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Early start to the new season with a cracking game at Kingsholm.
The Scottish battalion of the Cherry & Whites on fire tonight with a 24-7 HT lead.
Something tells me this game ain't over yet.
 
Happy Tigers fan tonight. Tait off form, get Vainu to full back. Manu looking no better. Said at the time we should have let him go to Wasps and not convinced I was wrong. Genge looked good and promising for England
 
Got me tickets booked for Army v Navy at twickers next year. Another one of me bucket list gonna be ticked off
 
Back from the Saints vs Bath game. Happy bath supporter, we played very average, luckily the saints where very poor. Even after we gave them 2 try's in the last 10 minutes.

George Ford looked pretty good, like 2 seasons ago. Hopefully we can win more games ugly this year.

Thank god for a proper sport!!!
 
Good game between Wasps and Exeter but seemed to be no atmosphere. Ground seemed to be almost empty for what should be seen as a top fixture.
 
Took the lad to the Tigers game on Saturday (he had a free ticket from a coaching clinic he did with them). Disappointing game from the Tigers who were second best in several areas but credit to Wasps who took their chances well and played a good fast moving game through the backs.

Laughed several times at Mrs C who is a die-hard, life long League fan (and low single figures wind-up merchant) who kept asking why they were stopping all the time :D
 
Glasgow after a poor opening half were pretty clinical in the end, Seymour is on fire now with 6 tries in 2 games. 10 points and no LBP conceded now to both last seasons Pro12 finalists, thats a pretty good marker to put down. We still look a bit powder puff in the forwards but our back line right now is looking a bit special.
 
Spear-Chucker said:
Took the lad to the Tigers game on Saturday (he had a free ticket from a coaching clinic he did with them). Disappointing game from the Tigers who were second best in several areas but credit to Wasps who took their chances well and played a good fast moving game through the backs.

Laughed several times at Mrs C who is a die-hard, life long League fan (and low single figures wind-up merchant) who kept asking why they were stopping all the time :D
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Agreed, a pretty poor Tigers performance (though I still thought we would win it when we cut the lead to 5 points. That was until the suicidal short 22 drop out). We really do need to find some form quickly as only JPP is really looking any form of class. Tait needs to go from Full Back, we still need an 8 and our centres are a concern. Beatham is so off form compared to last year but he is really a wing. With Saracens looking unbeatable, Wasps looking good with Beale and Eastmond still to come and Bath showing some form it is going to be a scrap just to get top 4. That said, cannot see any team in Europe beating Sarries at the moment.
 
GB72 said:
Agreed, a pretty poor Tigers performance (though I still thought we would win it when we cut the lead to 5 points. That was until the suicidal short 22 drop out). We really do need to find some form quickly as only JPP is really looking any form of class. Tait needs to go from Full Back, we still need an 8 and our centres are a concern. Beatham is so off form compared to last year but he is really a wing. With Saracens looking unbeatable, Wasps looking good with Beale and Eastmond still to come and Bath showing some form it is going to be a scrap just to get top 4. That said, cannot see any team in Europe beating Sarries at the moment.
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Likewise, agreed. So surprised the Tigers have started so slowly (the first game was clearly a little flattering), they just don't look to have any pace or power through the centre. It's early days of course so fingers crossed something clicks soon enough... Having said all that, if Burns had not missed that penalty in the second half I could have seen momentum continuing to shift their way and the result may have been different with more pressure on Wasps.

Saracens seem to have picked up where they left off last season and look well in control of their own destiny - which is worrying for everyone else!
 
As a life-long Saracens fan I am once again very excited by our start to the season. Defensively we look superb (thanks to Paul Gustard pre-England), and I feel we have a bit more in attack this season too.

Schalk Burger's link up play in the first 2 games has been fantastic, and Alex Lozowski looks sharp in Faz's absence. With the strength of our squad as a whole I think we are going to be difficult to beat again this season, but anything can happen, especially during the 6 Nations when we will probably be missing near to half the starting 15.

I thought Exeter looked sharp and are a threat again, and Wasps have done some very good business in the summer and I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 4 again.
 
daveyc2k2 said:
As a life-long Saracens fan I am once again very excited by our start to the season. Defensively we look superb (thanks to Paul Gustard pre-England), and I feel we have a bit more in attack this season too.

Schalk Burger's link up play in the first 2 games has been fantastic, and Alex Lozowski looks sharp in Faz's absence. With the strength of our squad as a whole I think we are going to be difficult to beat again this season, but anything can happen, especially during the 6 Nations when we will probably be missing near to half the starting 15.

I thought Exeter looked sharp and are a threat again, and Wasps have done some very good business in the summer and I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 4 again.
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That could be an interesting juncture for sure :eek:

Keep the long term injuries to a minimum though and you'll have every chance to keep the momentum going. Definitely a nice trade in Burger's over the summer :D

Saw a little of the game yesterday and Sarries looked disciplined and effective with the set pieces as usual. There's a good half dozen teams in the mix though so should make for a good season.
 
daveyc2k2 said:
As a life-long Saracens fan I am once again very excited by our start to the season. Defensively we look superb (thanks to Paul Gustard pre-England), and I feel we have a bit more in attack this season too.

Schalk Burger's link up play in the first 2 games has been fantastic, and Alex Lozowski looks sharp in Faz's absence. With the strength of our squad as a whole I think we are going to be difficult to beat again this season, but anything can happen, especially during the 6 Nations when we will probably be missing near to half the starting 15.

I thought Exeter looked sharp and are a threat again, and Wasps have done some very good business in the summer and I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the top 4 again.
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Welcome to our world, we lose pretty much all our starting backs and back row to the 6N
 
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