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sigesige00

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Do top-players not play too many games?
For example, in English Premiership, there are 22 games plus playoffs.
And for international players there are 6 Nations games.
Plus sometimes Lions or other international matches.
I think that the Rugby calendar should be changed, and the number of games should be reduced.
 
YES !!! THE FRENCH DEFINITELY HAVE WAY TOO MANY GAMES !!!!!!!!!
The Dark Knight series is absolutely horrendous, and disgustingly overrated. Chris Nolan can suck my phallus.
 
YES !!! THE FRENCH DEFINITELY HAVE WAY TOO MANY GAMES !!!!!!!!!
The Dark Knight series is absolutely horrendous, and disgustingly overrated. Chris Nolan can suck my phallus.

French Top14 is too large. 14 must be reduced to 12.
I am a fan of Stade Français, because of their jerseys. My friend, living in Montpellier, supports Montpellier both in Football and Rugby Union.
 
Wait, what? Where does that come into this thread? And you are wrong, great series.

Agreed he's unbelievably wrong fantastic series. I mean ridiculously good. Normally I'd say this conversation is alright as it treats a sige thread with the respect it's due but maybe in this case I think sige has a semblance of a point.
 
Sigesige is losing his touch. Eminently sensible and acknowledged by most.

The problem however is revenue. Clubs need games to survive. So whether we actually can is a different story.
 
I say less international matches. Something like tours every other year, and not every year.
 
Never enough matches !! :p ( just kidding ) yeah maybe in the top 14 but otherwise no I don't think so
 
The Dark Knight series is absolutely horrendous, and disgustingly overrated. Chris Nolan can suck my phallus.

Totally agree. Bale is very flat as an actor - he just doesn't emote. That said, I did like Bale in the last movie the best - he managed to make the Batman/Wayne a bit more likeable. However, the theater massacre in Colorado just prior to my seeing this last one made it very hard for me to fully enjoy the movie because it was just a bit too dark for me.

I prefer the Marvel movies - they have a lighter edge to them, making them a bit more entertaining overall. That, plus Loki is superhawt...DC just has too many ugly villains. ;)

Will address sige's point later...he actually does have one this time!

das
 
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Last Batman movie was dire. It was like they had to shoehorn numerous different plots into one movie. Awful ending, Nolan blew it. Don't worry, there will be a reboot soon.
 
Last Batman movie was dire. It was like they had to shoehorn numerous different plots into one movie. Awful ending, Nolan blew it. Don't worry, there will be a reboot soon.

It was very bleak, and I didn't care for the overall premise, but Bale did better in this one than the rest so I liked it best of the three. The only movie I actually REALLY like Bale in is a made-for-tv version of Treasure Island. He was just a teenager, and handled the role very well. His lack of expressive emotion actually worked very well in that film.

Now, about sige's idea.

I've always wondered how top players manage to compete nearly year round in such a physical game. Well, besides the beer, that is. ;) Now, I suppose it could be said that keeping them moving keeps them from getting rusty (and it is sometimes true that the more physical you are, the more endurance you have - too much rest can make everything seize up, just like what happens when you park a car for too long). Still, over-working a player can't be a good thing, either.

I don't know if I agree with fewer games, however, but certainly with resting players once in a while. This will give them more time to recover from tough matches, and it will also allow underused players the opportunity to step up to the plate and prove themselves. In the long run it may make for stronger teams since there would be a more consistent, and frequent, player rotation, making it possible for players who usually don't get major game time a chance to develop their skills on the pitch in real matches, and not just when practicing.

