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Come Inside... => The Sports Bar => Topic started by: Snoopy on February 02, 2008, 12:06:57 PM
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Not long to the kick off .... who will win this year. My money, as always, is on England but I'm doubtful about a Grand Slam.
Never the less, the TV is ready, children warned off, fire lit and I am waiting.
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Engerlaaaaannnnddddd!
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rubschin: Stranger to HQ are you?
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Looking good so far. My stepson to be in the valleys will be sweating as I type this.
I wont start composing the abusive post match text message yet. Dont want to be a jinx.
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Oh fvck
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Oh fvck
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I am now awaiting an abusive text mesage from the valleys. sad24:
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We played like fvcking spastics. cussing:
For those not versed in Rugby terms that means "We played like fvcking spastics"
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We played like fvcking spastics. cussing:
For those not versed in Rugby terms that means "We played like fvcking spastics"
I concur. Spastics. Leicester lost as well. Spastics.
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FOR SALE
A Lovely Kennel in North Wales, Views of Snowdonia and the Vale of Clwyd and Irish Sea.
Four Double Bedrooms, Three Reception, Study and all usual offices.
Only downside is that you will have to live amongst these smug b@st@rds for twelve months until the return match.
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Fuck. sad24:
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Ah well things can only get better.
Just so long as we don't do the same against the porridge wogs scared2:.
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Ah well things can only get better.
Just so long as we don't do the same against the porridge wogs scared2:.
Things can only get better... you know what wankers used that last don't you?
scared2:
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OMIGAWD what have I done scared2: scared: shocked003
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OMIGAWD what have I done scared2: scared: shocked003
noooo:
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I spent yersterday in deepest Dorset, kept away from the radio and TV (an easy thing to do down there). Got back and watched the Super League(ducks for cover) while the Ireland game had already been recorded earlier, and the England game was recording. I watched the Ireland game last night and got around to watching the England game this morning. I had to keep away from the web/news/radio/newsagents etc until I'd watched it. I shouldn't have bothered, I work with two taffs and a South African, it's gonna be the morning after the world cup again tomorrow in the office!
(haven't got around to all the news yet... is Keith Floyd still with us?)
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He seems to be. Fingers crossed .... sounds like a heart attack, the more I read about it ~ and they come in various sizes apparently. ::)
Wouldn't mind being in Dorset right now myself. Usual farm cottage just outside of Bridport is booked for the usual Autumn break but that seems a loooooooooooong way off yet.
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Ah well ~ I 'spose I must away and watch the Scots v France
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Predictable result but an enjoyable match. I particularly liked the oh so expensive cashmere roll necks the French coaching team were wearing. eyes: Tres Chic!
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The Welsh Front Row...
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Did you catch Henson's new hair style.................. what a ponce that man is.
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Scotland never really got it together but that's nothing new.
Wales just about deserved the win but that was never a try ..... not in a million years. evil:
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Scotland never really got it together but that's nothing new.
Wales just about deserved the win but that was never a try ..... not in a million years. evil:
Didn't watch it... noooo:
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French played a blinder but, just for a couple of minutes, I thought the Micks might just claw it back.
Now for England v Italy .... well we ought to win that surely.
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I finally got to watch both matches this morning. Definitely not a try for Wales
And five more minutes and I'm sure Ireland would have beaten the French
I'll stick my neck out and say Italy might just turn England over today
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I can’t face watching it… noooo:
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I can’t face watching it… noooo:
Me neither. cry:
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England to win by about fifteen points.
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England to win by about fifteen points.
Thats blown it then... ::)
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What are you implying!
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What are you implying!
Kiss of death... noooo:
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Ye of little faith.
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Ye of little faith.
Experience... whistle:
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I thought Brian Moore was going to have a stroke! Piss poor second half from England again!
"What the f*ck is the coach saying to them at halftime?" was one question Brian Moore posed that frankly I was wondering myself.
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I thought Brian Moore was going to have a stroke! Piss poor second half from England again!
"What the f*ck is the coach saying to them at halftime?" was one question Brian Moore posed that frankly I was wondering myself.
He prolly said something along the lines of “TMR has fucked us right up with his 15 point prediction – you can have a go lads but you’re prolly wasting your time”. noooo:
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We won. Not by fifteen, but we won. France next in Paris, we will kill 'em!
