The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

[Thequeerone]

Yeap was disturbed that Stirling's kicking game was put off by the thunder sticks - every kid in the crowd is gonna love bashing them now. Also yearn for polite claps for the opposition success - but when Stephen Moore got his try it was really really hard not to boo the Force - but they regrouped and defensibly got stronger as the game went on.

We had the same thing with Jak in season 2 he had a shocker and the booing just did not help - either you are with the team or your're wit \h the opposition some people are gonna have to learn that one FAST - players with complexes is not something we need right now.

[mudskipper]

were people booing their own team?

[Thequeerone]

Where I was Mud there was a general cry of " fuzzy fizzy sticks" , followed by "Golly Gosh the Force appear to have some defensive issues " if you get my drift

[mudskipper]

thats OK... but booing either team is not cool...

[normie]

Yeap was disturbed that Stirling's kicking game was put off by the thunder sticks - every kid in the crowd is gonna love bashing them now. Also yearn for polite claps for the opposition success - but when Stephen Moore got his try it was really really hard not to boo the Force - but they regrouped and defensibly got stronger as the game went on.

We had the same thing with Jak in season 2 he had a shocker and the booing just did not help - either you are with the team or your're wit \h the opposition some people are gonna have to learn that one FAST - players with complexes is not something we need right now.

I was booing the knock on and the forward pass that preceeded it...

[Burgs]

Sometimes it's hard to distinguish what people are booing at specifically so it is assumed to be at the most obvious target. A good reason to give it a miss or become more articulate in voicing your grievance...

[The InnFORCEr]

not when the Hurricanes and Chiefs on their way over for weeks 2 & 3...

I certainly hope the Canes follow your schedule for next week Muddie, because that should at least yeild us a win by default as we are scheduled to play them at the Cake Tin

[mudskipper]

I certainly hope the Canes follow your schedule for next week Muddie, because that should at least yeild us a win by default as we are scheduled to play them at the Cake Tin

Canes at home... ouch....

[normie]

Normie - you may not be aware but there has recently been a 6th book in the trilogy - written by someone else whos name escapes me. Douglas Adams passed away a couple of years ago.

Didn't know that Exile! I knew he had an unfinished book -didn't know someone else was finishing it! Not Dirk Gently is it?

[shasta]

Terrible sportsmanship on behalf of the Force fans near me.

To be honest I don't have too much problem giving the kickers a bit of "encouragement" to miss. Our kickers cop it everywhere else, just seems to go with the territory in the professional age. But I was cringing when they booed Sterlo. You don't boo a legend. Well not a Wallaby legend anyway.

[Burgs]

I maintain that an absolutely silent stadium would be far more effective than noise these days, to be perfectly honest I think the noise from a crowd says far more about the crowd than it effects a kicker.
However, with nowdays the fairly wide spread use of noise players are used to it, so if you could hear a pin drop at MES then it may well be more off putting.
Likewise when the opposition runout pre-match, while I generally clap them, it would weird them out a bit if they came out to stone motherless silence, followed by extreme noise for the Force!

[Timbo]

I maintain that an absolutely silent stadium would be far more effective than noise these days, to be perfectly honest I think the noise from a crowd says far more about the crowd than it effects a kicker.
However, with nowdays the fairly wide spread use of noise players are used to it, so if you could hear a pin drop at MES then it may well be more off putting.
Likewise when the opposition runout pre-match, while I generally clap them, it would weird them out a bit if they came out to stone motherless silence, followed by extreme noise for the Force!

I would love to see THAT!

[shasta]

I maintain that an absolutely silent stadium would be far more effective than noise these days,

Yeah.....well good luck with that.

[farva]

Positives I feel are:

The emergence of Dane Haylett-Petty as an outside back. He looked good.

JOC truely looks world class now and I would not be nervous about him starting at 10.

The whole forward line looked pretty good. We won the battle at the breakdown and I thought we looked pretty good at scrum time as well.

MES - it leaves Subi for dead! And the feel of a full house all dressed in blue (everyone was too). The booing was crap mind.

[Thequeerone]

Thormond Park does absolute silence and it works the opposition hate playing there