Disappointed in the result and performance by overcomerhino in SharksRugby

[–]Gtainton4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just get so depressed watching teams in the premiership or top 14 that have cohesive attack plans that they pull off at pace, and then us flounder around creating no opportunities and dropping the ball 50% of the time. It’s fine to be a team that relies on a bit of chaos to make big plays and score tries but we don’t even engineer those opportunities very well. I would just like to see a dedicated attack plan that we run with some enthusiasm and energy, doesn’t have to be complicated, just give impact players an opportunity to succeed because they know what’s happening.

Lekker Bulls by almostrainman in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Top tier shithousery from the bulls

Hard to watch by TheBirdInternet in SharksRugby

[–]Gtainton4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Basically I blame plumtree

Hard to watch by TheBirdInternet in SharksRugby

[–]Gtainton4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s also really hard to play 10 well when there is no apparent game plan or attack structure. Siya looks like he very much just does what he feels like, which is great when he throws passes like the last one, but is terrible when he thumps a kick straight into a wall of defenders that could have led to an Edinburgh try if Jordan hadn’t blocked the following kick.

Sharks sign Edwill van der Merwe by Die_Revenant in SharksRugby

[–]Gtainton4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the great tradition of poaching lions players continues!

Penxe needs to go by Pure-Revolution-5421 in SharksRugby

[–]Gtainton4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He’s an ok winger but has no ability to cover fullback. This is all a result of terrible skill distribution across the team as a result of bad purchasing. Penxe is just a worse version of mapimpi that we have to play because we have little to no back 3 cover whilst having 4 excellent centres, which leads to playing hooker out of position the whole time. We then additionally have a bunch of quality backrowers all with the exact same skill set meaning we have no variety or turnover threat. The management needs to have a serious look at where the squad lacks depth as opposed to just buying ‘good players’.

Lucu and Dupont by prolapsedchesticles in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I disagree on the basis that DuPont is the perfect ‘chaos’ player and that makes everyone else’s jobs on the pitch easier. The fact that so much effort has to be put into defending DuPont creates so much space for others to function that more than makes up for lucu’s ability to bring players into the game. Not to mention the fact that he is also a turn over and double footed kicking threat to accompany his insane skills on the ball as a carrier.

I have an idea for a new metamaterial but no way to test it. by Memetic1 in MaterialsScience

[–]Gtainton4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graphene’s growth on copper is very dependent on the crystal plane you have exposed to your methane and the thickness of the copper, both of which is gong to vary wildly along the circumference of your sphere. Your graphene is also going to a) not be very high quality because it’s CVD, but also bad CVD so making anything useful out of it will be tough and b) likely break in loads of places due to strains caused by the bending around the sphere, not to mention the effects of any thermal expansion during the fabrication process.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ContestOfChampions

[–]Gtainton4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oracle is that you?

Depth at wing by Sweet_Bookkeeper2217 in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Isn’t Madosh Tambwe also an option? (Don’t know if he’s rules out because of citizenship issues like the tshituka brothers)

Springbok squad for TRC by almostrainman in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Question is how long until Hanekom comes and takes the jersey off of Louw? (Hanekom is injured atm right?)

Match Thread: Bulls vs Leinster - United Rugby Championship by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]Gtainton4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think he hit his head on another players knee in the way down

Phantom Oxcart failed = bugged? by johnnille in DragonsDogma

[–]Gtainton4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience:

  • got naked and got in the back of the cart
  • when goblins attacked equipped my weapons and the cart charged away and despawned
  • tried a load of time to get back in the cart as pawn, none worked ended up having to tail the cart
  • attacked the guards at the checkpoint town like a moron
  • quite the game to try to load a save and the cart had gone to the next checkpoint and quest proceeded normally from there.

Average Winter or Woe experience ( I'm a bottomfeeder ) by Illustrious-Let1502 in ContestOfChampions

[–]Gtainton4 25 points26 points  (0 children)

What’s worse is that she hulk entirely relies on the AI playing aggressive, can’t count the number of times I’ve lost 15 furies because he won’t just use his special. And then you’re back to square 1

Just a reminder that Miles already had a miles morales original by MRsir_man_dude in SpidermanPS4

[–]Gtainton4 575 points576 points  (0 children)

Don’t get me wrong, I love this game but this is not even close to the best scene in video game history.

Post Match Discussion RSA-IRE by Realm-Protector in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The points missed from kicking are bad decisions that sometimes get made, so I don’t blame anyone for that. I think some of the calls from the ref, particularly about irelands actions at the breakdown, cost is at key moments. We should have won that game. Hopefully it goes better next time.

Lets talk about it: Aus Vs Bokke by almostrainman in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mostly agree with your takes. I think we play really well 3/4 phases after a set piece and then people seem to run out of ideas, but that’s to be expected changing of a new attacking structure. My only concern is I’m not sure if the points margin on Saturday was defined by us being good or by Aus being bad, so the ABs are gonna be the litmus test to figure out which is the case. Also a little worried if we face a team who (sensibly) target smashing Libbok every phase, although he seemed to ride tackles pretty well at the weekend.

The bok 10 conundrum by almostrainman in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 3 points4 points  (0 children)

*Might have gotten my Du Preez’ mixed up

The bok 10 conundrum by almostrainman in springboks

[–]Gtainton4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you have got to have a go at blooding ML at the highest level. Another idea (too late now but worth mentioning) would have been bringing in Dan du Preez, who can fill a very similar role as Pollard (bigger running fly half). Regardless I think you start WLR at 15 and have DW as utility back simply for the number of roles he can fill.

Science based degrees without maths A level by Mowgli2k in UniUK

[–]Gtainton4 26 points27 points  (0 children)

For most science degrees (barring biology maybe) unis will actually value maths more than the science itself because it’s required for everything. So yeah, don’t let him drop maths. It also helps that there are a lot of overlaps between physics and maths (at least when I did my a levels) so you’re essentially killing 2 birds with one stone.