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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 165802"><p>Just come back from Italy and I must say that Parma was superb and the reception from the Viadana fans was out of this world. Simply fantastic. They put on free bread & salami as well as glasses of locally made lambrusco. Then they gave us a box of the stuff as a gift! I got to take home an extra bottle too! Simply superb. To any Glasgow fans who are thinking of visiting <strong><u>DO IT! BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS TO PARMA!! GO YOU FOOLS! GOOOO!!!!!111eleven</u></strong>. </p><p></p><p>As a bonus we managed to fez the Viadana mascot and we even managed to fez Saracens coach Alan "da gaffer" Gaffney! Result!</p><p></p><p>As for the match, to put it bluntly, we played flat and they played offside. Sole for example repeatedly went in at the side and eventually was sin binned. The number four also seemed to have a hard on for Seymour whom he repeatedly wrestled with on the floor just out of sight of the ref.</p><p></p><p>As for the ref, he didn't seem to have a grasp on what was actually happening around him. At one point Fabio Ongaro was on the floor out cold with Saracens physios around him and the ref was busy trying to get the teams to continue with a line out. It wasn't until Kaine Robertson pointed to poor Ongaro on the floor that the ref realised what was happening and called time off. Most importantly, he didn't "see" half of Viadanas rather obvious offside infringements.</p><p></p><p>In any case though, the first fourty minutes were an absolute disaster. Saracens were slow, lethargic and struggled in the rucks. First four minutes, ball was turned over and then suddenly the Viadana backs were over Saracens faster than you can say "thats a'more!" Try for Viadana.</p><p></p><p>The next two tries were superb opportunistic ones, both were from awful passes from Glen Jackson which were intercepted. And trust me, when either Robertson or Bortolussi get the ball and have space? Not even Bryan Habana (or his arch nemesis Tony Spreadbury) could catch these guys. </p><p></p><p>But those weren't the impressive ones, tries number 1 and 4 were the impressive ones, especially how both sprang from turnover ball and some agile running from Viadana's Kiwi number twelve before deftly handing it over to messrs Robertson, Sole and Bortolussi to finish the job.</p><p></p><p>So obviously, come half time, the mood in the fez brigade in the Bam Stand wasn't the brightest. If I could measure the mood, it'd probably be that of Northampton mid-season last season. It was frankly embarrasing to be honest.</p><p></p><p>So, it was rather nice to see Saracens come back in the second half. Only a late ten minute fightback by Viadana prevented Saracens to score four tries but the try by Seymour was excellent. A good break by Haughton (with the haircut narrowly eclipsed by Edinburgh_Gunner's) enabled Seymour to bound through and put his Sevens skills to the test, going through to score a superb try. The fightback was superb and it got even better when we got a scrum inside Viadana's 22 and decided to put their forwards to the test.</p><p></p><p>Lets just say they were found wanting. I was right down by the touchline listening to de Kock and Gustard give both the ref and the touch judge a peice of their mind about Viadana going straight to ground. The ref did give Viadana allot of leeway and the sorry sight was repeated a mind numbingly slow five times before the ref went to the posts and called the penalty try. </p><p></p><p>One thing I should note is our new Bok Fullback Brent Russell. In the first half he was industrious but should have ran when he kicked while kicking when he should have ran! Come the 2nd half and the guy was on song, kicking, passing and running on cue and making some excellent breaks. Somewhere, Thomas Castinede must have a big smile on his face :lol:</p><p></p><p>After the game, I did have the chance to ask a couple of the Saracens backs what it was like playing with Russell and they said that basically the problem is that as its just his 2nd game with the main team, they haven't a clue how he plays in person. Sure they've watched plenty of videos of him, etc but on the pitch apparently its a lot different so they didn't know whether he was going to run, pass or kick!</p><p></p><p>After the game there was beer, salami and even some mulled Lambrusco to be had. Players from both teams wandered around, I did ask Andy Farrell what he thought of the game and after pausing to ponder his reply he said:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...quite.</p><p></p><p>In the end a magical journey and we were "der der der"'ing the theme of the Great Escape late into the night! BIG thanks to EVERYONE at Viadana for making the day so god damn amazing! </p><p></p><p>Seriously, people of Glasgow!, put some of our English taxpayer pounds to good use: GO TO PARMA/VIADANA!!!!