Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community  

Go Back   Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community > Interests > Tilted Sports


 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 03-02-2005, 10:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Super 12 (Or Attn: Spartak and Bundy)

Despite Fox Sports World deciding to be none too flash, to put it mildly, and change their broadcast to the "Fox Soccer Channel" with occasional rugby games, they managed to broadcast the Crusaders and Brumbies (which was a great match, even tho my boys from Christchurch lost plus my two favorite commentators were on.) Anyways, we've got a setup here that could turn out to be extremely interesting. The Crusaders managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (if Danny Boy had made his kicks and that try by the Brumbies No. 8 was disallowed, would have been a 31-25 victory, but I digress) their performance at the beginning of the season this year was better than it has been in the past. The Waratahs beat the Chiefs, but they always seem to be unable to finish out the year. Again this year, the class of South Africa looks like it will be the Stormers, with the Cats, Bulls, and Sharks feeding on each other at the bottom. The Blues seem to be returning to some sort of prestigious form after last year's debacle, but the first true test comes agains the Reds this weekend, and again on March 19 against the old rivals, Christchurch. The surprise this year, I think, could be the Hurricanes. A lot of people were pinging the Reds to destroy them in Brisbane, but Wellington managed to shock them and win by a spread of two tries and two conversions. My predictions for the year, I think Christchurch and Canberra could very well meet up again in the Super 12 Final, there's really no one else out there who can contend. I think the Blues and Hurricanes could, but they just don't have the depth of talent that either the Brumbies or Crusaders have.

On to related, but not on the pitch news. With the advent of the Super 14 next year, John Mitchell (former AB coach) is now the coach of Perth. Subsequently, that means that the ARFU can now select him to be an assistant coach for the Wallabies. He even said that Eddie Jones could call on his "talents" if need be. Sounds to me like someone's bitter. Anyways, I expect him to be fired from the Perth job in three years, or less. Spartak, Bundy, your thoughts? (oh, and all other rugby fans are welcome, it's just that there's a running joke between the three of us that we're the only ones who talk about rugby on here).
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
Old 03-02-2005, 09:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
I expect Mitch to last his contract, the coaching turnover of the Super12 is nowhere near something like the NFL.

My beloved Hurricanes won their first game, they are the team of mediocrity despite having several All Blacks.

But for some of the South African tour we won't have Captain Fantastic (Tana) and Lome Fa'atau (who was with the Chiefs last year and was sorely missed) because of the Tsunami charity match and the Hong Kong sevens respectively.

We need to get some wins against the Southies, they are tough bunch, especially at home. With a depleted squad it will be tricky.
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-07-2005, 01:33 PM   #3 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Well, well, well. Looks as if the Crusaders are now the class act of the Super 12. Someone just hand them the trophy now and be done with it.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
Old 04-08-2005, 01:08 AM   #4 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
Heh.

What happened in the 2004 grand final ?

Just quietly I think that was the most blatant example of match fixing I have ever seen.
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-08-2005, 02:34 AM   #5 (permalink)
Ready for Action
 
Location: 50 miles North of nowhere
The Sharks have made a turn around after they changed their coach. Watch this space guys, the Sharks will rule
__________________
You are only limited by your imagination
Wingnut is offline  
Old 04-08-2005, 08:52 AM   #6 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Riiiighhtttt, not this season. They have improved, but they don't have enough to outclass the higher tier Kiwi and Aussie sides.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
Old 04-09-2005, 12:41 AM   #7 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
Are the Sharks the ones with Shalk Berger ?
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-12-2005, 12:37 AM   #8 (permalink)
Ready for Action
 
Location: 50 miles North of nowhere
Damn, seems you guys were right after all. It is back to he bottom of the log for the Sharks. Can you imagine the thrashing!!!
__________________
You are only limited by your imagination
Wingnut is offline  
Old 04-12-2005, 07:33 AM   #9 (permalink)
.
 