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So much for my prediction then redface:
Italy played some wonderful rugby in the second half moving it from one side of the pitch to the other. All England could do was kick it forward. I had to laugh when Brian Moore seemingly lost his rag and screamed "he's kicked the bloody thing again, for gods sake"
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So much for my prediction then redface:
Italy played some wonderful rugby in the second half moving it from one side of the pitch to the other. All England could do was kick it forward. I had to laugh when Brian Moore seemingly lost his rag and screamed "he's kicked the bloody thing again, for gods sake"
Me too - a good lad, Brian Moore, never afraid to speak his mind. Eddie Butler gets right on my tits though as he is so blatantly anti-English.
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It's an old 'un, but it shows that the problems aren't new
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Saturday, 23 February 2008
All on the Beeb.
Wales v Italy, 15:00
Ireland v Scotland, 17:00
France v England, 20:00
Well that seems to be my Saturday mapped out cloud9:
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Same here Snoops. Mrs TMR (to be) and I are already in the unvirtual pub and a feast of Young's and rugby awaits.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it's worth being alive.
England will turn the garlic smelling surrender monkeys over tonight.
And Pigeon Island just came in at Kempton, so that will pay for the ale!
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England will turn the garlic smelling surrender monkeys over tonight.
Oh dear... noooo:
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England will turn the garlic smelling surrender monkeys over tonight.
Oh dear... noooo:
Thats done it! Banghead
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And so it begins. Come on Italy!
Barman, your lack of faith is deeply saddening :-(
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And so it begins. Come on Italy!
Barman, your lack of faith is deeply saddening :-(
You've fucked them! noooo:
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And so it begins. Come on Italy!
Barman, your lack of faith is deeply saddening :-(
You've fucked them! noooo:
All fifteen? eeek: ...... Even I would need help with that task ~ or at least a rest at half time lol:
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Kempton 3.15 - Ungaro.
If that comes in too, I doubt I will care too much about the rugby!
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And so it begins. Come on Italy!
Barman, your lack of faith is deeply saddening :-(
You've fucked them! noooo:
All fifteen? eeek: ...... Even I would need help with that task ~ or at least a rest at half time lol:
He's only a lad tho... whistle:
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Irritatingly, my horse didn't win. Doubly irritating, Mrs TMR backed it and is now forty quid up and gloating. Beers on her then. "Kicks for free" in the 4.50 and "Dee em Williams" in the 5.15.
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Irritatingly, my horse didn't win. Doubly irritating, Mrs TMR backed it and is now forty quid up and gloating. Beers on her then. "Kicks for free" in the 4.50 and "Dee em Williams" in the 5.15.
That's them fucked too prolly... whistle:
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rubschin: Well a Welsh win was not unexpected. I still don't see them as a "good" team. Not a patch on the Welsh greats of the past. I can't put my finger on it, perhaps it's a matter that they are marginally better and luckier than their opponents this year so far but somehow I just can't see them as World Class.
Henson ~ God knows why they persist with him flapping about on the fringes, scared to take a tackle
Shanklin ~ Too quick to blame the passer every time he fumbles a ball... never his fault attitude
Hook ~ needs to get the right studs on his boots, slips over too much
I could go on but what's the point ...... they are not great players, any of them..
As for the crowd ~ Booing when someone from the opposite side is taking a penalty is NOT in the spirit of the game but so typically Welsh.
Pity 'cos I don't really care who wins as long as it's a good game and that wasn't ~ unless you're Welsh I s'pose.
I look forward to the Irish taking them apart and the French wiping their arses with 'em.
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Well said Snoops. Go on the spud munchers - the bar manageress is a Scotchwoman and taken a pint bet that they will win.
And they won't.
"Kicks for free" came in at 3-1. Hoorah! Might go on the G+Ts now...
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Well the Micks did it in some style ..... pity they took their foot of the pedal for a while in the second half but they got a good result. What has happened to Scottish Rugby over the years?
And now time to make a cuppa and get ready for the BIG one.
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I will say nowt, but so far so good.
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BRILLIANT .............. And Brian Moore's remarks are worthy of an award! lol:
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Corking. Did I tell you I am on speaking terms with Brian?
