I now have a user id and a password.  >:(
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 16, 2017, 04:42:38 PM
As soon as Cipriani came on, the backs' D fell apart.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Raggs on April 16, 2017, 04:42:53 PM
First you contact your bank and ask them to watch for suspicious activity on your card.

There is no need for any donation, and subscription or signup.  Anything you signed up to was an advertisement, and potentially (not guaranteed) a bit dodgy.

Closing the ads can sometimes just be waiting for them to timeout, sometimes spotting a tiny x etc.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Harry the wasp on April 16, 2017, 04:43:23 PM
Well that's it and Brizzle are gone.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Harry the wasp on April 16, 2017, 04:54:50 PM
Well you were correct Raggs. Sarries did it again.
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Brandnewtorugby on April 16, 2017, 06:45:08 PM
I feel slightly bad about it being that game which sealed the fate of Bristol. I know it was the whole season that did it, but even so. No doubt they will be back.

Sarries and Exeter have built quite a psychological barrier to overcome,  you just never know when they are beaten.

Worried about Nathan, any news or sightings of him after coming off?

Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: Vespula Vulgaris on April 16, 2017, 06:54:31 PM
I agree about having sealed Bristol's fate.  I've been rooting for them since they signed TV2, more so since they got Siale and secured Alapti for next season too.

I thought we started a little to arrogantly.  We handed them the first try by trying silly things that were unlikely to come off and I think that osrt of thing would be our undoing against a better team.  Me managed to settle down a little and play through the phases after that.  It was nice to see a variety of different sorts of try being scored.  But I still felt we were trying too hard.  Extra long miss-passes and so on to try and force the score when the opprtunities just arrive by themselves when we keep playing the ball, passing it down the line and applying the pressure.

I can fully see why Dai started emptying the bench early once the game was away, but to be honest I wonder if we'd been better served by keeping the team on and showing a bit of ruthlessness.  As it was Cips and Robson seemed to add very little and I wish we'd stuck with Simmo and Gopps.  Alapati on the other hand showed some form again, I think he'd going to be a big loss :(

But 5 points secured all the same.  On to the next game now!
Title: Re: Bristol game thread
Post by: NellyWellyWaspy on April 16, 2017, 07:29:26 PM
Worried about Nathan, any news or sightings of him after coming off?

He has a cut near the eye with stitches and he will have to follow the HIA, but he should be OK for the Quins game. His good looks are gone for now.