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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Is Dai the right man to lead the club?
« on: February 09, 2019, 10:02:17 PM »
Perhaps it is time to bring out the "Live Fast" signs to show our support and appreciation, and the style of Rugby we enjoy.
Can't think of anyone I would rather have in charge.
Not been a great year, but not every year will be. I believe it will get better.
Can't think of anyone I would rather have in charge.
Not been a great year, but not every year will be. I believe it will get better.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: The salary cap
« on: February 06, 2019, 03:00:01 PM »
Possibly covered by "Payment in kind a player would not have received were not for his involvement with a Club", if spotted.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Naholo
« on: February 06, 2019, 10:35:10 AM »
I hope you are not suggesting that the odd Fez full of Krugerrands might have been missed in the past 
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Quins broke the cap last year
« on: February 06, 2019, 10:29:06 AM »
There is an item in the cap rules about loans to players.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Naholo
« on: February 05, 2019, 02:45:08 PM »
I thought that the salary cap rules attempted to cover add-ones, even down to giving money to a family member not being a way around it.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: The other site
« on: February 04, 2019, 01:29:44 PM »
Now that earlier misunderstandings have been rectified and we know that EJ is not an idiot who does not understand rugby and just breaks players, and actually (since Saturday and at least up until next weekend) a tactical genius and master of all that can be surveyed, perhaps a campaign to poach him?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Bristol Bears car parking
« on: January 31, 2019, 05:00:38 PM »
Shame it will not be on TV now, I like to watch the match back afterwards.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Bristol Bears car parking
« on: January 31, 2019, 04:56:00 PM »
Lucky I had not sorted out parking yet.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Training Facility Article
« on: January 31, 2019, 01:46:34 PM »
Excellent article, though who is the fly half you refused to mention? Someone well known?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Bristol Bears car parking
« on: January 30, 2019, 08:44:23 PM »
Thanks, will give that a try.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Bristol Bears car parking
« on: January 30, 2019, 03:52:59 PM »
Anyone any useful experience/advice with car-parking around Ashton Gate? (Doubtless I will now discover that I have missed a link somewhere to a massive multi-story right next door and so feel like a bigger idiot than I usually do)
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: How long will the CVC money last... and what then?
« on: January 24, 2019, 02:47:34 PM »
I don't suppose they end up being cheaper. However, I get pleasure from seeing players developing through from the academy that I don't get from seeing a player come here for a couple of years and then leaving. Note, I am not saying that the likes of Beale have not given me a great deal of enjoyment, just that there is something a bit special about "one of ours" coming through.
However, the greatest pleasure is from seeing great Rugby so we have to strike an appropriate balance.
However, the greatest pleasure is from seeing great Rugby so we have to strike an appropriate balance.
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Launchbury off?
« on: January 24, 2019, 01:53:35 PM »
I though he signed a new contract a the end of 2017 so is just over a year into it. Do we think that Wasps or Joe would agree only a short contract, or that he has a get-out clause?
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: The other site
« on: January 23, 2019, 01:41:21 PM »
I am sure it would never have been down if Dai had kept Danny
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Wasps Rugby Discussion / Re: Defence
« on: January 22, 2019, 10:10:31 AM »
Having watched the game on TV now, the performance looks better than it did from my seat at the Ricoh.
The defence was mostly good (as said above "apart from the tries"), the problem being that we did too much of it because of rushing things and making errors or giving away needless penalties.
Their tries from mauls were going to be difficult to stop, but it was errors by us that put them into that position.
Our attack started to look better, Wasps-like, but then each time panic set in and the chance was lost. IMO we should have had one or two tries in the first half, and with the attack of the past couple of seasons we would have.
I though we looked more like a team than we have since the Ulster pre-season game, the one where it looked like we had cracked the defensive issues and would therefore go on to great things, but...
As "poor-quality-championship-level-signings go", Morris looked to have a pretty good game:-) Lima seemed to be more in it, Cruse must be a machine, even Elliot's game seemed better on second viewing once I could see his work in the centre rather than the lapses and overly-tentative performance in front of me on the wing.
IF we can build from that performance, then we will be OK. Our defence needs work, but it was having to defend too much yesterday rather than the general quality of the defence that let us down.
We clearly have good players and are able to mount attacks, by not getting over-excited we might finish more of them off.
P.S. Key will be getting the man in the seat in front of me to wear his lucky hat for the whole match. We have a 100% record when he attends and wears it (though he only bought it for the Northampton game and did not go to the Bath one), he was wearing it for the second half so there could be something in that.
The defence was mostly good (as said above "apart from the tries"), the problem being that we did too much of it because of rushing things and making errors or giving away needless penalties.
Their tries from mauls were going to be difficult to stop, but it was errors by us that put them into that position.
Our attack started to look better, Wasps-like, but then each time panic set in and the chance was lost. IMO we should have had one or two tries in the first half, and with the attack of the past couple of seasons we would have.
I though we looked more like a team than we have since the Ulster pre-season game, the one where it looked like we had cracked the defensive issues and would therefore go on to great things, but...
As "poor-quality-championship-level-signings go", Morris looked to have a pretty good game:-) Lima seemed to be more in it, Cruse must be a machine, even Elliot's game seemed better on second viewing once I could see his work in the centre rather than the lapses and overly-tentative performance in front of me on the wing.
IF we can build from that performance, then we will be OK. Our defence needs work, but it was having to defend too much yesterday rather than the general quality of the defence that let us down.
We clearly have good players and are able to mount attacks, by not getting over-excited we might finish more of them off.
P.S. Key will be getting the man in the seat in front of me to wear his lucky hat for the whole match. We have a 100% record when he attends and wears it (though he only bought it for the Northampton game and did not go to the Bath one), he was wearing it for the second half so there could be something in that.