Pitch inspection at 13:00.

The Met Office forecast looks ok, but the bbc forecast is snow/sleet/rain all day.

They brought it forward an hour, and the game is definitely ON.

Sorry if I have missed something ,but what is "thrifty attacking play" as attributed to Miloudi

Especially when he is playing a very Mr average on the wing and a second row at 6.
To be honest i am not a big fan of Miloudi but when he played on the wing i thought he was a handful and played his best games there for the club.
Far better option than Dawson and would have been my preferred option at 6 given Washbrook will offer nothing but receive and pass.
Radford keeps going on about how he loves the derby matches but secretly he knows if we get rolled over tonight and its quite likely his job is really on the line hence the steady player inclusions and a bench of forwards.

Nonsensical is what it is.

I can only assume its either a typo or they don't know what thrifty means, because if "thrifty attacking play" was a thing, Miloudi is the last person you would use it to describe.

I'm wondering if the weather conditions have gone against Miloudi tonight. Perhaps if it was a summers night he would get a game (or at least I'd like to think so), but on a night that is forecast for rain and sleet is a maverick player like Miloudi really ideal? If the weather is as forecast later then I'd expect a high error count so maybe Radders just wants a steady pair of hands in the halves.

Autocorrect of an attempt at 'thrilling', maybe?

Or an ill-judged attempt at a portmanteau of the same and 'nifty'?

Maybe as a half back but he is a much better option on the wing.
The games he has played on the wing were his best for the club and thats his position in the French national team.
Also if thats the case why name Litten in the 19,and if you are playing form players from the friendly matches Dawson should not have even been considered as he was dreadful at saints.

Somewhat happier that Litten is on the bench, bit of pace out of the acting half against tired forwards with reduced interchange could be dangerous. Plus I thought Houghton looked good in a 13 role in the back end of the year when Litten got more game time

all started with Shaul not taking the kick for HKR first try then as usual we start giving penalties away this time by Paea and they score again

Poor discipline our undoing yet again!!! Will they ever learn.

That's what happens in this game when you don't touch the ball in 10 minutes.

Would like to see that chip over the top again not a clear angle to see if Shaul touched it or not, but my eye sight isn't the best.

I see you only comment on the tries we concede.

Frigging discipline!! Couple of harsh calls, the drop out off the heel of matongo and then ruling a knock on against Shaul from that kick through that Hall proceeded to knock on.

Paea is a joke, Taylor has just done 40 minutes and he comes on acting all fatigued.

Not bad really. We're making good metres and getting some quick play the balls. Just really need to smarten up. We've stopped them making metres pretty well we're just gifting far too many with penalties and errors. Sort discipline out and can see us winning this.