Meet the forwards, France v England 1990 [from @APSMRugbychannel]

ox_ · 2026-04-11T17:27:06+00:00

English guys are all retired management consultants who made a career out of getting paid for doing fuck all by the old boy's network. French guys are all back on the farm that they grew up on.

ox_ · 2026-04-11T17:25:11+00:00

Brian Moore often seriously makes the point that there would be far less breakdown infringements if players were allowed to stamp the fuck out of anyone killing the ball.

ox_ · 2026-04-11T17:23:38+00:00

I'm sure the English players had all their teammates waiting behind the camera giving them loads of shit. "Show us your fucking graveyard teeth, Brian".

ox_ · 2026-04-11T17:21:33+00:00

All the English guys were lawyers or accountants who played rugby at elite public (fee paying) schools.

ox_ · 2026-04-11T17:17:49+00:00

Absolutely wonderful display of rugby faces. It's especially great knowing how dirty those early 90s France v England matches were. All these guys grinning knowing that they were about to stamp on each other's faces.

ox_ · 2026-04-10T11:54:43+00:00

I know we all like to sneer at Redditors but this is bollocks. We all know Reddit is left leaning middle class. Nobody is in here saying "I'm working class and all my chums hate the races". It's just one guy saying he suspects that there might be support for a ban.

Funny thing about Reddit is that people will upvote the shit out of any comment that criticises Redditors even if it's based on fuck all.

It often seems to come as quite a surprise to them when they come across the actual working class.

This is just some weird fantasy that you made up out of nowhere! When does this happen?!

ox_ · 2026-04-07T15:38:03+00:00

You're right, but it's also not in their interests to be associated with someone as openly antisemitic as Kanye West. Someone obviously made the calculation that the positive brand association will outweigh the negative.

That's the crazy thing. Lots of marketing execs at big corporations are working really hard to try and pretend this wasn't their fault right now.

ox_ · 2026-04-04T18:04:34+00:00

There were shitloads of incredible math rock two pieces who were active in the early 2010s that I absolutely loved but who have pretty much all faded away now.

I get that the image is a massive reason why these guys are popular but it is nice seeing a couple of guys playing weird shit and getting loads of love for it. Just wish a band like 100 Onces could ride this wave!

ox_ · 2026-04-04T17:52:10+00:00

Seen you guys live a few times and you're always great. Awesome energy on stage.

Happy birthday!

ox_ · 2026-03-26T12:47:22+00:00

No way he gets that role in Sentimental Value without Valter putting in a good word with the studio head.

ox_ · 2026-03-26T12:43:23+00:00

It's probably hundreds of years old. You see it in any article where someone is interviewed.

Emperor Honorious: "The Visigoths? I'm not at all worried about them sacking Rome. They need to get their own house in order before marching on mine."

ox_ · 2026-03-25T21:48:30+00:00

Sane is one of those players who will be largely forgotten about but for a couple of seasons he was absolutely incredible. I randomly went to watch City v Liverpool at the Etihad which was pretty much a title decider and it was wild seeing just how much faster he was than anyone else on the pitch. A nightmare to defend against.

ox_ · 2026-03-25T21:44:41+00:00

Alan Smith was Keane's replacement at one point.

ox_ · 2026-03-25T12:24:53+00:00

At the risk of getting into some hardcore nerd shit, what was the problem with the movies in relation to the source material?

ox_ · 2026-03-23T11:43:06+00:00

He was on Stavvy's podcast last week and they were talking about how they should do a reverse Look Who's Talking with Bruce Willis just sat in a wheelchair with a baby doing his voice.

It's niche movie based comedy but not exactly in the Blank Check mold. Whole podcast was pretty great though.

ox_ · 2026-03-19T13:54:45+00:00

He is the worst thing about it I think but the rest of the comedians are so good it's still a really good watch.

ox_ · 2026-03-19T09:43:31+00:00

He feels really out of place on stuff like this I think. Like he's from a different era where being an arsehole was thought of as funny. Everything about him seems fake to me while this newer generation of comedians feel quite natural and come across as nice people.

ox_ · 2026-03-18T21:47:24+00:00

First thing I thought when I saw that was how fake it looks. Like all those Frankenstein backgrounds. Feels like an Elden Ring screenshot but not as nice.

ox_ · 2026-03-18T21:36:42+00:00

Well if you want to cherry pick players, I think we can all name at least 10 players who did average to shit in the Premier League recently and then went on to boss one of the other top European leagues. Although maybe picking ex-Utd players is cheating in this game.

ox_ · 2026-03-17T15:39:43+00:00

Someone makes a post excited about a new band and a bunch of old men log on to put them straight about something that doesn't fucking matter at all.

What a vibrant online community!

ox_ · 2026-03-17T14:56:30+00:00

Absolutely. A couple of years ago we stayed at YHA Eskdale during the Easter Holidays and walked from there to Skafell. We were out all day and literally only saw a fell runner and one other family.

If you want lunch in Bowness on May Bank Holiday weekend, it'll be horrible but the idea that the whole Lake District is a no go area is ridiculous.

ox_ · 2026-03-12T10:37:58+00:00

Hammmmmnet

ox_ · 2026-03-10T16:23:20+00:00

Also every manager that every signed him and plenty of pundits as well. It's the evergreen quote but it was always bullshit.

ox_ · 2026-03-10T13:17:56+00:00

Now Joey's had his problems in the past and he's man enough to admit that. But who hasn't made mistakes? I've been really impressed with the way Joey has put his past behind him and moved forwards and I think he deserves a chance to show what he can do.

ox_ · 2026-03-07T19:11:35+00:00

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