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Photos are here -> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestwick/sets/72157603472235028/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestwick/set...57603472235028/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 165802"] Just come back from Italy and I must say that Parma was superb and the reception from the Viadana fans was out of this world. Simply fantastic. They put on free bread & salami as well as glasses of locally made lambrusco. Then they gave us a box of the stuff as a gift! I got to take home an extra bottle too! Simply superb. To any Glasgow fans who are thinking of visiting [b][u]DO IT! BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS TO PARMA!! GO YOU FOOLS! GOOOO!!!!!111eleven[/u][/b]. As a bonus we managed to fez the Viadana mascot and we even managed to fez Saracens coach Alan "da gaffer" Gaffney! Result! As for the match, to put it bluntly, we played flat and they played offside. Sole for example repeatedly went in at the side and eventually was sin binned. The number four also seemed to have a hard on for Seymour whom he repeatedly wrestled with on the floor just out of sight of the ref. As for the ref, he didn't seem to have a grasp on what was actually happening around him. At one point Fabio Ongaro was on the floor out cold with Saracens physios around him and the ref was busy trying to get the teams to continue with a line out. It wasn't until Kaine Robertson pointed to poor Ongaro on the floor that the ref realised what was happening and called time off. Most importantly, he didn't "see" half of Viadanas rather obvious offside infringements. In any case though, the first fourty minutes were an absolute disaster. Saracens were slow, lethargic and struggled in the rucks. First four minutes, ball was turned over and then suddenly the Viadana backs were over Saracens faster than you can say "thats a'more!" Try for Viadana. The next two tries were superb opportunistic ones, both were from awful passes from Glen Jackson which were intercepted. And trust me, when either Robertson or Bortolussi get the ball and have space? Not even Bryan Habana (or his arch nemesis Tony Spreadbury) could catch these guys. But those weren't the impressive ones, tries number 1 and 4 were the impressive ones, especially how both sprang from turnover ball and some agile running from Viadana's Kiwi number twelve before deftly handing it over to messrs Robertson, Sole and Bortolussi to finish the job. So obviously, come half time, the mood in the fez brigade in the Bam Stand wasn't the brightest. If I could measure the mood, it'd probably be that of Northampton mid-season last season. It was frankly embarrasing to be honest. So, it was rather nice to see Saracens come back in the second half. Only a late ten minute fightback by Viadana prevented Saracens to score four tries but the try by Seymour was excellent. A good break by Haughton (with the haircut narrowly eclipsed by Edinburgh_Gunner's) enabled Seymour to bound through and put his Sevens skills to the test, going through to score a superb try. The fightback was superb and it got even better when we got a scrum inside Viadana's 22 and decided to put their forwards to the test. Lets just say they were found wanting. I was right down by the touchline listening to de Kock and Gustard give both the ref and the touch judge a peice of their mind about Viadana going straight to ground. The ref did give Viadana allot of leeway and the sorry sight was repeated a mind numbingly slow five times before the ref went to the posts and called the penalty try. One thing I should note is our new Bok Fullback Brent Russell. In the first half he was industrious but should have ran when he kicked while kicking when he should have ran! Come the 2nd half and the guy was on song, kicking, passing and running on cue and making some excellent breaks. Somewhere, Thomas Castinede must have a big smile on his face :lol: After the game, I did have the chance to ask a couple of the Saracens backs what it was like playing with Russell and they said that basically the problem is that as its just his 2nd game with the main team, they haven't a clue how he plays in person. Sure they've watched plenty of videos of him, etc but on the pitch apparently its a lot different so they didn't know whether he was going to run, pass or kick! After the game there was beer, salami and even some mulled Lambrusco to be had. Players from both teams wandered around, I did ask Andy Farrell what he thought of the game and after pausing to ponder his reply he said: ...quite. In the end a magical journey and we were "der der der"'ing the theme of the Great Escape late into the night! BIG thanks to EVERYONE at Viadana for making the day so god damn amazing! Seriously, people of Glasgow!, put some of our English taxpayer pounds to good use: GO TO PARMA/VIADANA!!!! EDIT: Photos are here -> [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestwick/sets/72157603472235028/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/prestwick/set...57603472235028/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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