My prediction of England by three was out, but I care not.
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And you and Barman owe me an apology! Faithless fools!
I even had Arsenal down for a draw today.
Chelsea to win 2-1 tomorrow. I have twenty on that, too.
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Anyhoooo.
After about fourteen pints of Young's, it is time to hit the enviable sack with Mrs TMR (to be). Goodnight all.
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And you and Barman owe me an apology! Faithless fools!
I even had Arsenal down for a draw today.
Chelsea to win 2-1 tomorrow. I have twenty on that, too.
redface:
I apologise... surrender:
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Corking. Did I tell you I am on speaking terms with Brian?
My prediction of England by three was out, but I care not.
Are you really?
It occured to me listening to him yesterday that his passion for the game is so strong. I wonder if he lives his life in such a rage of emotions or is it all reserved for Rugby. He is, I understand, a solicitor. I couldn't help but think I perhaps would not want him representing me in court if he would fly off into one of his rants against the referee (or in this case magistrate).
cussing: At one stage he got so wound up he described something as "Absolute Crap". He was quite right but normally such language would have him off air within seconds ... but the BBC keep him going ~ presumably because they too recognise the passion that his admirers see.
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It was in his professional role as solicitor that I had dealings with him, but it was about five years ago. Very pleasant on the other end of the phone.
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Did he get you off or is he the other sort of solicitor (the ones that deal only with company law/conveyancing etc)?
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The other sort! It was regarding exhorbitant service charges allegedly due under the lease of a property in mortgage to us.
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Probably as well then .... I can see him getting nasty with an average JP cussing: censored: cussing:
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Vantage point secured, swarthy Welsh being abused roundly. Let it begin!
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I wonder if Wenchy is "out to lunch" or, with promises of future, unspecified, sexual pleasures that will never be kept, dragging a reluctant Welshman around the shops .
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Any woman that forces a man shopping when the rugby is on is plain evil.
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It is all talk… Boyo will be watching the rugby and Wenchy will be pandering to his every whim… noooo:
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Whim rhymes with quim. I'll say no more.
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Rio Ferdinand in goal. ;D
Sorry. Cant be arsed to start a new thread. ManU keeper sent off. Ferdinad in goal for penalty. Let it in, silly man.
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Whim rhymes with quim. I'll say no more.
lol: lol: lol:
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Rugby results have left me very depressed. Unsure whether Valium or Alcohol would be best. rubschin:
Bugger it .......... I'm taking the Valium washed down with a large G&T. I may not be here tomorrow but I'll die happy.
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I will join you in a G+T, but please don't die on us.
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I will join you in a G+T, but please don't die on us.
I don't believe these fvckin' doctors anyway. They all drink like fish, most have needle marks up their arms and a great many have nicotine stained fingers..
I have no great wish to die ..... certainly not over a game of Rugby but I do want a drink.
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15-9 to the porridge wogs – I’m glad I watched night cop death catch thing on Sky Anytime now… noooo:
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I bloody told you that Jonny was due for the chop
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I bloody told you that Jonny was due for the chop
You were right! happy088
Can you tell us the lotto numbers for Saturday please?
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Well done the Eyties!!!!
Half Time England/Ireland and the best match of the series so far.
Is it me or has this been a p*ss poor tournament all round?
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For English supporters, Yes point:
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Well done England ..... back from the dead but still a looooooooooong way to go.
NO GOS I don't think the Rugby has been of the standard we have grown used to from any of the teams. It has nothing to do with who you support and everything to do with the game, which has, in general, been poor. The Southern Hemisphere sides must be licking their lips at the prospect. Northern Hemisphere Rugby has failed to progress and has IMHO gone backward.
In England's case to be expected after winning the World Cup then being runners up, I suppose, that the teams had to rebuild with younger players but I don't think the England head coach has quite got what it takes to build a new world beating team. Rob Andrew might but he is a very bright man who recognises a poisoned chalice when he sees one.
