We knew it wouldn’t be easy. From the day the draw was announced, we were all thinking “Oh, bugger. Toulouse. Great.”
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View from the Birtles: Sale 10 Exeter 35 [AP15s]
Despite a spirited showing by Sale, Exeter were just too strong. They are expected to be in title contention come the end of the season and, on this showing, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
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View from the south stand: Sale 40 Leicester 5 [GP]
In response to the Newcastle debacle, I suggested that we “move on and use the disappointment (and, I hope, anger) to rebound decisively against Leicester”. Well, in the words of that eminent swamp philosopher, “That’ll do, Donkey. That’ll do.”
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Vue de la tribune nord: Toulouse 45 Sale 19 [HCC]
I think I’ve said this before but you know that aphorism that it’s better to expect the worst, then you’re not disappointed? Yeah, that one. It’s a load of old bo— not true.
View from the south stand: Sale 39 Ulster 0 [HCC]
Five penalties? Five? In the whole match? Who is this team and what have they done with Sale Sharks?
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View from the south stand: Sale 40 Quins 19 [PRC]
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that someone, somewhere in the bowels of Premiership Rugby, has an inkling of what is happening regarding the league tables and qualification for the semi-finals. I’m pretty sure that nobody else has the faintest clue.
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View from the south stand: Sale 27 Gloucester 17 [GP]
Well, that was a weird one. One-quarter new Sale, three-quarters old Sale. It never quite reached the level of squeaky bum time, but there were moments of unnecessary “what the f—” during the second half.
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View from the (StoneX) south stand: Saracens 33 Sale 22 [GP]
Life’s inevitabilities: death, taxes and Sale blowing a bonus point two minutes from full-time.
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View from the south stand: Sale 13 Harlequins 29 [GP]
See? I told you. I told you. What did I say last week? “It’s really hard to shake off the feeling that the bubble is going to burst any second, that we’re going to come up against a team that we just can’t handle and that’ll be it, back to scrapping just outside the top four again.”
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View from the south stand: Sale 37 Irish 14 [GP]
Apparently, we haven’t started a season with five wins from five since 2004–5. I must have watched that, but I confess to having no real memory of it. Mind you, I can’t remember what I was doing last Wednesday, so there’s that…
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