Squidge almost never does analysis before a game and predict who and why they will win - anybody who knows rugby can do post match analysis - Squidge cannot do any real predicting, which is really difficult and really insightful
what epitomises Ashtons try scoring carer and his tracking ability is a game against northahamton saints in the champions cup quarter final in the 2015/16 season I think when he came of his wing tracked round to the left and popped up to score a critical try to get sarries through. his ability to just know where to be is incredible and that's why he has so many tries. glad he's finally got the recognition for this
“With Jaguares broken up by covid, the Tigers pounced on their fellow cat’s carcass” showing footage of the mascot while saying that is both horrifyingly amusing yet amusingly horrifying at the same time for me
Love this and as a Leicester fan, it’s so good to get this redemption video after your previous one 🤣🤣🤣 Just one point, at 13.22 pretty sure that’s Charlie Clare running the dummy line as opposed to Tom Youngs whom I’m not sure has made an appearance this season due to his familial circumstances
Very very good Squidge, as ever, especially loved the team's name run through at the beginning, made me snort with laughter (and the Bears name reference too)!
Probably not your forte, but it worth mentioning the big clearout of our complacent, out of touch and directionless Executives. For too long we had no clear plan, no vision, and believed the club would be fine just because of who we are. Barely avoiding relegation shattered that delusion, forced massive changes at the top level of the club, and allowed the future decision-making to play out.
The impact the boardroom makes is so underrated. The Stormers were in no man’s land with huge talent. We’ve had a huge turnaround going unbeaten since the execs have been suspended for corruption after selling our stadium (the oldest in South Africa). Our board was happy to milk the fans. We’re called the faithful because with no titles, come rain or sunshine we’d pack the stadium. Then they couldn’t pay salaries and after the stadium corruption everything fell apart. Now we’re in the URC final at home. Which is our first major final played at home ever (not counting currie cup).
This. This is probably one of the most significant moves to success for a team. The French were terribly organised and had politics galore at board level for years yet with more united fronts in their organisation it's really reflected on their team with decisions on nurturing home grown talent, bringing in coaches united on their teams vision, and better relations between club and country. I'd argue the RFU and premiership rugby have had pretty disorganised and messy leadership for years - England talent spoke for itself with its u20s record but so many seem to be messed about with
Excellent analysis as ever, can’t discount the impact that aled walters has had on the turnaround for the club either though. Alongside borthwick, sinfield etc, he’s added huge amount to not only squad fitness but also mentality of players
Good to see more Matías Moroni love, he's been arguably a top 5 player in the premiership this season, just by never being anything other than really good. Not necessarily spectacular, but never anything less than good. Players like Finn Russell, Marcus Smith or, in days gone by, Frédéric Michalak might turn on the style and produce magic to earn way more column inches, but they are by their nature boom and bust and it's the players who do the work like Moroni does that offer them the flexibility to try those risky things that look gold when they come off.
Great video, surprised more wasn't made of the Welsh S&C guru who went from winning the World Cup with the Boks to giving Tigers the stamina to play at their intensity for all 80 mins.
Mate i'm surprised you haven't beenn snapped up by some big TV company lol....your editing blows most mainstream stuff out the water....I love your humor man, thank you!
I think he would've had more network offers if it weren't for the odd homo-erotic references in his videos. But that just makes me respect his content so much more! You do you, Squidge, the world is a free place, and fuck the man! literally.
Nice one, though Barkers Butts, near Coventry, were a class rugby set up, back in the amateur 70’s, early 80’s when I played, for one of the dozens of Leicestershire clubs, that made Tigers the powerhouse they are…no sugar daddies, just great fans and it was mighty to hear 26k of them roaring again at Welford Road in the semi v Saints 😁
Dude, I love your work. So often I am laughing out loud reading your text overlay jokes. Your rugby analysis is at a very high level, but mate I'm not getting all of it because of your accent and speed. FOR GOD'SAKE, SQUIDGE, PLEASE WRITE CAPTIONS FOR US. please, Squidge... I'm American, so I have that handicap, but think of all the rugby fans around the world for whom English is a second language. They have no hope of ever understanding you. Your audience would grow by a factor of two at least if you had captions. Your vids already force the viewer to use the pause button 20 times minimum. Captions will only make it worth the investment. So many times I've rewound again & again to figure out what you are saying without ever getting it. Again, you are doing yeoman's work in the world of rugby commentary. I'm a smarter fan because of you. Keep on keeping on mate.