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The pundits were wetting themselves with excitement about the new boy and saviour of English rugby, Cipprianni. It would seem that those team with new managers have done well this year. maybe it is time for England and Ireland to employ a manager from the southern hemisphere? The treatment by Ashton of Wilkinson was well out of order, but I suppose he needed a scapegoat. confused:
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Well it's all over. I have 'phoned the Estate Agent cry: I do not want to live among these gloating b@st@rds for a whole year. They cannot be gracious in victory ..... they don't know how. evil:
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But the English didn't win Snoops eeek:
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But the English didn't win Snoops eeek:
I live in Wales you old censored:
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Like Snoopy said, Southern hemisphere rugby is streets ahead of our game, far faster, far more skilled, you only have to watch the Super 14's to see that. Super 14's has players like Cipriani left right and centre
I remember seeing Cipriana play a few games for Wasps a few months ago, he was somethging special then, and I reckon he will be for many years to come. He has had his mad moments but that's down to lack of experience, luckily with a coach like Shaun Edwards in charge he will learn (that's if Edwards doesn't jump ship from Wasps if the right offer comes along)
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But the English didn't win Snoops eeek:
I live in Wales you old censored:
I know Snoops....They cannot be gracious in victory ..... they don't know how.
I thought you were referring to the English, oh how they hate to lose ;D
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There is a lot of gloating here today. evil:
And I still don't think the Welsh won the Grand Slam .... the others all lost
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Indeed they did, one of them badly! and I don't necessarily mean on the field of play. whistle:
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Hats off to the Welsh Head Coach who has managed to drill them into playing a spoiling game. I was surprised the French didn't cut up really nasty (they have shown themselves capable of it in the past) with the tactics deployed against them and that seems to be the theme of this year's tournament. The Welsh have played every match in the same way and it is not in the spirit of the game. Fair Play to Them (as they like to say in the valleys) they have found a way to win but it will not last and the Kiwis etc will tear them to pieces. Meanwhile the English may be rebuilding but they didn't do too badly ~ coming second in the whole tournament.
I thought the Italians have come a long way in a few years ... give them a couple more and they'll be a force to reckon with.
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and it is not in the spirit of the game.
whistle:
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Just over a week to go, how do you think it will pan out this year?
Some odds:-
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I really don't fancy England's chances, so my money is on Wales cloud9:
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I really don't fancy England's chances, so my money is on Wales cloud9:
I hate to say this, but I agree with you sad32:
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Well, based on that performance, it won't be England. I'll go for France too
Prior to the kick off Jonathan Davies said, "Harry Ellis is one of those people that irritates you". Talk about pots and kettles
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Half time in the Irsih match ~ looks like it could be the Paddies. I agree England played some crap rugby ~ in fact England played very little rugby evil:
Brain Moore and Austin Healey seemed a little put out by the England performance.
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Well, based on that performance, it won't be England. I'll go for France too
Prior to the kick off Jonathan Davies said, "Harry Ellis is one of those people that irritates you". Talk about pots and kettles
Tricky - France lost but I could never rule them out at the moment.
Let's see how the sheepshaggers do against the Porridge wogs.
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This is another sports thread then...? noooo:
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I have no idea what they are all on about noooo:
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This is another sports thread then...? noooo:
A sports thread in the sports bar? Pray tell what is wrong with that?
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This is another sports thread then...? noooo:
A sports thread in the sports bar? Pray tell what is wrong with that?
I just came in here by mistake... I was looking for the toilets.... redface:
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This is another sports thread then...? noooo:
A sports thread in the sports bar? Pray tell what is wrong with that?
I just came in here by mistake... I was looking for the toilets.... redface:
The door will say "Gents" - but you can go in anyway whistle:
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A not unexpected win for Wales over Scotland but again some very scrappy rugby.
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A not unexpected win for Wales over Scotland but again some very scrappy rugby.
Indeed hound. On the plus side, I had Wales to win by 11-15 points and five trys to be scored in total. This has helped after my terrible predictions yesterday.
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Since I could qualify on parentage/grandparentage rules to play for three of the Home Nations competing it is hard to know what to make of it all.
But in my defence I would say I have never supported the Scots and only followed Wales when JPR and co were playing. Most ancestors traced to date are English back at least to 1540 when there is a suspicion of French as yet unproved.
My eldest, poor boy, qualified through me to pay for Scotland, Wales and England and through his mother Ireland as well. Fortunately he never had to make the choice having been injured out of the game at 15.
