Comments on: European Rugby Champions Cup 2015/2016: Round 2 Predictions

By: Leon

Leon — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:06:48 +0000

Yes but they also unanimously predicted wins for Toulon, Glasgow & Scarlets which shows them to be less biased and more inept. Although I doubt many would have seen the Toulon result coming

They both got the Osprey result right and were only 7 and 11 points off the correct margin which is not bad considering.

As per Staggy’s comment above lets see you do better without the benefit of hindsight

By: Pablito

Pablito — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:52:33 +0000

A reasonable result for Wasps yesterday…

By: Staggy

Staggy — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:20:11 +0000

Oh goodness, Clermont not Ceremony – where did that come from?

By: Staggy

Staggy — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:18:17 +0000

Did of course mean Sarries not sarnies! Ho ho. Damn predictive text.

By: Staggy

Staggy — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:16:22 +0000

Always happy to be wise after the event Enoch, although for all I know you may have picked Clermont by 5. Next week why don’t you provide your predictions before the weekend and we’ll see how you do. Did you pick Sarnies, Bath and Northampton wins or did your natural anti English bias see you going for the Scots and Irish?

For the record, and before you ask, I went for Clermont by 7, so within 2 of the correct margin. Also think Ospreys are playing well at the moment. With regard to the Ceremony squad, I think that it is over the course of a season where these bigger squads generally come into their own, as injuries and player fatigue run down the smaller squads. Sadly none of us can compete with the power of the “franc” at the moment.

By: Prophet Enoch

Prophet Enoch — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 15:07:51 +0000

And for the 2nd week running the Ospreys are predicted by the website authors/pundits above to be far worse than actually were.

To come from 20-3 down at half time to back get to 20-17 and then to finish with scoring 2 tries in a minute with only 14 men on the pitch was a superb performance in itself.

To do this away against a Clermont team bought with millions more in its wage bill was even more impressive.

We’d have been happy with 1 point from today but to take 2 points away in Clermont is a real bonus.

Ardderchog fechgyn!

By: pedanticpete

pedanticpete — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 19:17:43 +0000

Poor Blues fans. They work a hard day to earn money to give to club to watch in usually cold weather and this is what they get. Coach needs to go now and there needs to be a good clear out. That was a disgrace. I like Wasps also. I am no fan of Dai Young. It took him too many years to start playing an expansive game even though he has been blessed with very good backs. I guess I should be grateful he has finally seen the light whereas most other UK clubs still play 10 man most of time. Sarries were supreme and I think they can win by more than 2. Bookies actually have Ulster as favs. Toulouse were terrible and their coach should hurry up and take over national side so he can bring his talents to that shipwreck. Ha! Racing look strong. Even reserves are quality. Got to go Racing. They also had a week off. Other than that every thing else looks good, although Bath can always mess up.

By: Pablito

Pablito — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:27:41 +0000

As an aside, did anyone else see Dave Ward’s performance for Harlequins against Cardiff last night? Who says English Rugby doesn’t produce open-side flankers?? We just pick them one the wrong position!

It was also a fantastic win for a very young, majority English side against what the media said was almost a full strength Cardiff side.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:55:20 +0000

Can’t believe you’ve both gone for a Wasps win! Would love it if we could pull it off but I don’t see it happening personally. I think their pack will be too strong unfortunately.