Phil

Other than the obvious SA and LAR drop goal heroics, Frawley has been underwhelming at almost all of the chances he's got at 10. He doesn't seem to have the consistency required to play there imo

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This. This is it in a nutshell

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You say that about Suzika, but Kimi says otherwise!

I like all of those. Suzika and Bahrain (love night race!) are cool too. All the ones that are fast and allow overtaking.
I get bored waiting for pit stops or safety cars to change the order. Silverstone is amazing, and I like how it and Brazil are often wet and cause carnage

I think i heard Domeniconi pushing for a 4th last year and engender being really pissed off. Bring back Hockenheim over another shit american street circuit

Nope, just tired brain!
I like Mexico and Interlagos. Both offer something interesting: Mexico with the altitude making the engines go weird and Brazil being mental fast and good for overtaking

COTA is great cos it's a real track, there is overtaking and it has a history of being there. The others can get in the bin. There's only 3 in US, my mistake. I think they were considering a fourth in LA last year, weren't they?

Agreed that the yanks are going to bomb. FIA/FOM are obsessed with trying to crank America at all costs and it's pathetic. Most of the FOUR races there are shite and the yanks don't have the attention span for it

Yep. Miles off the pace. Both cars getting disqualified in China spooked them. They obviously messed up the ride height and the car has been dogshit since they've had to run it higher. Unacceptable to get that wrong in the 4th year of a set of regs

I'd love to be wrong, but Fred seems to be drowning tbh. Still, they've moved the focus completely to next year and a new set of rules could mean anyone could come out on top. As ever, it's the hope that kills you

Yep, I can see this all playing out exactly as you say. They may surprise us with their engine, but they'll fuck up the aero or the strategy or let the drivers race too much and room their chances. Hamilton retires and Leclerc never wins the WDC. depressing stuff

Wow, didn't think it was by that much. Hamilton and Mercedes were ridiculous back then, but remembered Ferrari being more competitive. This year is an absolute clown show. They have gone so far backwards

They were close in both 18 and 19 tho weren't they? Just that Vettel made too many mistakes and faded as the championship went on and Hamilton grew and grew

The really are a pathetic outfit. You'd have to wonder if it's the attitude of the team being more important than the drivers. Maybe they don't listen to them enough. Whatever it is, it's ridiculous at this stage

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Fair

Feels like a missed opportunity but delighted that it was so much better than last week. McCarthy junior looks like a prospect. That in itself is huge

Yes, well, we can't be having too many of those. The previous one was 17 years ago. Can't be making a habit of that shit.
Missed opportunity tho. Sam keeping the out half culture wars going by being great for 75 minutes and cat thereafter

Missed opportunity. But the attitude was far far better than last week. We'll win the next 3 games and it'll be grand

Big time

Yeah, no argument re his defence. He's improved. A bit. But he needed to commit and tackle le Roux sooner. He's at fault for 2 tries there. He was great in attack but still has a lot to learn

I'd have taken a point before that, but frustrated we didn't take more. Bit silly from Sam

It's a shame. He was decent until then. No need to force it from there

Daring to dream here....
Love the fight and minimum one bp. Gwan!

Great reaction to last week. Great heart being shown by these boys

I guess they wear blue. But that's where the similarities end. Stops us feeling too sorry for them, I guess
An Bhreatáin Beag always sounded close enough to Little Brits to me. Our ancestors knew what was up

Wouldn't have it any other way. It would be worse if you were nice about it if we did lose!
I'll obvs be cheering for ye against Welsh Leinster™️ later also. Just don't lose, ok? I'm getting really bored of them bleating about how everything would be perfect if only the Brits would play with them

Lookit anything can happen. We absolutely could lose 3 in a row. We could win today, either (we'll have our work cut out, granted). That's beauty of it. Gets boring if it's a procession.
I do fancy to us to win our home games tho