Aviva Premiership 2015/16

[Jinx]

Kermit power said:

Ian Lancs said:

Vocal Minority said:

Sarries v Chiefs was a great looking game.

Wuss v Irish is just a race to the bottom! It's absolutely awful!

Most school teams would make better decisions that Irish did in that game.

Good for Wuss to have Irish as their first match after the Six Nations, and given that Irish have Quins (hopefully we'll cabbage them now we've got our internationals back) and Wasps in their run in, I can't see that the race to the bottom actually has any race left to run!

Oh well may as well head over to the Championship thread.....

[Kermit power]

Jinx said:

Oh well may as well head over to the Championship thread.....

Ooh. Have we got one of those, then?

[Matt172]

Jinx said:

Oh well may as well head over to the Championship thread.....

away trip to Jersey would be a good weekend though

[timlongs]

Matt172 said:

Jinx said:

Oh well may as well head over to the Championship thread.....

away trip to Jersey would be a good weekend though

I did that trip for my 21st birthday with Falcons, was brilliant. Flew on the same plane as the players, and drank far too much Liberation Ale.

[Vocal Minority]

It's the one I really regret not doing last year.

(To be honest Jinx - I know its a cliche, but the away trips in the Champ are mostly brilliant if you like places that still have an old school rugby club feel to them, which I do)

[Kermit power]

Too late to make much difference this season, but welcome back, Nick Evans!!!

[Jinx]

Well it was going to happen - I guess I won't be posting in this thread for a bit. C'mon you exiles!

[Phud]

Jinx said:

Well it was going to happen - I guess I won't be posting in this thread for a bit. C'mon you exiles!

Not sure they have the quality to return after only a year though, seems the exiles have lost their way.
Good luck.

[Jinx]

Phud said:

Not sure they have the quality to return after only a year though, seems the exiles have lost their way.
Good luck.

I'm concerned as well - can be tough getting out of the championship. Hopefully have a rebuild and rethink over the summer (been in a downward spiral since the 2009 final) . Best mate is a Sarries fan - his only comment was "What happens to the double header now?"

[Vocal Minority]

It'll have a third team not from London in it! Already had 2 this year.

Feel your pain Jinx. Been there twice

[Kermit power]

Jinx said:

I'm concerned as well - can be tough getting out of the championship. Hopefully have a rebuild and rethink over the summer (been in a downward spiral since the 2009 final) . Best mate is a Sarries fan - his only comment was "What happens to the double header now?"

The double header is only a London double header in so far as it's played in London, so I don't suppose it makes much difference?

Look at last year as the most obvious example.... Quins not included despite being based in London, leaving Sarries as the only London club involved, along with Worcester, Reading Irish and Coventry Wasps.

[Smollet]

Can't believe the debacle I've just seen at the Stoop. Well done to the Chiefs. They showed us how to play rugby. We showed them how not to.

[Smollet]

Smollet said:

Can't believe the debacle I've just seen at the Stoop. Well done to the Chiefs. They showed us how to play rugby. We showed them how not to.

Can't believe what I saw last night either. Botica. Wtf was he thinking? If I was the cynical sort I'd think he was off to Ladbrokes today to collect his winnings.

[Matt172]

Smollet said:

Can't believe what I saw last night either. Botica. Wtf was he thinking? If I was the cynical sort I'd think he was off to Ladbrokes today to collect his winnings.

hmmm if you were even more cynical you'd be thinking he was making sure he was playing champions cup rugby with his new team next year

[Kermit power]

Matt172 said:

hmmm if you were even more cynical you'd be thinking he was making sure he was playing champions cup rugby with his new team next year

Hadn't thought of that... You'd think Montpellier were safe to qualify on league position anyway, given that they're in second place with three matches to play, but on the other hand, their remaining games are against the teams in third, fourth & sixth, all of whom could still overtake them.

[Kermit power]

Do we discuss who the new Bath Head Coach will be on this thread, or on a new 2016/17 thread?

Given how well they went last year, I'm surprised he got chopped quite so rapidly.

[Slaav]

Notwithstanding the interesting conundrum re Bath Head Coach , may we have predictions for the semi finals please boys and girls?

I have a Sarries v Exeter final unfortunately!

[Vocal Minority]

I think you're right

[Kermit power]

As a complete neutral, I'd love to see Exeter win, if only to shut up all the people trying to ring-fence the Premiership.

Of course, if they do win, then they will never be "The Underdog" ever again, so I will no longer ever be able to support them as a neutral Englishman.