Saner parts of the world, such as Australia, New Zealand and South Africa (and I never thought I’d write that) are managing to go ahead with their matches, but in the Pro-14, non-cancelled matches scheduled for today are rarer than gracious election concessions by Donald Trump.
There are a couple of not-cancelled Top 14 matches that don’t appear to be available for your viewing pleasure in the UK, and the Sunday and Monday (boo, hiss) Pro-14 matches are so far still on. The English Premiership appears to be having a wee rest.
Maybe it’s just a plot to make us all savour the prospect of Friday’s Ireland v Wales supershowdown. Supposing it doesn’t get cancelled.
Fixtures not yet nixed onna telly this week
Saturday 7th November
| Australia 24 – 22 New Zealand | 08:45 | Sky Sports Arena |
Sunday 8th November
| Ospreys v Leinster | 15:00 | TG4 / Premier Sports 1 |
| Scarlets v Zebre | 17:15 | S4C / Premier Sports 1 |
Monday 9th November
| Ulster v Glasgow | 20:15 | Premier Sports 1 |
| Edinburgh v Cardiff | 19:45 | Premier Sports 2 |
Friday 13th November
| Ireland v Wales | 19:00 | Channel 4 / S4C |
Ovally Balls 
Far better by embra from what I’ve seen between shit stream and fog. Still time to embra it though
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The fog comes in on little cat-faced feet.
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That would’ve worked better if Sexton were involved in the match.
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Hospital pass … you’ve got two kidneys – it’s fine, John [Cooney].
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Madigan fucks up again.
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Blues have not been impressive
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I want to see Lowry at 10.
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Past my bedtime … eyelids are drooping … curse this schedule. And sympathy to [Iks] those in a forwarder time-zone.
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Reidy in for try no. 5.
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Think Glasgow are already in bed, Thaum. This is going to be a difficult season.
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I expect this will only be a temporary set-back for Glasgow.
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Number six! Solo effort by Faddes. Thought he’d over-cooked it, but worked out.
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Not seen Glasgow this bad for years. Going to be a real struggle for them this season.
Embra not looking brilliant either
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Lowry carded for a deliberate knock-on,
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Ooh, I can go full-screen now.
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Embra won Chimpie! You also have a semblance of a team. I reckon Embra’s squad is deeper than Glasgow’s now (much to the consternation of some Glasgow FB patrons – all the fault of the SRU, don’tyaknow). We have a new coach who’s trying to change the way we play, but with a lesser squad and with all the restrictions around covid. We still have good players (Price has rediscovered his mojo, Horne the Junior, Zander has improved, Jones has been good at fullback), but not quite the star quality we had with Finn and Hoggy (and Jonny).
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“Embra not looking brilliant either”
How could you tell?
More seriously I thought we did well, we butchered a couple of chances, we probably left three tries out there but I never felt we were in any danger of losing that. Miller and Crosbie were immense, Bradbury stepped up his carrying in the second half, the scrum was solid when Gamble got his first cap
Next week is a free hit, that was a much needed win that gets our season up and running.
Pyrgos makes a real difference
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I’m delighted we won BB. But still an inability to turn pressure into points. No penetration in attack. Poor decisioning.
Will struggle against the better teams still. Leinster next week. Eek.
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“Pyrgos makes a real difference”
You mean he didn’t take 20 minutes at the base of every ruck?
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Well, that was pleasing. Commiserations to Glasgow fans.
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Thaum, on your US covid statistics, yes indeed . First hand reports from people I know that work in care homes indicate that cases and deaths in those places alone were far far higher* than actually made the official statistics, and of course, testing is not an option for many, if not most, considering even for the cheapo /free tests you need to be referred by a general practitioner or other primary care provider, which in itself may cost hundreds of dollars for a visit.
* One case recently I was told about , 23 out of 36 clients and 8 out of eleven staff had tested positive two weeks ago at a facility in a town that is still officially listed as having 3 cases in total since the beginning of the whole malarkey.
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Iks@ Wolves about to outrich Man City :-
“The Fosun-BioNTech collaboration forms part of BioNTech’s global development program, with the ultimate aim of securing global supply of a vaccine immediately upon regulatory approval. During the currently ongoing clinical development stage, BioNTech provides the clinical supply of the vaccine, while Fosun draws on its sizeable experience in the domestic Chinese market to take charge of clinical trial design and execution, regulatory approval and commercializing the vaccine in China. If the vaccine receives marketing authorization in China, Fosun Pharma will exclusively commercialize it in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Special Administration Region and Taiwan Region.”
Start writing your shopping list, Nuno.
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SBT – really, you have to be referred by a GP for a reasonably-priced test? Boggles the mind!
Last December, I had confirmation that I’d broken my foot in the US while I was uninsured – xrays showed an old break. Couldn’t afford to get any treatment (because also unemployed, hence the lack of insurance!). I know the silly amounts that are charged for the most basic things.
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Landed a nice gig teaching a Czech diplomat in Bucharest. Offered him 3 days to have class and he ruled Wednesdays out immediately because that’s when he has his online singing lessons.
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@tomp
Get him to sing summat from Les Mis to prove it.
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OT – nah. This is actual footage of Tomp and his student.
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Just make sure that it doesn’t end the same way.
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No THIS is TomP and his student
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OT – we were both wrong. Here he is
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I think we are getting closer
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Bucharest?
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Diplomat?
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Damn, forgot the second clip combines English and music!
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You’re on a roll there, MrIks! I think the last two get closest. Well done! You’ve won everything!
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Pah! Good clips (some of them), mind. Always good to get a reminder of how good Bullet Baxter was. And how brilliant Gene Hackman will forever be.
I’ll go for a mix of this guy:
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this guy:
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And this fella:
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Tomp – I go for mix of The Rock and Dwayne Johnson.
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Who said what yesterday ?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/10/kate-bingham-well-connected-but-under-fire-uk-vaccines-chief
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Pretty sure that’s FD singing this…
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Manu plays the guitar obvs
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Anyone fancy doing a preview of the weekend’s internationals?
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Let me do it, thaum. Will hand it in on Friday morning if that’s ok.
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Lovely, thanks TomP!
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BILLY BURNS ON THE PINE !
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That Billy Burns highlights reel will be a short one, then.
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See Iks has stood me up again.
‘sniffs’
Prolly too busy saving the world duck by duck.
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