Ospreys vs Leinster, Liberty Stadium, 08/04/17, 3PM K.O. [Sky Sports 2]

.ak

Ospreys vs Leinster
Liberty Stadium, Saturday 8th of April, 15:00 KO

Summary

Well it's a rare sunny clear day here in Dublin, and whilst the throngs take to the streets to enjoy the fine weather I have decided to fore-go the vitimen D laiden sunshine and sit myself infront of a computer screen, dusting off my late edition of Photoshop and create the image you see in front of you.

With a little plagiaristic license (I'm a mod) I've taken images from sportsfile and the Leinster rugby site and clashed them together. With some nifty layer mapping I've create a transparent edge, it gives a smooth edge that leads to the drama of main image, in which we see Maccer asking his opposite number if they fancy nipping over to the Embassy Grill after the game for a battered sausage and curry sauce.

I said to my other half; "Doesn't Maccer look a bit like Ben Mendelsohn in that picture?", and she said "No", and then I said "Ah I think he does a bit" but she just stared at me and said "What are you doing on your laptop? We're going to be late".

What does she know anyway?

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Nicky Smith

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01

|Jack McGrath

Scott Baldwin

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02

| Sean Cronin

Brian Mujati

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03

| Tadgh Furlong

Lloyd Ashley

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04

| Devin Toner

Rory Thornton

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05

| Mick Kearney

Olly Cracknell

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06

| Rhys Ruddock

Justin Tipuric

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07

| Josh Van De Flier

Dan Baker

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08

| Jack Conan

Rhys Webb

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09

| Jamison GP

Dan Biggar

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10

| Joey Carbery

Dan Evans

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11

| Fergus McFadden

Josh Matavesi

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12

| Robbie Henshaw

Kieron Fonotia

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13

| Zane Kirchner

Keelan Giles

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14

| Rory O'Loughlin

Sam Davies

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15

| Isa Nacewa

Replacements

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|Replacements

Scott Otten

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16

| James Tracey

Paul James

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| Peter Dooley

Ma'afu Fia

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18

| Mike Ross

Bradley Davies

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19

| Ian Nagle

Tyler Ardon

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20

| Dan Leavy

Sam Underhill

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| Nick McCarthy

,Tom Habberfield

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| Ross Byrne

Jonathan Spratt

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|Dave Kearney



The Teams

For the teamsheet I stole the table code from another preview post (again, I'm a mod), but added my own slant on it by putting the position in the middle and adding a BOLD code for some clever detailing.

I've asked the missus for her opinion and does it need the bold font or not... Now she seems really angry. Maybe I'll leave the bold as is...


Prediction

Considering all of the above, I can only come to one conclusion.... Best Preview Thread Ever

Hold on, I'll ask the missus what she thinks...

Buer

The fact that the image isn't showing for me makes this hilarious and disappointing in equal measure.

.ak

Buer wrote: »

The fact that the image isn't showing for me makes this hilarious and disappointing in equal measure.

Banned

It's a boards.ie attachment... Wait, maybe you ARE banned?

Stheno

Buer wrote: »

The fact that the image isn't showing for me makes this hilarious and disappointing in equal measure.

Same here

.ak

Okay crises adverted...

I asked the missus does she know anything about cache issues and she slammed my laptop closed but when I opened it seems to be working.

Stheno

.ak wrote: »

Okay crises adverted...

I asked the missus does she know anything about cache issues and she slammed my laptop closed but when I opened it seems to be working.

You're going to be even later to whatever you were going to :eek:

.ak

Stheno wrote: »

You're going to be even later to whatever you were going to :eek:

Jesus you're right, I better tell her to hurry up.

Buer

I had to use Google to find out who Ben Mendelsohn is.

He looks like Guy Easterby.

.ak

Buer wrote: »

I had to use Google to find out who Ben Mendelsohn is.

He looks like Guy Easterby.

Ben Mandelsohn looks like Guy Easterby?

Or Mike McCarthy looks like Guy Easterby?

Or are you saying Guy Easterby looks like Ben Mendelsohn who looks like Mike McCarthy?

Hang on, I'll ask the missus...

Buer

He looks like the love child of John Lydon and Guy Easterby.

