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<blockquote data-quote="AlisterLees" data-source="post: 282621"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Oct 11 2009, 08:05 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=416130" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>You're forgetting Bluemoon, the result doesn't do Sale's chances much good either! </p><p></p><p>It looks like your opponents also chose to rest players, the Beeb reckoned Quins rested Monye, Care and Easter. It's part and parcel of the game nowadays, as there are so many games teams with limited resources will pick their battles. How does this differ from the resting of Lions players over the first few rounds of the domestic comps?</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>The Quins players were rested because of the agreement with the EPS, Sale rested their players because of the quick turnaround for the Cardiff Blues match, didn't see anything about it being the same reason as Quins.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>The EPS agreements don't force the players to be rested for that game, Quins chose to rest them for it, what's the difference? The fact that Tait and Sheridan didn't play in France also means we are fulfilling our side of the EPS agreement for them.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>the difference is that Sale weren't resting their players because of the EPS.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>You're missing my point, both teams CHOSE to rest players, be it due to turnaround time, ****ling injury or EPS (I'm guessing all 3 would have influenced the Sale choices of the players they left behind). No-one forced Quins to pick this game to rest their players either. I'd say there was a more interesting choice with Cardiff struggling in early season I was surprised that this one wasn't targeted by them (or was it that they underestimated their opponents?)</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>my understanding was that Quins had to rest them for this game as they played all the games so far in the Premiership.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>If that's the case then Quins still chose this to be the game to rest them then; they knew the EPS rules before they selected them for the GP games.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="AlisterLees, post: 282621"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Oct 11 2009, 08:05 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=416130']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> You're forgetting Bluemoon, the result doesn't do Sale's chances much good either! It looks like your opponents also chose to rest players, the Beeb reckoned Quins rested Monye, Care and Easter. It's part and parcel of the game nowadays, as there are so many games teams with limited resources will pick their battles. How does this differ from the resting of Lions players over the first few rounds of the domestic comps? [/b][/quote] The Quins players were rested because of the agreement with the EPS, Sale rested their players because of the quick turnaround for the Cardiff Blues match, didn't see anything about it being the same reason as Quins. [/b][/quote] The EPS agreements don't force the players to be rested for that game, Quins chose to rest them for it, what's the difference? The fact that Tait and Sheridan didn't play in France also means we are fulfilling our side of the EPS agreement for them. [/b][/quote] the difference is that Sale weren't resting their players because of the EPS. [/b][/quote] You're missing my point, both teams CHOSE to rest players, be it due to turnaround time, ****ling injury or EPS (I'm guessing all 3 would have influenced the Sale choices of the players they left behind). No-one forced Quins to pick this game to rest their players either. I'd say there was a more interesting choice with Cardiff struggling in early season I was surprised that this one wasn't targeted by them (or was it that they underestimated their opponents?) [/b][/quote] my understanding was that Quins had to rest them for this game as they played all the games so far in the Premiership. [/b][/quote] If that's the case then Quins still chose this to be the game to rest them then; they knew the EPS rules before they selected them for the GP games. [/QUOTE]
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