@Higgins said in Bledisloe #1:
Could be a rather trying evening watching the test with the atmospheric conditions in the last hour or so in my part of Welllington causing a number of Sky interruptions. Radio Sport's Nigel Yalden could be our saviour tonight.
This lightning is fucken awesome aye ! it's quite relentless out Island Bay way !
@Jaguares4real said in NH International Rugby:
Italians taking the piss again with Mercenary players
Callum Braley born and bred in ENG
ENG U20 captain but has a Italian granddad so plays for Italy
This quote below is disgusting Int'l Rugby not a shopping centre where you
pick & choose what nation you want to to play and game the systemâAs a kid I always dreamt of playing international rugby and I always knew that could be two avenues
so itâs one of them, whichever came first and gave me that opportunity and believed in me the most,â
Ummmmmm who the hell are you to say what someone thinks ?
If god forbid I was anywhere near good enough to play international Rugby I could have gone for the country I love and have lived in most of my life ( New Zealand ) or where my old man was born and one which I'm fiercely proud of my heritage ( Scotland ).
If you've got the family ties then fucken do it, I have nothing but respect for the Leslie brothers, Gordon Simpson, Brendan Laney and many others for what they gave to the blue jersey.
@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@MN5 said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Salacious-Crumb said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
My memory of the â70s was syndicated U.S. radio shows I could hear up & down NZ on the AM dial â Casey Kasemâs American Top 40, Country Countdown (from Nashville, hated the thing) and Wolfman Jackâs show, which was mostly oldies and weird stuff, a real education. Hauraki played the Stones, but canât remember anybody playing Zeppelin on radio, you had to buy those records to hear them. Only time you heard Pink Floyd on air was âThe Great Gig In the Skyâ being used to sell coffee on a tv advert which still blows my mind. Radio i used to play rock in the mornings, then Sinclairâs talker, then rock music afterward, followed by Tim Bickerstaffâs afternoon-early evening sports talker, then back to rock in the evening. Crazy radio format. K-Tel records were also very popular.
Yeah, I used to sleep with a transistor under my pillow. I had to be careful not to fall asleep because the 9 volt batteries were really expensive.
I was really lucky that our music teacher at Whangarei Boysâ played us some quite challenging stuff for the time, Transformer had just come out but you werenât going to hear Walk on the Wild Side on the radio, and I still remember her explaining itâs meaning to us.
The first time I heard Pink Floyd (Meddle), The Who (Tommy), Elton John (Yellow Brick Road), any Bowie other than The Laughing Gnome (Pinups and Ziggy Stardust), Sabbath, Zappa, Beefheart and so many others were all at school. Old Ma Shields (who was probably only in her 40s) changed my life.
I thought I made the rules on discussion clear when I created this thread.
Yeah you did. But Iâm too old to follow rules, or even remember them.
I'm certainly a fan of many of the groups you've mentioned but they're far too good for this thread and all it stands for.
@JC said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
@Salacious-Crumb said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
My memory of the â70s was syndicated U.S. radio shows I could hear up & down NZ on the AM dial â Casey Kasemâs American Top 40, Country Countdown (from Nashville, hated the thing) and Wolfman Jackâs show, which was mostly oldies and weird stuff, a real education. Hauraki played the Stones, but canât remember anybody playing Zeppelin on radio, you had to buy those records to hear them. Only time you heard Pink Floyd on air was âThe Great Gig In the Skyâ being used to sell coffee on a tv advert which still blows my mind. Radio i used to play rock in the mornings, then Sinclairâs talker, then rock music afterward, followed by Tim Bickerstaffâs afternoon-early evening sports talker, then back to rock in the evening. Crazy radio format. K-Tel records were also very popular.
Yeah, I used to sleep with a transistor under my pillow. I had to be careful not to fall asleep because the 9 volt batteries were really expensive.
I was really lucky that our music teacher at Whangarei Boysâ played us some quite challenging stuff for the time, Transformer had just come out but you werenât going to hear Walk on the Wild Side on the radio, and I still remember her explaining itâs meaning to us.
The first time I heard Pink Floyd (Meddle), The Who (Tommy), Elton John (Yellow Brick Road), any Bowie other than The Laughing Gnome (Pinups and Ziggy Stardust), Sabbath, Zappa, Beefheart and so many others were all at school. Old Ma Shields (who was probably only in her 40s) changed my life.
I thought I made the rules on discussion clear when I created this thread.
@KiwiPie said in Other Cricket:
So of the "big 4" who is most likely to pass Tendulkar's record of 51 test tons.
Smith is 30 and has 25 - tests to pass Sachin at current rate = 141 (76 more)
Kohli is 30 and has 25 - 157 (80 more)
Williamson is 29 and has 20 - 184 (112 more)
Root is 28 and has 16 - 262 (180 more)So Root is youngest and plays the most tests per year but also has the worst conversion rate so would need to improve this a lot. Kane is probably least likely as NZ play so few tests and would have to play past 40.
A few years back there was a real tussle to see who the best was out of this "big four" and I think the order you've listed is about right.
First two, enough said, all time greats of any era.
Our Kane, far and away our best ever test batsman with years to compile an even better record. May end up our best ever cricketer......a big "if".....
Root, average has dipped to under 49.....still excellent but getting to the point where he isn't worthy enough to be in this discussion......
@mariner4life said in Other Cricket:
Kohli will do it i reckon. He's already a better player than Tendulkar, would love for him to have the record to prove it.
Smith might as well, i just wonder if his "technique" will hold up as he ages
He's a better ODI player in which he is a freak but as a test player he's about even so far.
@mariner4life said in The Ultimate one hit wonders thread........:
I love how this thread has become the Poms posting the worst music in history, and everyone trying to prove every artist has more than one hit. Solid Ferning.
I try my best. Thanks.
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I say goddam...
Pulp Fiction is fucking amazing
The best Tarantino film by far
No love for Reservoir Dogs?
Excellent. But not as good
Apt description.
I wish Michael Madsens schedule hadn't clashed and he coulda played Vincent Vega, as awesome as John Travolta was I suspect Madsen woulda been even better.
@Jaguares4real said in "Friendlies":
@Snowy said in Bledisoe #1:
@booboo Yep. Not "friendlies". Fcking stupid word.
Have they been awarded test status? Do players get caps? I genuinely don't know.
I'm looking at the bigger picture It might be controversial & counter intutive but I like to provoke debate In return I'm labelled a "Troll"....
Whether we like it or not Int'l Rugby is run on 4 year RWC cycles
With the exception of Boks ABs & England who're under immense pressure to win very game - FAO of @Snowy
Why not build up squad depth & quality Especially with high attrition rates for players, terrible travel itineraries of certain nations etc
Few fans give a fuck who won a game on EOYT or Summer tour in 2016-17 if you deliver the goods come RWC time
That old "terrible travel itinerary" chestnut again.....
Out of interest have you seen where New Zealand is on a map ?
