To be honest, that’s about what I expected. I mean, I hoped for a Leicester-esque performance, but I expected a tight defeat. (I feared a tonking, but let’s skip over that.)
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View from the Rec: Bath 24 Sale 24 [GP]
Four relatively easy kicks missed, any one of which would have been enough to give us all five points. That was the difference between maintaining the lead in the table and losing a little bit more ground to the teams behind us.
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View from the south stand: Sale 26 Wasps 41 [PRC]
Even when you’re expecting to lose badly, it’s still quite disappointing when the expected happens. This is especially the case when the half-time score gave some hope that things wouldn’t be quite as bad as feared.
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View from the south stand: Sale 26 Gloucester 24 [GP]
Must win? Absolutely. Just win? Of course; this is Sale we’re talking about…
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View from the armchair: Exeter 19 Sale 12 [GP]
Well, that could have been worse. A lot worse. Come half-time, I was expecting a humiliation worthy of an Ashes tour.
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View from the south stand: Sale 27 Irish 27 [GP]
Two points lost or two points rescued? A game thrown away or a get out of jail card played?
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View from the south stand: Sale 36 Worcester 12 [GP]
It’s like déjà vu all over again.
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View from the armchair: Harlequins 14 Sale Sharks 36 [GP]
Commentator: “Esterhuizen is immense in the centres – a real wrecking ball”.
Manu: “Hi, my name’s Manu. Have we met?”
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View from the Birtles: Sale 3 Loughborough 32 [AP15s]
Sale still struggle to live up to the potential of their players. They don’t yet have the easy cohesiveness of the more experienced teams, so sometimes end up, as today, on the end of a scoreline that doesn’t really do them justice.
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View from the south stand: Sale 35 Leicester 26
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Well, if it’s fantasy, don’t wake me up, I’m enjoying myself.
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