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Yeah Garces would be my choice too.curates_egg wrote:If Fitzgibbon weren't retired...TerenureJim wrote:Indeed Poite possibly has passed him?
My top pick in these parts would be Garces. I think he is superb.
Nigel may have bought into “entertainment is everything” but he’s not accomplishing this at all. All of his recent big matches have been turgid affairs where he allows all sorts of shite a ruck time thereby slowing the game down and allowing defenses to set to such an extent that it’s almost like watching porridge boil - all you get is burnt porridge and a black bottom on your pot.Oldschool wrote:Yeah Garces would be my choice too.curates_egg wrote:If Fitzgibbon weren't retired...TerenureJim wrote:Indeed Poite possibly has passed him?
My top pick in these parts would be Garces. I think he is superb.
Nigel is not bad tbh but he's bought into the SH heresy that "entertainment is everything".
It's not, "winning is everything"
Agree and maybe that's why he needs to review his approach.Oldschoolsocks wrote: Nigel may have bought into “entertainment is everything” but he’s not accomplishing this at all. All of his recent big matches have been turgid affairs where he allows all sorts of shite a ruck time thereby slowing the game down and allowing defenses to set to such an extent that it’s almost like watching porridge boil - all you get is burnt porridge and a black bottom on your pot.
Its been quite a few years since Nigel was a good ref. Definitely needs someone to push the reset button for him. He's always been a bit above the game, Nigel knows best (notice is own unique hand signals, Nigel signals). It was ok because he hadn't got too far ahead of himself, now he favours flow/ entertainment at the cost of fair competition, doesn't want to use or listen to the TMO, even when he should and never fails to hold up the game so he can deliver some pre-rehearsed sound bite. He's his own man.Oldschool wrote:Agree and maybe that's why he needs to review his approach.Oldschoolsocks wrote: Nigel may have bought into “entertainment is everything” but he’s not accomplishing this at all. All of his recent big matches have been turgid affairs where he allows all sorts of shite a ruck time thereby slowing the game down and allowing defenses to set to such an extent that it’s almost like watching porridge boil - all you get is burnt porridge and a black bottom on your pot.
Apart of course from the couple of times when he used and listened to the TMO in this game.BlueBlue wrote: doesn't want to use or listen to the TMO, even when he should.
"It's early days yet, so we'll just have to see. We'll have a report on that next week. There's no long lasting damage I'm aware of and once I have more information, I'll have more to tell you.""paddyor wrote:Has there been any word on SOB other than it's an arm injury? How long is he out for?
