Captain Carrot
-
Posts
28 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Store
Posts posted by Captain Carrot
-
-
12 hours ago, GAD said:
That last penalty is hilarious when you watch it back. The ref standing there, watching it, desperately hoping it wasn't a penalty for what felt like ages as about three Scotland players are screaming at him to the point Horne is actually slapping the player over the ball on the back. He really, really did not want to give it.
Looks like he was waiting on Ritchie going onto the ball and not the body, tbf the ref was consitent in that aspect all match as you can hear him say it to various players
0 -
6 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said:
How do you go about getting tickets to away Six Nations games? Is it through club rugby or something?
Depends on what match, easiest tickets are probably Italy, they have a public sale on TicketOne, I've never not been able to get a number of Rome tickets, France have a similar setup so rugby club membership is normally not really needed.
The most difficult ones are England, Ireland and Wales as these are usually at a premium so for those matches alone it could be worth joining your local club as they get a small number from the SRU. ALthough saying that I have heard of a good number getting tickets in the public sale for the weekend whilst Ireland are holding back tickets in case of further Covid restrictions.
1 -
On 22/07/2021 at 12:30, HibeeJibee said:
That's a shocker: 2 of big 3 nations. Happily gone to WC 2022 qualifiers, Olympics, cricket etc. - plus rugby union teams tour UK this autumn.
I've tickets to openers in Newcastle. Will it run?I've heard that ticket holders from Scotland will be banned from all games.
So in the interest of brotherly soldiarity, I'll gove you a tenner for wach of your tickets (being a Newcastle local its your best hope, honest)
0 -
2 hours ago, GordonS said:
Still boring for the fans in the stadium though (when such things are permitted), it harms the atmosphere. I'd prefer a shot-clock of some type.
Its a test match, the W is more important than entertaining the plebs (still pissed off as I should be in Cape Town tonight looking forward to Port Elizabeth and the 2nd Test)
0 -
2 hours ago, Mark Connolly said:
Any time I see Maro Itoje interviewed, I find him very impressive. It's a shame I find him such a fucking c**t on the pitch, although obviously today, he was our c**t.
Itoje is one of those players you hate but if he was in your teams shirt he'd be an absolute hero.
FWIW I think that since he has stopped the obvious wind up stuff and just got on with his job, I've really warmed to him. Clear MOTM today but I reserve the right to boo him and call out all his illegal actions when he plays for Sarries again
-1 -
1 minute ago, Left Back said:
England not asking a question of Harris doesn’t mean he didn’t perform although I do agree he was largely anonymous. Don’t remember any mistakes from him though. Finn had questions posed to him and largely failed to answer.
To be honest, I cant remember seeing him with much ball in hand or being first man to the breakdown, which used to be a strength of his but to be fair England rarely broke the main defensive line so he may well have been just doing his job and all the ugly stuff that goes with it. Also accept that the commentators/cameras would have had more focus on Cam Redpath than Harris though.
Still think the man is an ungrateful snake and will laugh my moobs off if Gloucester get relegated this season.
-1 -
16 minutes ago, Left Back said:
Did you actually watch the game? Finn was dreadful. Our worst performer without a doubt.
Personally I thought that Chris Harris was anonymous today, probably due to not being threatened down the 12/13 channel. The Judas snake has never been that effective on the front foot (just to clarify I'm Newcastle Falcons fan and Harris activated a relegation clause after defensively shitting the bed the season before last trying to protect himself so he could play for Scotland, I dont like calling rugby players cowards but he is the closest I have seen in the professional game (yes I am still bitter)).
0 -
4 hours ago, Highlandmagyar Tier 3 said:
Are you surprised. Scotland were pish! England even pishier!
Poster in I know nothing about top level rugby post shocker..
Scotland stopped England from getting to their 5m line, cemented their reputation as being a mean defence and put in the biggest 80 minute solid performance in 31 years, for the terminally hard of thinking that was the 1990 Grand Slam decider. How you can think that that performance was pish is beyond belief, it was a good example of what made Scotland rugby good to watch all those years ago, balls out concentration and playing to the natural strengths of organised chaos.
What they need to do now is back it up against Wales next week to enable them to put down some serious credentials and then face up to Ireland for the Triple Crown, that would be a major step forward, IMO.
-1 -
16 hours ago, Billy Jean King said:16 hours ago, jimmy boo said:Sorry...what I meant was with our{Saints TV} commentary if on audio only would've been impossible to follow. Your guy was top notch and would have been fine if it was radio only if that makes sense. Anyway...Hibs were the better team tonight and deserved to win. We'll get our revenge in the cup final
Exactly the conversation I had with the boy watching. We agreed the Hibs commentator was excellent, easily the best we have seen v streams but he said the exact same, ie I take it he normally does radio as it was that sort of commentary. None the worse for it and the input from the co commentator was good too. Glad I paid hee haw to hear them, Hesgoal is a godsend currently for away games.
To defend Cliffs commentary slightly,
UK based Hibs TV subscribers only get audio commentary on match days, so he is having to use that style to cater to both types of subscribers (ignoring the obvious work arounds for access the video stream)
0 -
3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
I've never seen Scotland play at a tournament, so as weird as this sounds I feel a bit detached from everyone else who are buzzing, simply because I've no reference.
Reckon it'll hit when the build up starts for the tournament.
You're lucky.. 74. 78, 82, 86, 90 and 98 World Cups plus being amongst a lot of England fans in 96.
Too many what if moments in these tournaments for me, if we are going out just make it certain before the last game, it's the hope I can't stand
0 -
Why is it never easy, just once it would be nice to be 3 up in the 94th minute
0 -
2 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said:
We'd legitimately be better with Kevin Kyle than that fucking donkey McBurnie. And I do mean present day, 39 year old, retired for six years Kevin Kyle.