Mike McCarthy doesn't in this sordid scenario.

If you don't post in the next hour we'll just assume your wife has stabbed you to death.

irishbucsfan

Didn't watch the new star wars Buer? Is your life totally devoid of any joy?

EDIT: He really does look like easterby though, thats a great shout. We'll have to start calling Easterby Krennick

.ak

If I die I leave all my Leinster belongings to thomond2006.

Buer

bucsfan wrote: »

Didn't watch the new star wars Buer? Is your life totally devoid of any joy?

I've no interest in Star Wars, generally, I'm afraid. I'd watch if on television but meh.

.ak

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Didn't watch the new star wars Buer? Is your life totally devoid of any joy?

EDIT: He really does look like easterby though, thats a great shout. We'll have to start calling Easterby Krennick

He's too busy building his Mind Palace for archiving irrelevant match statistics to watch Star Wars movies IBF

Stheno

.ak wrote: »

If I die I leave all my Leinster belongings to thomond2006.

Jaysis is the missus that mad?

.ak

Stheno wrote: »

Jaysis is the missus that mad?

Ah don't worry about it...

I'm a man so I stand a good chance in a knife fight against her. It's probably 60/40 to me.

.ak

Also if I did die she'd probably take my leinster belongings... altho thomond2006 would want to me to survive, I think I'm the only thing that protects him from her sometimes. Oh, if she posted the things she says to him here she'd be on a life ban at this stage....

MattD

stephen_n

.ak wrote: »

Ah don't worry about it...

I'm a man so I stand a good chance in a knife fight against her. It's probably 60/40 to me.

You look about 60kgs soaking wet, I'm not sure that's true.

Podge_irl

Why do the position numbers switch from being central to left adjusted from number 5? That's pretty poor form.

sydthebeat

Why does ,Tom habberfield have a comma before his name?


some new Fijian signing?

If I was high right now this thread would terrify me.

Or else this is a normal thread and I'm high as a kite right now.

I'll leave you guys decide.

errlloyd

Watching on an iPad hungover in the states. Rugby-channel.it seems class. Why can I got legal on demand rugby here and not home.

Squidgy Black

Put on sky sports 2 expecting to hear Stuart Barnes talking shíte.

Instead I got gymnastics.

I'm not complaining.

pickarooney

Has it been moved ?

Squidgy Black

pickarooney wrote: »

Has it been moved ?

On Sky Sports 1 according to the website.

Former Former

errlloyd wrote: »

Watching on an iPad hungover in the states. Rugby-channel.it seems class. Why can I got legal on demand rugby here and not home.

Because Sky have paid for the rights.

pickarooney

Jesse Christ, .ak, get the basics right!

shuffol

How is that pass not being checked.

Sloppy start in any case

Squidgy Black

shuffol wrote: »

How is that pass not being checked.

Sloppy start in any case

Couple of borderline passes in that passage that should've been checked.

espn091

Looked forward to me.

Piss poor start.

Rigor Mortis

Havent done 3 penalties in 8 minutes in a while

Kauto

Lacey is a horrible ref. Have never seen him give Leinster a fair game.

shuffol

Henshaw needed to transfer the ball to his left hand there. His handling and footwork still need to improve.

espn091

When will leinster wake up?

shuffol

Nacewa having a howler so far

Bridge93

Nacewa having a shocker so far

espn091

This is a disgraceful start.

shuffol

We're clearly not at the races here. The fact that they've been very comfortable in the scrum is proof enough of that.

espn091

What utter ****e

Bridge93

This is a total shambles

shuffol

Furlong with the bodyslam on Giles.

Score lads?

Squidgy Black

Heads just are not with it. For the quality of team that's on the pitch they should be ashamed of the display so far, it's almost like they weren't expecting Ospreys to try.

connemara man

Cronin for the wing!!!!

Rigor Mortis

Sean Cronin you beaut

Icemancometh

Comprehensively second best and only 8 down, could be a lot worse

Clegg

Jaysus that's Biggar off the plane to New Zealand.

shuffol

Cronin you beauty.

2 sexy passes from Henshaw.

Peregrine

G'wan, the nugget!!

connemara man

Henshaws throwing the ball around with ease