Very good analysis, especially on player running lines and screens, Leicester did bring in a lot of big names but lost there styles. Wigglesworth, while not flashy can move defences alot and Youngs can set and break the line. George Ford is a brilliant late give of the ball, so you always have to commit to him, so if its a 4 v 3 (in his favour), he maintains a 3 v 2 outside him
Moroni is incredibly underrate my favourite tigers player this season so defensively solid as well as being an attacking threat, hoping we able to negotiate a contract within the salary cap as he's expressed he want to stay.
" I really should have checked if the million was in pounds or in pesos " was a brilliant, I almost threw my water (for those than don't know argentinian pesos are a joke, we have 60%+ inflations anually, (still 1 million pesos would be almost 4500 usd and most people are paid 40k - 60k pesos, more or less 180 - 270 usd, so in argentinian standars he would live quite well)
Would have to break his Irish bias 😂 in seriousness the league has been pretty boring up until this season. Leinster have dominated and that’s about it. Might get more with the Boks sides
Pollard will do well with them. A flyhalf that doubles as a centre. Also, in his later years he plays more sensible, chess-like rugby. On a separate note; Marcus Smith should play Super Rugby. I’d love to see him at the blues.
@@rorybessell8280 not many players would... but remember when he scored 2 great tries to beat the ABs in 2014? Also in 2019 supereugby he was one of the top 3 backline players in the comp. He was brilliant. Been off form since lions tour. Can't blame him!
@@nicholasvanlierde2546 I was referencing Marcus Smith not Pollard. They are both excellent players but if they went to Super Rugby they'd be better off somewhere other than the Blues
@@nicholasvanlierde2546 Smith is way ahead of where Mo'unga was at his age. Smith is only 23 with the world at his feet. Mo'unga blows hot and cold and needs a Crusaders pack in front of him
Great video, I'm awful at picking up things like this so it's wonderful to have Squidge make it relatively easy to understand for the small brained among us. From a purely self-centered Gloucester fan POV, is there a plan for a video on us and our current (reasonably surprising) trajectory?
Funny I kept thinking Squidge was talking about Leinster being a South African man myself, I didn't know the difference between Leicester and Leinster.
Most average sports teams/businesses start with talent, and not culture and buy in. Successful teams and businesses start with a culture and buy in, and then worry about talent later.
If you don't take your chances, you don't deserve to win. And taking just one chance changes the whole course of a match anyway, so you can't read too much into it.
@@maverickmak for sure, I'm well aware, I more meant more generally how both teams played. When it's one player bottling all the chances, not the whole team, you can definitely have a rough idea if that team deserved to win without them
Saints are always great in the first half and then fade in the second. Tigers tend to have great fitness and play well over 80mins. Was always going to be a case of weathering the first half storm from Saints. Skosan certainly helped that but Tigers could have gone looking for more tries if needed rather than kicking for goal on the second half.
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Hit the notification quicker than Danny Care said yes when Eddie Jones asked him to join the England squad
Same shit joke on every video
Squidge is rarely wrong when it comes to predicting finals. What a team the Tigers have been this season congrats to them.
you def didn't see his predictions for URC then! 🤣🤣
Squidge almost never does analysis before a game and predict who and why they will win - anybody who knows rugby can do post match analysis - Squidge cannot do any real predicting, which is really difficult and really insightful
what epitomises Ashtons try scoring carer and his tracking ability is a game against northahamton saints in the champions cup quarter final in the 2015/16 season I think when he came of his wing tracked round to the left and popped up to score a critical try to get sarries through. his ability to just know where to be is incredible and that's why he has so many tries. glad he's finally got the recognition for this
“With Jaguares broken up by covid, the Tigers pounced on their fellow cat’s carcass” showing footage of the mascot while saying that is both horrifyingly amusing yet amusingly horrifying at the same time for me
One of the things I love the most, is Squidge's relentless commitment to the shithousery around his sponsored content, truly top drawer
Love this and as a Leicester fan, it’s so good to get this redemption video after your previous one 🤣🤣🤣
Just one point, at 13.22 pretty sure that’s Charlie Clare running the dummy line as opposed to Tom Youngs whom I’m not sure has made an appearance this season due to his familial circumstances
Very very good Squidge, as ever, especially loved the team's name run through at the beginning, made me snort with laughter (and the Bears name reference too)!
Takes a brave RUclipsr to make this video and upload it BEFORE the final. Well done. Good to see Leicester get back to winning ways
One of the best sponsorship reads I’ve seen
I finally have my direct Squidge Rugby association! I've played at Butts Park Arena.
Lovely little ground, really nice bar inside the main stand.
