1872 2021

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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Weegie on Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:35 pm

dolf_lundgren wrote:I cant imagine there wil be a huge difference really, wont need many if any stewards and the dressing rooms they use will be the same anyway.

There will be a cost saving if it is cold and they dont have to use the undersoil heating, although if it gets really cold then DAM pitch wont be playable. Might be cheaper to use the smaller floodlights too. None of these would seem to make a huge saving. Will potentially save shifting some cabling or the Prem sports cameras etc, although it may be that they are there anyway in the bowl for the 6N etc. I seem to remember them just being left out rather than all put away.

It will probably be more about the DAM being "home", so trying to gain that small advantage. Its out home game so assume we can play where we like.


I am an idiot.

For some reason I thought the first leg was in Edinburgh and the second in Glasgow and the Glasgow leg was moving to Edinburgh.

So erase everything I have said from your memory as it was based on a mistaken premise.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Pitfitter446 on Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:09 pm

New Year game at Dam Health.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Weegie on Sun Dec 26, 2021 8:56 pm

Glasgow

1. Jamie Bhatti (55)
2. George Turner (68)
3. Zander Fagerson (105)
4. Scott Cummings (82)
5. Richie Gray (70)
6. Matt Fagerson (76)
7. Rory Darge (12)
8. Jack Dempsey (8)

9. Ali Price (C) (101)
10. Ross Thompson (23)
11. Cole Forbes (15)
12. Sam Johnson (80)
13. Kyle Steyn (39)
14. Sebastian Cancelliere (2)
15. Josh McKay (3)

16. Johnny Matthews (19)
17. Oli Kebble (64)
18. Murphy Walker (2)
19. Kiran McDonald (40)
20. Thomas Gordon (41)
21. George Horne (73)
22. Duncan Weir (113)
23. Stafford McDowall (30)

Unavailable for selection: Simon Berghan, Fraser Brown, Walter Fifita, Pete Horne, Sean Kennedy, Tom Lambert, Nathan McBeth, Rufus McLean, Ewan McQuillin, Sione Tuipulotu, Ryan Wilson.

Edinburgh

15. Emiliano Boffelli (3)

14. Darcy Graham (44)
13. Mark Bennett (59) VICE-CAPTAIN
12. Cammy Hutchison (7)
11. Ramiro Moyano (3)

10. Jaco van der Walt (75)
9. Henry Pyrgos (57) CAPTAIN

1. Pierre Schoeman (72)
2. Stuart McInally (159) VICE-CAPTAIN
3. Lee-Roy Atalifo (15)
4. Marshall Sykes (14)
5. Jamie Hodgson (30)
6. Luke Crosbie (65)
7. Hamish Watson (122)
8. Magnus Bradbury (101)

Replacements:

16. Dave Cherry (44)
17. Harrison Courtney (1)
18. Angus Williams (6)
19. Pierce Phillips (3)
20. Glen Young*
21. Ben Vellacott (8)
22. Charlie Savala (6)
23. Chris Dean (110)

Unavailable: Connor Boyle, Grant Gilchrist, Sam Grahamslaw, Nick Haining, Damien Hoyland, Henry Immelman, James Johnstone, Blair Kinghorn, Mesulame Kunavula, James Lang, Viliame Mata, Ben Muncaster, WP Nel, Jamie Ritchie, George Taylor, Ben Toolis, Boan Venter

There must be some isolating as there are so many unavailable yet they are not listed as injured or any other reason given.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Trophyhunter on Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:23 pm

A surprising number of players not available which is a worry. That said we have quality in in most positions which says something about our depth. Disappointing not to see Kinghorn at 10 , Mata and Ritchie but who wouldn’t want Bradbury and Crosbie in their team. The selection of Pyrgos as captain says something about how Blair is seeking control and intelligence in gameplan . Still to be convinced by Hutchinson as he seems huge on energy but appears to lack pace and not really sure what he offers over Dean’s drive and guile ( on the bench)in absence of Lang ? Early days for him of course.
Intrigued to see Glen Young in squad as he has been injured since pre season since his move from Harlequins. Should be fantastic contest.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby robdinsdale on Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:06 am

Weegie wrote:
Unavailable: Connor Boyle, Grant Gilchrist, Sam Grahamslaw, Nick Haining, Damien Hoyland, Henry Immelman, James Johnstone, Blair Kinghorn, Mesulame Kunavula, James Lang, Viliame Mata, Ben Muncaster, WP Nel, Jamie Ritchie, George Taylor, Ben Toolis, Boan Venter

There must be some isolating as there are so many unavailable yet they are not listed as injured or any other reason given.