bundy's Avatar
 
Location: Tokyo
oh man i'm so out of the loop. sorry for not replying earlier arch.
i moved to tokyo a few months ago, and now i'm reduced to either going to shit gaijin pubs to catch the games, or just getting updates on the web.
to make things worse, i'm now living with two kiwis... which should make tri-nations time rather hostile round here.
you're right about the 'tahs arch, they never, ever finish out a season. the first half is usually impressive, but they always get shit around the half way point... which is a shame, because a 'tahs appearance in the finals might be enough to coax me home for a bit (provided they are home games).
super14 is going to be interested. i really hope it doesnt happen, but i think the perth team is not going to live up to expectations (mind you, many people said the same thing about the brumbies when that team was formed and now look at them...)... the coach situation should be interesting as well. can't wait to see it though.
japanese club rugby is fairly predicable. the stars here are all former kiwis (all of whom were rejected by the ab's). actually, its rather boring. but i'm still hanging out to catch a game or two next season.
__________________
Ohayo!!!
bundy is offline  
Old 04-12-2005, 01:02 PM   #10 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
The Super14 is going to be such a dud, as many rugby pundits pointed out, an extra South African team is getting harder and harder to justify.
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-12-2005, 02:29 PM   #11 (permalink)
Mine is an evil laugh
 
spindles's Avatar
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
The Perth team has managed to sign a few decent players already (Cannon, Sharpe, Tune). It wouldn't surprise me to see more follow.

Bloody Waratahs have already turned the corner towards mediocrity
__________________
who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?
spindles is offline  
Old 04-12-2005, 08:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Cantabs lost their momentum and Richie for at least another game, he seems to be the glue that hold both the Crusaders and ABs together. Whenever he's not there, they just seem to fall apart. Spartak, your Canes did rather well against the 'Tahs, so I hear, we only get one Super 12 match a week up here in the US, it sucks. The Super 14 is more than likely going to be a dud, Perth will have a chance to climb up the ladder, but Spartak's right, a new SA team is just looking like another sacrificial lamb to guarantee everyone else at least one win.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
Old 04-13-2005, 03:03 AM   #13 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
I've been seeing all the Canes games live, we are playing solid rugby. Gopperth is only 21 but plays like an experienced first five (discount his shocker vs the Bulls), the backs are sorta clicking, the forwards aren't falling apart, we aren't winning games with that trademark "Hurricanes flair", but we are second on the table with a 6-1 record. Our schedule was tough this year and is very back loaded, we had a tough tour of SA with a depleted squad, and to close out the season we have to play the Crusaders, Brumbies, Highlanders and Blues and then be fresh and ready for the Semis.

I really hope the Super14 expands the playoffs to more than 4 teams, ideally 8 teams in the playoffs would be good, for me anyway.
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-16-2005, 08:12 PM   #14 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Bam! Whipping of the Stormers, good way to bounce back for the Cantabs.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
Old 04-22-2005, 05:33 AM   #15 (permalink)
Leo
Tilted
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by archer2371
With the advent of the Super 14 next year, John Mitchell (former AB coach) is now the coach of Perth. Subsequently, that means that the ARFU can now select him to be an assistant coach for the Wallabies. He even said that Eddie Jones could call on his "talents" if need be. Sounds to me like someone's bitter. Anyways, I expect him to be fired from the Perth job in three years, or less.
There was a fair bit of discussion in the Sydney media about John Mitchell being the wrong guy for the job because of his attitude with the press - argument was that they want to attract WA fans to establish the game there, not put them off with someone getting the press off side!
Leo is offline  
Old 04-22-2005, 01:17 PM   #16 (permalink)
Bang bang
 
Spartak's Avatar
 
Location: New Zealand
I always rated Mitch. He gave us the Tri-Nations and the Bledisloe back. Yeah he coached an awful game against Aussie in the World Cup, but a lot of that was due to Deans (assistant) and the selectors selecting an awful squad. Leon MacDonald instead of Nonu? Cullen not even selected? Leon MacDonald doing the goalkicks???!!!!!?!!.

I think this quote from Deans sums up what kind of a moron he is: "You can't win the world cup with a kicker". The only reason why he has any sort success domestically is because that rugby factory known as Canterbury keeps on churning out good players.
__________________
I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...
Spartak is offline  
Old 04-24-2005, 01:58 PM   #17 (permalink)
Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
 
archer2371's Avatar
 
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
Deans does some things that I don't understand even in Canterbury. To be fair to the selectors, I thought Christian Cullen was already in England thereby disqualifying him? Yes, some of it was selection, I thought the complete snub of Mehrts was nasty and he could have definitely made kicks that that prima donna Spencer missed. Oh well, such is the past.
__________________
"This ain't no Ice Cream Social!"

"Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it."

"I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."
archer2371 is offline  
 

Tags
attn, bundy, spartak, super

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:39 AM.

Tilted Forum Project

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360