Of course, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about - just trying to keep things on topic. :)


das
 
Batman Begins is the most important movie of the last decade, and thus justifies any flaws in the films (I personally really liked The Dark Knight Rises, and actually saw it seven times in the cinema. Yeah, I know). In the gamble Warner Brothers took on selecting Christopher Nolan paying off, it allowed other studios to follow suit and offer the 'keys to the castle' as it were to younger, more interesting filmmakers than the journeymen who had been making the big franchise films thus far (Christopher Columbus, Bryan Singer, etc- even more interesting directors such as Sam Raimi felt a need to tone themselves down in order to deal with the franchise, something Nolan did not). He had a vision, and they gave him the money to make it. Since, studios have began to hand out their big projects to smaller directors, leading to the general quality of blockbusters slowly climbing. X-Men First Class was the best in the series thanks to Matthew Vaughan, Amazing Spider-Man was largely unsuccessful, but managed to nail the Peter/Gwen relationship element that would have been targeted when they opted for the director of (500) Days of Summer, and now Duncan Jones has got Warcraft, Edgar Wright has Ant-Man and Gareth Edwards (Other Gareth Edwards) has Godzilla. In a lot of cases, they're dream projects for the directors, added a much-needed enthusasm to Hollywood produce. As such, I won't hear a bad word against the Christopher Nolan Batman saga, as they're making the big-scale American movie experience more bearable.

Oh, and they're all good films.
 
How can this turn into a thread 'bout Batman and movies ?! By the way m'y favorite film is the Dictator :p
 
Batman Begins is the most important movie of the last decade, and thus justifies any flaws in the films (I personally really liked The Dark Knight Rises, and actually saw it seven times in the cinema. Yeah, I know). In the gamble Warner Brothers took on selecting Christopher Nolan paying off, it allowed other studios to follow suit and offer the 'keys to the castle' as it were to younger, more interesting filmmakers than the journeymen who had been making the big franchise films thus far (Christopher Columbus, Bryan Singer, etc- even more interesting directors such as Sam Raimi felt a need to tone themselves down in order to deal with the franchise, something Nolan did not). He had a vision, and they gave him the money to make it. Since, studios have began to hand out their big projects to smaller directors, leading to the general quality of blockbusters slowly climbing. X-Men First Class was the best in the series thanks to Matthew Vaughan, Amazing Spider-Man was largely unsuccessful, but managed to nail the Peter/Gwen relationship element that would have been targeted when they opted for the director of (500) Days of Summer, and now Duncan Jones has got Warcraft, Edgar Wright has Ant-Man and Gareth Edwards (Other Gareth Edwards) has Godzilla. In a lot of cases, they're dream projects for the directors, added a much-needed enthusasm to Hollywood produce. As such, I won't hear a bad word against the Christopher Nolan Batman saga, as they're making the big-scale American movie experience more bearable.

Oh, and they're all good films.

I liked Amazing Spider-Man very much, maybe better than the first trilogy. Iron Man 3 was pretty good, too...I think the best of the series. Loved the new Star Trek movie, too, though I abhor the flare lens. Ugh. I'm not sure about the upcoming Wolverine movie - Marvel has managed to screw him up so much he's no longer the guy I first fell in love with in the comics, and now the movies aren't doing much better (though I did love the way the character was handled in the first X-movie, and most of the second).

That all said, I'm mostly looking forward to the new Lone Ranger movie because it has Johnny Depp...with a dead bird on his head. You just can't go wrong with that! :)

That all said...


I actually think there are too many 'blockbuster' style movies being put out each year. I think that the industry should be changed, and the number of summer blockbusters should be reduced. I mean, between watching all the movies and all the rugby matches, I hardly have time to sleep! :p


das
 
Here we go again and the calls for less club matches......there are a possibe 22 matches in the AP plus playoffs and a possible 9/11 matches in the H Cup (although rare for an English side to get more than 7!) or Amlin making 31/33 for the non international player...

I will discount the Anglo Welsh Cup, or whatever it is called, as these games are treated as reserve games....

There are a possible 26 Top 14 games plus play offs and the same H/Amlin making 35/37.

I do not know enough about the Rabo but they certainly do not seem to play as many games as the AP or T14?

Internationally wise, yes there are far, far too many of them but these players are regulated such that they have to miss club games for rests both in France and the UK.

French teams, as well as having to rest internationals, rest a lot of their players during the season particularly for away games that they do not need/cannot win. In France, they also have three weekends where they do not play and the (non international certainly) players do not even train for that week and have been know to go away on holiday!

I would hazard an educated guess and say that there are only a few players that through either resting or injury actually play 30 games a season and I do not believe that that is too many.
 
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