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PREM 25/26 - Round 8
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Great to see quite a few injury returnees, distracts from some absolutely honking puns (if you can even call them that)
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Really shouldn’t go near a keyboard after a long lunch….
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Won't lie, I did chuckle at wrap du prezzies and Ben bamba Claus.
I wanted to go to Bath vs saints but the ticket prices were massive! Decided not to. Will be the first time in a while I won’t have gone to a game over Xmas.
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That place is unbelievable. Ridiculous prices for what you get.
Curry at 8?
No other options, DDP injured and this is Dugdale's first game back after injury
Saints rotating heavily (but not fully) for the trip to Bath
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Think Tigs said last week he flew back to Aus for personal reasons. Might still be ongoing or not back in time to train properly.
10 changes including The likes of Pearson, Van der Mescht, Alex Coles, Alex Mitchell, Fin Smith, Fraser Dingwall and George Furbank are rested.
Seems like we are not overly concerned with this game.
I'm not a fan of big rotation for one game, but I get why DoRs are.
You can't ask them players to play every game - especially with a 30-match limit, so rotation is important.
If just prefer to rotate say 3 players a week for 5 weeks, than 20-odd as a one-off (and I've said the same about Bath before).
I get it, risk 1 loss, rather than 5, I just don't like it.
Equally, if you do decide to risk a full change, then I prefer the option of going weak against weak opposition (eg Bath against Newcastle) instead of going weak against a table topper.
Again, I get it - why risk not getting anything from what should be a 5-pounter? rather than accepting getting nothing from a match where a LBP is a 50:50.
Easy for me to say as a fan, who's job isn't on the line, of course.
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9. Warr, 11. Quirke, 15. TOF as a pre-planned, first half, sub is insane
Really don’t understand carpenter being taken off.
Think BOD explained it well, in that he was only ever gonna play 30ish mins, after being out so long, so it's safer to start him rather than risk a starter get injured after 5mins and him needing to come on for 75 - it's our bench selection that makes no sense, with that in mind
Saints did the same when Furbank came back from injury (though that was Prem cup)
