Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 7:53 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I heard "Mick" Gledhill's crowd announcement all the way over in the Kiev chicken bar in Chorley.

Shame you couldn't make it to watch wonderful Wakefield crush the crap Catalans, poor old Gregory was as sick as a parrot literary with the defeat
It would appears that Wakefield have the knack of shutting your gob up on a regular basis now

Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 10:42 am  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

The figure of 3603 came from Michael "Mick" Gledhill, the outstanding Bradford commentator who was calling the game on BCB 106.6 FM radio with the accompanying commentary of Bradford luminary Robert Hunter-Paul. I heard "Mick" Gledhill's crowd announcement all the way over in Kiev, Ukraine. "Mick" must have misheard the official announcement of the crowd, or maybe the official announcement was initially wrong. Who knows? But if "Mick" Gledhill was mistaken, it was his only blemish in an otherwise extraordinarily exciting call of the game.

Kiev??? That's the 2nd row of freezers in Iceland isn't it, near the chicken nuggets I believe. Impressed you got a radio I signal in there

Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 6:03 pm  

RoyBoy29 wrote:

Kiev??? That's the 2nd row of freezers in Iceland isn't it, near the chicken nuggets I believe. Impressed you got a radio I signal in there

There is actually some rugby league activity in Ukraine, though unfortunately it is mostly in Kharkiv, the second biggest city, not in Kiev the capital, which is the biggest city in Ukraine.

When you have wi fi in your apartment, as I do here in Kiev, and the radio station you want has an internet feed, then you can get access to English FM radio broadcasts anywhere in the world. That is how I came to listen to Michael "Mick" Gledhill's call of the Toulouse vs Bradford game on Bradford community radio, BCB 106.6 FM.

Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 6:28 pm  

I prefer his soubriquet William "Billy" Bull$hit to be honest.

Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 9:41 pm  

Clearwing wrote:

I prefer his soubriquet William "Billy" Bull$hit to be honest.

I must say that it has a certain ring to it.

Re: Toulouse : Wed May 03, 2017 9:48 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

There is actually some rugby league activity in Ukraine, though unfortunately it is mostly in Kharkiv, the second biggest city, not in Kiev the capital, which is the biggest city in Ukraine.

When you have wi fi in your apartment, as I do here in Kiev, and the radio station you want has an internet feed, then you can get access to English FM radio broadcasts anywhere in the world. That is how I came to listen to Michael "Mick" Gledhill's call of the Toulouse vs Bradford game on Bradford community radio, BCB 106.6 FM.

Why are you in Kiev ?

Re: Toulouse : Thu May 04, 2017 2:39 am  

Towns88 wrote:

Why are you in Kiev ?

I would like to say that I am "seedin' the Steeden'" for the RLEF, trying to break rugby league out of the narrow horizons of the M-62. If someone would fund me for that I would gladly do it, because Ukraine could be a perfect place to develop the game -- notwithstanding the war in the southeastern region, which does not stop normal life routines in the rest of the country (e.g. the Eurovision song contest is being held in Kiev now).

However I am on a brief work assignment unrelated to rugby league.

Re: Toulouse : Thu May 04, 2017 12:50 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

I would like to say that I am "seedin' the Steeden'" for the RLEF, trying to break rugby league out of the narrow horizons of the M-62. If someone would fund me for that I would gladly do it, because Ukraine could be a perfect place to develop the game -- notwithstanding the war in the southeastern region, which does not stop normal life routines in the rest of the country (e.g. the Eurovision song contest is being held in Kiev now).

However I am on a brief work assignment unrelated to rugby league.

Do you have any thoughts on Gregory "I'm just going off to throw up" Bird ?
Besides being the grubbiest player I've seen this season, he was also the most over rated NRL star to be seen in SL for many, many seasons.

Re: Toulouse : Thu May 04, 2017 7:59 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

Do you have any thoughts on Gregory "I'm just going off to throw up" Bird ?
Besides being the grubbiest player I've seen this season, he was also the most over rated NRL star to be seen in SL for many, many seasons.

You are a bit harsh on Gregory, who has been out for more than a month with injury, and lacking match fitness recently. He is a very aggressive loose forward who plays above his weight, and inspires his team mates with his capacity to sustain and inflict punishment in tackles.

However Gregory plays for Catalans Dragons, not Toulouse Olympique. The latter have a very different kind of team, which is based on speed and agility rather than strength and intimidation.

Re: Toulouse : Sun May 07, 2017 2:56 pm  

It would seem they have their work cut out against sweaty Swinton in today's classic.