Frustrating being a Dragons supporter. They have let 4 winning positions (in the final quarter or later) slip in the last few weeks. Again this evening got themselves in position but never looked like they had the wherewithal to close it out. Good win for Glasgow, next 3 at home and then the two Italians away so plenty of opportunities for them to come back into Top 4 contention.

finished 18-15 to glasgow

Yes we do Clanman. Come on the Dragons.

ConnachtCows wrote: 12-6 to The Dragons at half time. Hope they can keep it up

do we really want both Scottish teams so low down in the league.

Dragons leading 15-13 with 20 mins left

12-6 to The Dragons at half time. Hope they can keep it up

Totally forgot that Dragons are playing Glasgow in a couple of hours. May as well tune in to that on BBCW. Home win would be nice.

True, I'd always rather have the points in the bag than travelling looking for five points on a wet evening and a grumpy ref.

While I accept that everyone has different opinions on how many points we'll get, why is it all based on the principle that no-one else will drop points? Only Leinster are playing with any sort of consistency and they have Glasgow(a), Ospreys(h) & Ulster (a): Ulster are away at Ospreys: Munster are away here & at the RDS. We have the points in the bag the others dont

pinky wrote:

9abroad wrote:

pinky wrote: Whatever about talking about Top 4 (I have already well and truly jinxed that), can we please, please have an unwritten ban on the term "Top 6"?

Sorry Pinky. I have "top" on the brain since we are "top" of the table, Top Oil sponsoring us, and speaking of sponsorship money "top-ups" seem to get players, never mind the lure of cash in the "top14".

Just put a 5 after that Top and I'll sleep easier.
Top5, Top5, Top5, zzzzzzzzz

Remember 5th also comes with the advantage of a Pot 3 seeding in the draw, which based on current standings would have us avoid Leicester and probably Quins and Clermont and give us a chance of meeting our good friends Zebre again.

Grand Wizard Pinky
How much time do you actually spend looking into that crystal ball of yours.

9abroad wrote:

pinky wrote: Whatever about talking about Top 4 (I have already well and truly jinxed that), can we please, please have an unwritten ban on the term "Top 6"?

Sorry Pinky. I have "top" on the brain since we are "top" of the table, Top Oil sponsoring us, and speaking of sponsorship money "top-ups" seem to get players, never mind the lure of cash in the "top14".

Just put a 5 after that Top and I'll sleep easier.
Top5, Top5, Top5, zzzzzzzzz

Remember 5th also comes with the advantage of a Pot 3 seeding in the draw, which based on current standings would have us avoid Leicester and probably Quins and Clermont and give us a chance of meeting our good friends Zebre again.

pinky wrote: Whatever about talking about Top 4 (I have already well and truly jinxed that), can we please, please have an unwritten ban on the term "Top 6"?

Sorry Pinky. I have "top" on the brain since we are "top" of the table, Top Oil sponsoring us, and speaking of sponsorship money "top-ups" seem to get players, never mind the lure of cash in the "top14".

pinky wrote: Whatever about talking about Top 4 (I have already well and truly jinxed that), can we please, please have an unwritten ban on the term "Top 6"?
Remember that finishing sixth guarantees us nothing.

I am already having nightmares about finishing 6th and going into the Challenge Cup.

With Glasgow and Scarlets victories this W-E, that has become very unlikely. Phewww

ConnachtCows wrote: Top 6 is all I care about still. Well, Heineken Cup qualification, no matter how it happens.
Anything after that is a huge boost. We have a very tough finish to the season, so I'm setting my expectations slightly low.

I'm going to be negative, and predict what points we pick up from now until the end of the season
Ospreys, lbp (+1)
Edinburgh, lbp (+1)
Leinster, lbp (+1)
Munster, lbp (+1)
Ulster, nothing (0)
Treviso, win (+4)
Glasgow, lbp (+1)

That will put us on 59 points, which will hopefully be enough for top 6

THANK YOU I won't be considered as the only distrustful poster. Hopeful but worried fans

The good thing is that we fear none of these teams. I know we shipped 4 tries to Zebre but we will shore up our defense. I'm hoping for 2 wins in the next 2 games (Esp Edinburgh :woohoo: ) . Not beyond us.

menacethedenis wrote: 1960..... I remember being delighted with the losing bonus point last year as we just never seem to show up for that fixture. Hopefully we can do even better this time around.

And we didn't really show for that game either, both teams were awful, we should have won it

Magpie wrote:

mary hinge wrote: FFS Connacht Cows - what side of the bed did you get out of this morning. 1 win in the last 7 - 9 points only - oh ye of little faith.
The really crucial games are the next two. Ospreys and Edinburgh are our direct rivals for Heineken qualification. Beat Ospreys next weekend and they will find it virtually impossible to catch us. It's also looking extremely unlikely that both Scottish teams will catch us and pass us out, so anything out of the game in Edinburgh (provided we've beaten Ospreys) and we're home and hosed and can start thinking Top 4.
I think as follows:
Ospreys win - 4pts.
Edinburgh lbp - 1 pt.
Leinster lbp - 1 pt.
Munster win - 4 pts.
Ulster - win - 4 pts.
Treviso win/tbp - 5 pts.
Glasgow - nothing 0 pts.
Leaving us with 19 more points. Total 69 points.

Ahh here, win away at Ulster. When did that last happen?

1960..... I remember being delighted with the losing bonus point last year as we just never seem to show up for that fixture. Hopefully we can do even better this time around.