Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:46 pm  

sanjunien wrote:

agree with all the Henson sentiments but let's face it,he must have 'something' ! if not,why all the hype ?

Famous ex, good looking, tanned, tv appearances, plays a now fashionable sport, oh and he can kick.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:23 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Famous ex, good looking, tanned, tv appearances, plays a now fashionable sport, oh and he can kick.

Sounds like Rob Andrew, apart from the ex, looks, tv & tan.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:57 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Famous ex, good looking, tanned, tv appearances, plays a now fashionable sport, oh and he can kick.

yes,yes,ok - but,apart from that ?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:55 pm  

That Exeter/Bourgoin game was sh*te

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:36 pm  

Cavalieri Prato 16 - 48 Harlequins
Rovigo 7 - 55 Gloucester
Brive 52 - 3 Cetransa El Salvador
Sale 54 - 0 Petrarca


Bath 55 - 16 Aironi Rugby
Benetton Treviso 9 - 44 Perpignan
Northampton 37 - 0 Edinburgh


European rugby union provides another round of embarrassing scores.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:08 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Charlie Hodgson off to Saracens. Going to be interesting to see how it affects Sale next season.

He'll be missed. That is one thing for sure.

A few months ago whilst he was injured I said I would rather have Nick Mcleod playing. When Charlie was out we played a running game that I'm sure you League lovers would prefer to see, rather than the kicking game you like to tag us with. However we were still losing games and there didn't seem to be much leadership. In the 2 games he's played since coming back he has looked like the best player on the field by miles. His strategical kicking is second to none and he just brings something that can't be put into words. He completely dominated the field in our win against Saracens the other week.

I'm a little gutted he's moving to them. They're a bit of a joke and a bit of a nothing club in my opinion. All they seem to do is talk. Sure, they made it to The Premiership final last year but what they're trying to achieve off the field doesn't seem to be working. They've played 5 games at Wembley or something now, the most recent getting a 38k crowd which was the lowest of the lot. This was down to tube strikes but it was still a derby game on Boxing Day and you'd expect more.

The big games don't seem to have helped their home attendances in which crowds have reached the 6k mark recently which is only higher than Newcastle and Leeds and some of ours. They've made a loss on promoting these games and in 2 years nothing seems to have been achieved.

On the note of Sale - we've now sold 12,000 tickets for our Reebok game. I was hoping it would be higher with 3 months to go. I can't see it being a sell out at all now.

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:50 am  

Shark J wrote:

He'll be missed. That is one thing for sure.

A few months ago whilst he was injured I said I would rather have Nick Mcleod playing. When Charlie was out we played a running game that I'm sure you League lovers would prefer to see, rather than the kicking game you like to tag us with. However we were still losing games and there didn't seem to be much leadership. In the 2 games he's played since coming back he has looked like the best player on the field by miles. His strategical kicking is second to none and he just brings something that can't be put into words. He completely dominated the field in our win against Saracens the other week.

I'm a little gutted he's moving to them. They're a bit of a joke and a bit of a nothing club in my opinion. All they seem to do is talk. Sure, they made it to The Premiership final last year but what they're trying to achieve off the field doesn't seem to be working. They've played 5 games at Wembley or something now, the most recent getting a 38k crowd which was the lowest of the lot. This was down to tube strikes but it was still a derby game on Boxing Day and you'd expect more.

The big games don't seem to have helped their home attendances in which crowds have reached the 6k mark recently which is only higher than Newcastle and Leeds and some of ours. They've made a loss on promoting these games and in 2 years nothing seems to have been achieved.

On the note of Sale - we've now sold 12,000 tickets for our Reebok game. I was hoping it would be higher with 3 months to go. I can't see it being a sell out at all now.

Good move for Charlie tho' I would have thought a money move to france was on the cards - good to see Sarries getting well and truly stuffed (as a Wasps fan) but I have to take issue with you over the wembley crowd - the Tube Strike plus the busiest shopping day of the year in London plus the bad weather,my mate a Sarries fan was still stuck at his house in High Wycombe because of the snow and couldn't get out !
Some good games yesterday with Ulster turning the clock back a bit with a hard fought slogging match in the difficult conditions with Humphreys performing miracles with his boot in front of 10,500 hardy souls.The Leicester game was the opposite with open running rugby with the Scarlets playing better than the scoreline suggests IMO - Toulouse march on with some of the regulars back after the disaster in Paris with a comfortable looking win in front of 17,000ish crowd which is about 10% of thte crowds we get for the TO13 games ..............

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Jan 16, 2011 11:37 am  

Catalancs wrote:

Cavalieri Prato 16 - 48 Harlequins
Rovigo 7 - 55 Gloucester
Brive 52 - 3 Cetransa El Salvador
Sale 54 - 0 Petrarca


Bath 55 - 16 Aironi Rugby
Benetton Treviso 9 - 44 Perpignan
Northampton 37 - 0 Edinburgh


European rugby union provides another round of embarrassing scores.

Surely plucky novices?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:10 pm  

Shark J wrote:

He'll be missed. That is one thing for sure.

A few months ago whilst he was injured I said I would rather have Nick Mcleod playing. When Charlie was out we played a running game that I'm sure you League lovers would prefer to see, rather than the kicking game you like to tag us with. However we were still losing games and there didn't seem to be much leadership. In the 2 games he's played since coming back he has looked like the best player on the field by miles. His strategical kicking is second to none and he just brings something that can't be put into words. He completely dominated the field in our win against Saracens the other week.

I'm a little gutted he's moving to them. They're a bit of a joke and a bit of a nothing club in my opinion. All they seem to do is talk. Sure, they made it to The Premiership final last year but what they're trying to achieve off the field doesn't seem to be working. They've played 5 games at Wembley or something now, the most recent getting a 38k crowd which was the lowest of the lot. This was down to tube strikes but it was still a derby game on Boxing Day and you'd expect more.

The big games don't seem to have helped their home attendances in which crowds have reached the 6k mark recently which is only higher than Newcastle and Leeds and some of ours. They've made a loss on promoting these games and in 2 years nothing seems to have been achieved.

On the note of Sale - we've now sold 12,000 tickets for our Reebok game. I was hoping it would be higher with 3 months to go. I can't see it being a sell out at all now.

As long as you don't start playing like Newcastle and Leeds you've little reason to worry
Speaking to a couple of people this morning who are planning on going to the game at the Reebok but haven't yet got their tickets. I'd be surprised if mighty Mick Hogan and the Sale Sharks marketing team can't make it a sell out. The money is obviously there so radio and especially television adverts could and should boost ticket sales.
As for S.A.racens, how many more loss making trips to Wembley will they have before they change their plan or just give it up?

Re: If you must discuss Union, do it here II : Sun Jan 16, 2011 2:36 pm  

Fewer women and young men keen on rugby union, crowds down generally, an issue with trust in the sport, a reduction in the number who consider that what they are watching is “excellent” — just some of the less favourable findings emerging from a recent survey which asked 12,000 regular rugby union watchers what they thought of the Premiership. Shrinking pool of support could leave Premiership high and dry

Fewer women and young men keen on rugby union, crowds down generally, an issue with trust in the sport, a reduction in the number who consider that what they are watching is “excellent” — just some of the less favourable findings emerging from a recent survey which asked 12,000 regular rugby union watchers what they thought of the Premiership. Shrinking pool of support could leave Premiership high and dry