tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post2895288956360139121..comments2023-10-30T08:56:36.302+00:00Comments on Pseuds' corner and home of the frustrated hack: Make me dream - EbrenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-16771640953601971692007-03-12T19:09:00.000+00:002007-03-12T19:09:00.000+00:00jonny, I'll take your word for that. He was a very...jonny, I'll take your word for that. He was a very nice man though. He did the presentations at our awards ceremony and told some very funny stories.<BR/><BR/>How did I get started on this again?Frankie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726994229958279318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-41836842873713858792007-03-12T16:33:00.000+00:002007-03-12T16:33:00.000+00:00Ebren, why don't you work this up into a submissio...Ebren, why don't you work this up into a submission for this week's BB?<BR/><BR/>andrewm, I'm surprised that Kenny Logan didn't miss your hand when he went to shake it. The number of place kicks he shanked to the corner flag is legendary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-13472028073518827262007-03-12T16:04:00.000+00:002007-03-12T16:04:00.000+00:00Bit too soon to be dreaming of an England revival ...Bit too soon to be dreaming of an England revival in time for the World Cup, but good to see My Cat leading from the front. Well done to Ashton for going back to the drawing board for this selection. Young boys did well, but old heads played the best hand. <BR/>Helped of course by the fact that it was one of those times, that we all know so well, that the French just didn't really turn up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-54207003880811981722007-03-12T14:08:00.000+00:002007-03-12T14:08:00.000+00:00Afraid I'm pretty much with andrewm about rugby, b...Afraid I'm pretty much with andrewm about rugby, but great to read something written in the white heat of the moment like this! <BR/>Sport, eh? How to be made radiantly happy/bloody miserable by a bunch of people you've never met in your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-60099554746701181152007-03-12T05:36:00.000+00:002007-03-12T05:36:00.000+00:00offsideintahiti said..."and may the road rise to m...offsideintahiti said...<BR/><BR/>"and may the road rise to meet you." (Come on, Ireland!)<BR/><BR/>I wish I could provide a really insighful comment but in Tahiti the game was on in the middle of the night and I was blissfully asleep.<BR/><BR/>Bit like the French defence, then.offsideintahitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13429832647076219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-36683549913587937532007-03-11T23:25:00.000+00:002007-03-11T23:25:00.000+00:00hey wait a minute, I heard Arsene making few poin...hey wait a minute, I heard Arsene making few points, 1)the ref screwed up, 2)the wind was blowing your way and 3)we had the sun in the eyes....was it suny?<BR/>anyway, he probably never heard of the old say"may the wind always be at your back, may the sun always shine upon your face". <BR/>Guitou.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-63722837631020061892007-03-11T21:30:00.000+00:002007-03-11T21:30:00.000+00:00Pseuds came to my rescue here - I thought about bi...Pseuds came to my rescue here - I thought about big blogging it, then realised I wanted to talk about it now - so put it here and didn't take it to 500 words (there might well ahve not been enough there to make it 500 anyway).<BR/><BR/>Anyone got a link to Tindal's try andthe run that led to it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325287456027791612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-34043891067229718652007-03-11T21:19:00.000+00:002007-03-11T21:19:00.000+00:00Nice instant writing, Ebren!It sums up my feelings...Nice instant writing, Ebren!<BR/>It sums up my feelings about the game <BR/>perfectly - expecting a loss, frustrated when good work was squandered, amazed when they got it all together.<BR/>Strettle good again, the pack working pretty well - and suddenly 3 out-halves who look good in very different ways.<BR/>I dream of going in again expecting a loss and letting them surprise me!<BR/>ggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-24912335005821363982007-03-11T20:47:00.000+00:002007-03-11T20:47:00.000+00:00We shouldn't get carried away, but if we had shipp...We shouldn't get carried away, but if we had shipped 30 points, the knives would have been out that's for sure. <BR/><BR/>Strettle could be another Guscott or he could be another Balshaw. Rees could be another Hill or he could be another Corry (but didn't he play better in the tight where he didn't have to think too hard?)<BR/><BR/>The great thing for me was that the side played in the image of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-68905075350850374652007-03-11T20:09:00.000+00:002007-03-11T20:09:00.000+00:00Is this about rugby? Oh lord ....I played rugby fo...Is this about rugby? Oh lord ....<BR/><BR/>I played rugby for a few weeks as a kid. It was horrible.<BR/><BR/>I shook hands with Kenny Logan once. He went to my high school a few years before me.<BR/><BR/>PS. Nice article Ebren, whatever it might be about :o)Frankie Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726994229958279318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-72652622466177572242007-03-11T19:58:00.000+00:002007-03-11T19:58:00.000+00:00I should point out that somewhere in the back of m...I should point out that somewhere in the back of my head I know it means nothing, that France were below-par, that we were at home, and that this might be a freak result.<BR/><BR/>Robinson was caught every time he tried to run, we made too many stupid mistakes (especially in contact, although the ref - Bennet? - was an arse), Tindal was brainless as ever, Lucy and Catt had massive brain-fade Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325287456027791612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-6613854031457070472007-03-11T19:51:00.000+00:002007-03-11T19:51:00.000+00:00I was expecting a big french win. Before kick off ...I was expecting a big french win. Before kick off the beeb revealed that England's biggest loss at home to France was eight points.<BR/><BR/>I really thought that record would go.<BR/><BR/>I thought that for most of the game, but as the minutes ticked by I started believing again. I started remembering what it was like when you watched England waiting for them to explode, rather than fearing a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01325287456027791612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-46186018057717380152007-03-11T19:43:00.000+00:002007-03-11T19:43:00.000+00:00Yes, it was a no contest, you may keep dreaming Eb...Yes, it was a no contest, you may keep dreaming Ebren.guitougoalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024857162312142585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912136666601692339.post-16694385115511297472007-03-11T19:32:00.000+00:002007-03-11T19:32:00.000+00:00I had expected England to lose by plenty - as I gu...I had expected England to lose by plenty - as I guess most of the crowd did. I did think we would get plenty of ball and I had hopes of at least some imagination at last now Catt was at centre instead of yet more human battering rams. I knew England would get ball, but, as seems always to be the case, who could use it?<BR/><BR/>And would you believe it, France had no imagination and plenty of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com