Rooster wrote:
Easy to sort, give Payne a boot up the hole and tell him who pays the wages and he will play where he is told,
Ah, but I think you will find as of the start of the 14/15 season young master Payne is paid centrally by the IRFU.
You may have a point there but that is still not for Payne to decide that he will only play 13, next thing you know he won't want to play on a wet night or one where the temperature is going to be below 12C or humidity above 75%
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family" Rory Best
Duckjnr wrote:Context of pitching being crap? Blamed in terms of some of the injuries we've picked up?
Trying to think which players have actually been injured at Ravenhill that could have been a result of the pitch and the only one I can think is possibly Callum Black ?
Best did his ankle as well. Blacks appeared to stick in the turf as the drive came through the scrum.
Very hard to say that Bests was due to the pitch as was it not near perfect conditions for the Sarries match ?
Macklin and Olding did their knees at Deramore, Paddy Mac and Paddy W were hamstring problems on other pitches as well
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family" Rory Best
Once a Knight wrote:If we go on and win the Rabo it will do nothing more than paper over the cracks. This is the best Ulster Squad ever assembled and I think many of the performances this season have been less than the sum of the parts.
Mark seemed to say that if we go on and win the Rabo, it will show that all is well and that this campaign has been a success.
I'm not arguing -
I'm just explaining why I'm right
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Three ankle sprains mentioned as arguably down to the crap pitch - Rory, Robbie and Callum
Was dry when Rory and Robbie went down but was wet when Callum went down.
I still think the new groundsman cuts the grass too short as it looks more like a soccer pitch than a rugby pitch.
“That made me feel very special and underlined to me that Ulster is more than a team, it is a community and a rugby family" Rory Best
Duckjnr wrote:Context of pitching being crap? Blamed in terms of some of the injuries we've picked up?
Trying to think which players have actually been injured at Ravenhill that could have been a result of the pitch and the only one I can think is possibly Callum Black ?
Best did his ankle as well. Blacks appeared to stick in the turf as the drive came through the scrum.
Very hard to say that Bests was due to the pitch as was it not near perfect conditions for the Sarries match ?
Macklin and Olding did their knees at Deramore, Paddy Mac and Paddy W were hamstring problems on other pitches as well
Ah yes, forgot Ravens games aren't actually at Ravenhill, all a marketing ploy for ST's....
Duckjnr wrote:Context of pitching being crap? Blamed in terms of some of the injuries we've picked up?
Trying to think which players have actually been injured at Ravenhill that could have been a result of the pitch and the only one I can think is possibly Callum Black ?
Best did his ankle as well. Blacks appeared to stick in the turf as the drive came through the scrum.
If you mean the current one nothing to do with the pitch, Rory already trapped, enter Burger second hit, ankle had to go somewhere as the rest of Rory went in a different direction. Not cynical, just the way it happened.
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Three ankle sprains mentioned as arguably down to the crap pitch - Rory, Robbie and Callum
I saw Robbie injure himself and although this doesn't rule out pitch difficulties , like Rory it was in solid contact and I knew as soon as he was going down, very early in the Connacht match.
I'm not convinced the pitch had a part to play, then again, I'm no expert on fields,leave that to mountainy men.
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
Finally something in common with Maaaaaaak, I shoot clowns in the head.
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As for Payne at 13
NEVER MOVE ON. Years on, I cannot ever watch Ireland with anything but indifference, I continue to wish for the imminent death of Donal Spring, the FIRFUC's executioner of Wee Paddy & Wee Stu, and I hate the FIRFUCs with undiminished passion.
BR wrote:Payne only wants to play 13. Pitch is crap. Supporters are brill
Payne, seriously???
Maybe would have been better put as - "Payne wants to play 13 only" or "Payne wants to exclusively play 13". It would be unfair to suggest that there was a "or not at all" clause in the statement.
