2014/15 Tigers watch

[Snipe Watson]

Is there a minimum number of players/ proportion of 1st-team squad that English clubs need to have, who are English-eligible?

No

They don't need to have an Englishman about the place which was an issue for them at international level, but with so many now qualifying on residency, there's coming a day when England will field an entirely non-English team. It will continue to leave them under performing and may even stop them winning their world cup next year.

[tigerburnie]

Is there a minimum number of players/ proportion of 1st-team squad that English clubs need to have, who are English-eligible?

No

They don't need to have an Englishman about the place which was an issue for them at international level, but with so many now qualifying on residency, there's coming a day when England will field an entirely non-English team. It will continue to leave them under performing and may even stop them winning their world cup next year.

You should have said winning the world cup AGAIN Snipe............................................
Baggy Tigers have two Italian props coming through the accademy who may play for England as they were over looked at age level by the Italians, so some more surnames you may not think are English. They should have all good old English names like Singh or Patel really shouldn't they................................

[Russ]

Is there a minimum number of players/ proportion of 1st-team squad that English clubs need to have, who are English-eligible?

No

They don't need to have an Englishman about the place which was an issue for them at international level, but with so many now qualifying on residency, there's coming a day when England will field an entirely non-English team. It will continue to leave them under performing and may even stop them winning their world cup next year.

You should have said winning the world cup AGAIN Snipe............................................
Baggy Tigers have two Italian props coming through the accademy who may play for England as they were over looked at age level by the Italians, so some more surnames you may not think are English. They should have all good old English names like Singh or Patel really shouldn't they................................

Luckily UKIP and BNP supporters are chavs

Imagine the outcry if England were to win a world cup with 2 chavs from up North and a load of jonny foreigners

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[Snipe Watson]

Is there a minimum number of players/ proportion of 1st-team squad that English clubs need to have, who are English-eligible?

No

They don't need to have an Englishman about the place which was an issue for them at international level, but with so many now qualifying on residency, there's coming a day when England will field an entirely non-English team. It will continue to leave them under performing and may even stop them winning their world cup next year.

You should have said winning the world cup AGAIN Snipe............................................
Baggy Tigers have two Italian props coming through the academy who may play for England as they were over looked at age level by the Italians, so some more surnames you may not think are English. They should have all good old English names like Singh or Patel really shouldn't they................................

Don't put borderline racist words in my mouth TB..... get up the yard ye langer . Did I say it was wrong? No......

[tigerburnie]

Snipe, that wasn't the intention, just pulling your chain, hence the "wink" emoticon.

[Snipe Watson]

Snipe, that wasn't the intention, just pulling your chain, hence the "wink" emoticon.

I knew that.....

[tigerburnie]

Snipe, that wasn't the intention, just pulling your chain, hence the "wink" emoticon.

I knew that.....

Just testing.............

[Snipe Watson]

Snipe, that wasn't the intention, just pulling your chain, hence the "wink" emoticon.

I knew that.....

Just testing.............

Very, but not as much as Russ

[Russ]

Tuilagi is a fat Warren Gatland

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[tigerburnie]

Well having seen him on Saturday Russ, there's not an ounce of fat on him........
Went to the home of 7's rugby to watch a pumped up Embra take on the mighty Leicester Tigers on Saturday afternoon. Not with standing the "homer" junior ref from Gala who really didn't seem to understand the laws, Tigers were less than mighty. A few looked interested and a few looked very rusty. Anyone who watched the game hoping to glean some ideas on what Tigers tactics were would be sadly under informed, looked like playing by numbers to me and we barely won and frankly barely deserved to. Embra were nothing special at all, plenty of anti English huff and puff, but I doubt they will trouble too many sides in the pro12 on that showing.

[Rooster]

Anyone who watched the game hoping to glean some ideas on what Tigers tactics were would be sadly under informed,

Any eejit who expects to see anything more than a good training session run when they go to a pre season friendly is seriously deluded

[Russ]

Anyone who watched the game hoping to glean some ideas on what Tigers tactics were would be sadly under informed,

Any eejit who expects to see anything more than a good training session run when they go to a pre season friendly is seriously deluded

The English are deluded

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[Rooster]

Anyone who watched the game hoping to glean some ideas on what Tigers tactics were would be sadly under informed,

Any eejit who expects to see anything more than a good training session run when they go to a pre season friendly is seriously deluded

The English are deluded

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Some on here are deluded as well as to what happens at preseason friendlys and as for the Bakeheads don't even go there

[Russ]

Anyone who watched the game hoping to glean some ideas on what Tigers tactics were would be sadly under informed,

Any eejit who expects to see anything more than a good training session run when they go to a pre season friendly is seriously deluded

The English are deluded

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Some on here are deluded as well as to what happens at preseason friendlys and as for the Bakeheads don't even go there

Ive had to stay away from it all

I have found that the world is stupid

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[tigerburnie]

Ed Slater appointed Tigers Captain, good lad and one to watch, I can see him being a regular in the England side too, very much in the Martin Johnson mould, leads from the front .