Yes, I reckon some must be isolating, especially considering that we didn't play last week.

It's not too bad a starting line up, even if it's not full noise. The bench is a bit cobbled together though, which is probably to be expected when we are missing 6 back row forwards.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby dolf_lundgren on Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:14 am

It’s a real shame we aren’t going to be able to see both teams at full strength given recent performances .

I was feeling quite confident but I think we will struggle to have the fire power in the inside backs to do
mich with the ball. Also our bench is going to struggle to
Compete with theirs particularly in the scrum. I wouldn’t be shocked to see Atalifo and Schoeman asked to play 70or even 80mins.

Starting back row is still very strong, it’s probably the one area where we can handle a large number of absences.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby dolf_lundgren on Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:49 am

Mike Blair now isolating.

I’m not looking for a postponement, but what were the grounds for Irish and Welsh games being postponed? From an overall point of view, not being able to sell 30k tickets could be a loss of a top end player for next year. Potentially the difference between signing a Sam Skinner it a Pearce Philips (apologies to Pearce)
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby liveinhope on Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:08 am

Yes its a huge revenue loss for both clubs-and (at the very least) the two home URC games on 8th January are also crowdless.
I don't think we have any spare forwards at all except for McBurnie (and Harrison) although there may be a few spare backs -Currie,Shiel,Blain-so if any further isolating this morning interesting to see if we just dip into the academy for props/locks/back rows a la Cardiff or seek a postponement.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby robdinsdale on Mon Dec 27, 2021 11:20 am

dolf_lundgren wrote:Mike Blair now isolating.

I’m not looking for a postponement, but what were the grounds for Irish and Welsh games being postponed? From an overall point of view, not being able to sell 30k tickets could be a loss of a top end player for next year. Potentially the difference between signing a Sam Skinner it a Pearce Philips (apologies to Pearce)


Ulster were able to have crowds so I don't think there's any need to be too cynical about that game being called off.

However, it does feel that there were perhaps more efforts made in some quarters to fulfil their European fixtures in recent weeks.

I'm not sure that postponement would actually be beneficial for the SRU, which might be why they are keen to fulfil this fixture even when Edinburgh's squad is heavily impacted. A rearranged fixture would probably end up being during the 6 Nations based on the precedent from the rearranged SA games, so that would almost be an A team fixture for Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Trophyhunter on Mon Dec 27, 2021 1:04 pm

Makes commercial sense to postpone the Murrayfield fixture and avoid the staging cost and play later in season . Perhaps not the pay day of the Holiday season but If COVId surge abates to more controlled levels in next few weeks a smartly timed solution with the right marketing behind it can still create the sense of occasion that the fixture carries.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby toocoldhere on Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:28 pm

Game is postponed due to positive tests in the Glasgow squad
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby liveinhope on Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:49 pm

Bound to happen after all the Xmas meeting up.
Presumably Sunday's match will (almost certainly) be off as well given the isolating times?
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby robdinsdale on Mon Dec 27, 2021 2:59 pm

liveinhope wrote:Bound to happen after all the Xmas meeting up.
Presumably Sunday's match will (almost certainly) be off as well given the isolating times?


You would think so.

The whole round getting postponing makes it a bit of a scheduling issue for the league as well, they'll be well motivated to find a solution that suits everybody.
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby liveinhope on Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:00 pm

And presumably means Sunday's home game unlikely to go ahead?
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Re: 1872 2021

Postby Weegie59 on Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:14 pm

BBC reporting "Edinburgh were set to have 17 players unavailable through injury or Covid for the first leg at Glasgow's Scotstoun Stadium." Doesn't say split between Covid and injury but could let us get some of these back before revised game.
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