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This is another sports thread then...? noooo:
A sports thread in the sports bar? Pray tell what is wrong with that?
I just came in here by mistake... I was looking for the toilets.... redface:
The door will say "Gents" - but you can go in anyway whistle:
drumroll:
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A good start for England but they will need to improve if they are going to pose a serious threat this year.
I noticed the Welshers shirts displayed "Brains SA".
Does the SA stand for "sadly absent"?
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http://www.sabrain.com/
lol:
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That'll be a pint of Brains all round then. cloud9:
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http://www.rtl.fr/fiche/5932926561/rugby-vi-nations-suivez-france-irlande-33-10-en-direct.html
Thats the other part of the family satisfied then. Buvez vous quelle que chose?
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Eh bien! Un pastis! ;D
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Mais naturellement. Un ricard pour moi peutetre. drumroll:
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Here we go again.
In case you've forgotten the laws, this short video will re-acquaint you with them. You might need to watch it a couple of times :thumbsup:
http://www.20min.ch/ro/videotv/?vid=219534&cid=120 (http://www.20min.ch/ro/videotv/?vid=219534&cid=120)
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AFFS...
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That video is unAFFable...
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http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=9934.msg311236#msg311236 (http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=9934.msg311236#msg311236)
Post #10 whistle:
point:
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Felt Jerry Guscott summed it up about right. England didn't win it ~ Scotland lost it. Enjoyable for all that.
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http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=9934.msg311236#msg311236 (http://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.php?topic=9934.msg311236#msg311236)
Post #10 whistle:
point:
You misunderstand, Clouseau, the point is that that video clip needs regular airing :thumbsup:
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Oh...Well, I agree to that...
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Well I must away and watch the sheep shaggers get thrashed.
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Well I must away and watch the sheep shaggers get thrashed.
You were saying...
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Oggie Oggie Oggie. lol:
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Tipsy is an potty brain who is only after men in Lycra. Fortunately for her I have my Lycra PJs on tonight cloud9:
SHe will be amazed eeek:
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Child ::)
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Wear the fluffy socks with the ickle turnups, like the other night. eyes: I have Horlicks angel1
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Tipsy is an potty brain who is only after men in Lycra. Fortunately for her I have my Lycra PJs on tonight cloud9:
SHe will be amazed eeek:
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apc eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek:
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apc eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek: eeek:
Wot............... rubschin:
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Well I must away and watch the sheep shaggers get thrashed.
You were saying...
A hound can always hope. It only matters to me because I live among them and love to see their little crestfallen faces as they make their excuses about weather, new make of ball, referee bias, wrong sort of grass on the pitch etc etc.
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Good hound, Snoops! Give extra piss-taking from me too.
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I do recall, and I kid you not, a match some years back where a Welsh Try was disallowed as the scorer had put a foot into touch before grounding the ball. One local fanatic was trying to excuse this as being the fault of the groundsman who, he claimed, had used a wider than usual brush to mark the lines. Many of us in the pub laughed but he was deadly serious and it was months before he would come into the pub again.
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Fvck moi! That was a playing it a bit close England ~ still a win is a win. :thumbsup:
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Today's the day for the BIG MATCH! England V Wales at HQ cloud9:
Minimus reports that his (Welsh) teacher offered the class double or nothing on their "Class Points" (and points mean prizes) on a Welsh win. He then let them debate whether or not to take the bet. Only two kids in the class wanted to bet on a Welsh win.
Sooooooooooo rubschin: Twenty four children in the class weren't confident that Wales could do it.
They decided by secret ballot to keep their current "class points" lol:
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cussing: That was a fvcking try!
I know I am bias but that video ref should have awarded the England try on the final minute. Sorry but the ball clearly hit the try line and was under control. One camera angle showed it to be so.
Welsh b@st@rds will be insufferable now.
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And we were singing hymns and ...
point:
scared:
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Talking about the Welsh...
In 1872 the Welsh invented the condom using a sheep's bladder.However,in 1873 the English somewhat refined the idea by taking the bladder out of the sheep first...
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France v Ireland today. .. Again.
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Groundfrog day ? rubschin:
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drumroll:
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;D