We'd have been better bringing McCoist on instead of McBurnie
0 -
13 minutes ago, G51 said:
Don't understand the stick McBurnie is getting while Paterson is on the pitch tbh.
Should have been Griffiths instead of Patterson at that time in the match.
Clarke would be out of his depth in the shallow end of a swimming pool
-7 -
29 minutes ago, invergowrie arab said:
He was one of the first journalists to pick up on the Lance Armstrong and WADA stories - in Europe anyway. He really was excellent there whilst other client journalists sooked up the pish being fed to them.
Unfortunately I think that ever since he has been desperate for the next big scandal or cover up and it has clouded his judgement.
David Walsh was the leading voice on Armstrong IIRC, he certainly put his head above the parapet more than most, and 7 deadly sins is a really good account of his investigation and the way that Armstrong was treating those that accused him of doping.
Honestly can't remember English being in amongst those doubting Armstrongs ethics at the beginning but then again I was reading the Times and Walsh's coverage of the tour for most of that period.
2 -
6 hours ago, Tutankhamen said:
Do you remember what year it was?
That was the 75-76 season. Hibs also had 3 games against Dundee United, IIRC the 3rd game was not at a neutral venue
0 -
On 13/08/2019 at 18:53, The_Kincardine said:
Pish. Not only have we shared a manager (The Big Freckle) and three current players (Barker, McGregor, Middleton) but there are lots of players who have played for both clubs - a list not limited to Andy Goram, Colin Stein, Jason Cummings and Kevin Thomson.
See us and Hibs? Like two peas in a pod...
Edit: There was also a lot of grumpiness around Ibrox when we lost Peter Marinello to Arsenal. We dodged a bullet there.
Your lot can NEVER, NEVER, NEVER be forgiven for lumbering us with Ally Scott and Graham Fyfe
0 -
23 minutes ago, Merkland Red said:
Point is it shouldn't be a scutter to find it.
It wasn't though, it was on the front page of BBC Sports Home Page, right hand side under Football Scores. Seeing it was the only senior game on in the UK it didn't have much competition.
You have to be looking for a reason to be offended not to find it in under 6 clicks on the page
0 -
8 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said:
Carley reffed Glasgow in Lyon in December, and despite Glasgow dominating territory, possession and the scoreboard, they ended up on the wrong side of his penalty count conceding twice as many as Lyon. The breakdown is an absolute lottery when refs.
Fortunately he's just on the touchline, but O'Keeffe is even less consistent!
I can only go with my experience from the games he reffed my lot last season, not that Falcons were ever dominating teams last season so my opinion is pretty weighted as we deserved to be blown off the park for being absoulute dog toffee ;).
Look on the brightside, JP Doyle is nowhere near a Scotland game, he really is attrocious!!
0 -
10 hours ago, Northsea80 said:
New home and away jerseys.Both ordered in the RWC variant already, depending on how they look when they arrive I might be tempted to buy the cotton supporters shirts as well, they could go really nicely with the kilt for the 6 nations next year
0 -
31 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said:
That's a fucking horror show for the Japan game
Matt Carley is pretty decent, had him as ref at a couple of Newcastle Falcons games and he didn't alter the outcome - not hard as we were poo for most of last season.
Barnes for the Ireland game is a good shout though but unfortunately we could end up with the Daffyd Owens show against Samoa as he interjects his opinions to Sir evert 10 seconds
0 -
23 minutes ago, David990 said:
If Edinburgh played like that every week they’d be a hell of a team to beat.
Depending on the result of Falcons v Montpelier tomorrow the double headers are going to be very interesting
0 -
On 25/03/2018 at 10:50, newcastle broon said:
From what I hear the atmosphere last night wasn't as good as the regular fixtures at Kingston Park though.
No where near as good, IMO there were too many non regular rugby fans in attendance , for instance the announce had to remind folks not to boo the kicker which is something he never has to do at KP, but as it was really about bringing the club back to the attentions of the North East public it will have served a purpose. If you add the RL big weekend and the next seasons European finals being at St James Park, it should prove to the geordies that there are other sports out there they can go and watch.
Attendance wise it was a very good number, I think the club were hoping to get 25k so great effort all round by the marketing staff etc. Hopefully next seasons game will be against Sale, the closest professional club to us in the AP.
Looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarters on Friday and hopefully last weekend can entice an extra few hundred through the gates.
As an aside Falcons are planning on auctioning all the match day shirts for Doddie's charity so some more money going his way.
2 -
On 27/02/2017 at 16:21, honestly united said:
I always thought it was the captain that indicated to the ref and AWJ clearly tells the ref they are going for the posts. As far as I can recall, once you have indicated to the ref you cant then change your mind and Clancey should have made them go for the posts. Also the ref should have told Biggar he had to wait on the touch judge getting back to the side of the pitch (he was on his way back from being behind the posts) rather than him just taking the kick when he wanted.
So did I, but the interpretation of the law is that it is the kicker who indicates what the intention is, it could have been a ploy for a tap and go similar to the old football "running into each other" at a free kick.
0 -
32 minutes ago, ddfg said:
Saw a clip on BBC last night where they subtitled the conversation picked up from the referees microphone, Dan Biggar basically ignores AWJ and the referee, no leadership shown by either.Referee didn't help either, according to the laws it is the kicker who indicates where the kick is going, from what I remember from listening to the refs ears at the game, Biggar never indicated one way or the other before Lacey pointed to the sticks
0
Craig Brown
in Tartan Army Ramblings
Posted · Edited by Captain Carrot
Link buggered
Being reported that he's died
https://twitter.com/GrahamSpiers/status/1673299583294734338