A View From LE2 / Elliott Butlin

A fan blog dedicated to both Leicester City and Leicester Tigers, as well as some cricket! Also 50% of @rollingmaulpod #LCFC #TigersFamily

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Hi there! This is a blog dedicated to Leicester Tigers & Leicester City. I hope you like it, please comment and interact! Here’s hoping to be back inside a ground sometime soon! #lcfc #TigersFamily #LeicesterTigers

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@spkeene @rollingmaulpod Personally think both things are true. They were miles off on Friday, but that was a ragtag team selection. New combinations, players out of position & some making 1st appearances. It all came together to create the ugly performance

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@Richtinsoldier It’s a shame we lost in the end! Some team we had

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Prem Rugby uploaded the 2011 Prem SF between Tigers & Saints to YouTube, which has made for a great watch.

Forget THAT incident, it’s a fantastic game of rugby with two sides going hard at it, especially in Defence.

Shows you don’t need loads of tries!

https://t.co/E6snG8oiLo

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@wattsy1114 Same! Alesana scored just in front of where I was stood. One of the great days

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@JontyUpNorth You’re back

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@A_Dan_Rainbow RIP your mentions

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@PeterHanna9 @APC_Rugby I think the bench does need reviewing, as Furbank does cover 10 etc. But I’m not offended too much by Steward not being in the 23

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@RugbyInsideLine Bang on. Exactly the sort of play that would make any defence worry

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@ricardoevano @EngRugbyDebate I’m sorry, I’m just using your own methodology on players. I can’t help if that is leading to inconsistency from your part

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@EngRugbyDebate @jameschaloner This is exactly it. Personally if everyone is fit Mitchell probably starts & Jack is on the bench. And I’m a Tigers fan! But the abuse is outrageous. As is the fact any error he makes gets absolutely scrutinised, yet other player errors get ignored.

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@tomdabs I wouldn’t give up the day job to make it as a comedian champ

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@ricardoevano @EngRugbyDebate So then Ben Curry’s mistake then comes into focus, using your exact same methods. Not scoring a try from a bad error could have cost us the game

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@CharlieFelix Love this. Really good attacking play & explanation why

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@ricardoevano @EngRugbyDebate If you focus on one error at the expense of the 75 minute good performance, then it proves the original point that Jvp takes more abuse than is necessary. It’s like me ignoring all Maro’s good work to focus on his error leading to a try. One error doesn’t define a performance

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@ricardoevano @EngRugbyDebate But you proved the original point correct, you focussed on the one error rather than crediting the good performance. My point is that Jvp gets singled out continuously when other players make errors- for example Itoje’s error is equally as costly but you didn’t mention that

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@jameschaloner @EngRugbyDebate Absolutely crackers, I just don’t get it tbh. But oh well

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@jameschaloner @EngRugbyDebate It’s become something more than just fashionable to bag him. I’ve seen a fair few posts from people who aren’t Leicester fans saying he had a good game, yet the comments underneath are full of people abusing him. I just don’t get it

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@ricardoevano @EngRugbyDebate Using that analogy, Itoje should be dropped as his error led to an Australian try. Or Ben Curry should be dropped as he made a forward pass that led to a try being disallowed