Probably not your forte, but it worth mentioning the big clearout of our complacent, out of touch and directionless Executives. For too long we had no clear plan, no vision, and believed the club would be fine just because of who we are. Barely avoiding relegation shattered that delusion, forced massive changes at the top level of the club, and allowed the future decision-making to play out.
The impact the boardroom makes is so underrated.
The Stormers were in no man’s land with huge talent. We’ve had a huge turnaround going unbeaten since the execs have been suspended for corruption after selling our stadium (the oldest in South Africa).
Our board was happy to milk the fans. We’re called the faithful because with no titles, come rain or sunshine we’d pack the stadium. Then they couldn’t pay salaries and after the stadium corruption everything fell apart.
Now we’re in the URC final at home. Which is our first major final played at home ever (not counting currie cup).
This.
This is probably one of the most significant moves to success for a team. The French were terribly organised and had politics galore at board level for years yet with more united fronts in their organisation it's really reflected on their team with decisions on nurturing home grown talent, bringing in coaches united on their teams vision, and better relations between club and country.
I'd argue the RFU and premiership rugby have had pretty disorganised and messy leadership for years - England talent spoke for itself with its u20s record but so many seem to be messed about with
Excellent analysis as ever, can’t discount the impact that aled walters has had on the turnaround for the club either though. Alongside borthwick, sinfield etc, he’s added huge amount to not only squad fitness but also mentality of players
Oh wow this actually aged well
A video on where things went wrong for Danny Wilson at Glasgow would be interesting. Apart from at the RDS of course.
Good to see more Matías Moroni love, he's been arguably a top 5 player in the premiership this season, just by never being anything other than really good. Not necessarily spectacular, but never anything less than good.
Players like Finn Russell, Marcus Smith or, in days gone by, Frédéric Michalak might turn on the style and produce magic to earn way more column inches, but they are by their nature boom and bust and it's the players who do the work like Moroni does that offer them the flexibility to try those risky things that look gold when they come off.
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long
😅😅😅you were spot on… 👏👏👏 what a win against Saracens
Julian Montoya is a fantastic player , he is so physical and makes such big tackles .
..."the dragons die in every story they're in" 🤣🤣🤣
As a tigers fan I’ve been waiting for this video all season
loved the minute on Moroni, smartest argentine player since chelo bosch IMO
So good to see the appreciation of George Ford. Will be so gutted to see him leave, a genuinely underrated 10 and still way ahead of Marcus Smith
Pour one out for the forgotten hero, Aled Walters. Joined the Tigers from the Boks in 2020. By 2022 the Tigers are hard, fit monsters.
Great video, surprised more wasn't made of the Welsh S&C guru who went from winning the World Cup with the Boks to giving Tigers the stamina to play at their intensity for all 80 mins.
This DID age well!!!
Just came to say the exact same thing. Tigers!
Mate i'm surprised you haven't beenn snapped up by some big TV company lol....your editing blows most mainstream stuff out the water....I love your humor man, thank you!
I reckon he's had some offers, but waiting for the big 7 figure one!
I think he would've had more network offers if it weren't for the odd homo-erotic references in his videos. But that just makes me respect his content so much more! You do you, Squidge, the world is a free place, and fuck the man! literally.
Turns out this one's aged quite well squidgy my old fruit.
im impressed that the whole video went without any mention of freddie steward (or a significant one)
Listen to Borthwick on the high performance podcast, great listen
finally another video on the tigers
Whenever Squidge makes a video about George Ford, bad things happen
SQUIDGE LEICESTER VIDEO WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED
Nice one, though Barkers Butts, near Coventry, were a class rugby set up, back in the amateur 70’s, early 80’s when I played, for one of the dozens of Leicestershire clubs, that made Tigers the powerhouse they are…no sugar daddies, just great fans and it was mighty to hear 26k of them roaring again at Welford Road in the semi v Saints 😁
Barker Butts are based in Coventry
22k fans at the semi final
@@Macron87 I know, we traveled to play them every season
This aged so well
This aged well ;)
Poor Bath... Could you do a video on their collapse?
Class video, loved the Quidditch reference 👌
This aged perfectly
It would be good to have a video on how Bristol fell apart and what the story is there this season 👀
This aged well indeed
Another stunning video! Can you also do one on my beloved Quin's getting beat by Slytherin..... Oh sorry, I mean Saracens 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude, I love your work. So often I am laughing out loud reading your text overlay jokes. Your rugby analysis is at a very high level, but mate I'm not getting all of it because of your accent and speed.
FOR GOD'SAKE, SQUIDGE, PLEASE WRITE CAPTIONS FOR US. please, Squidge...
I'm American, so I have that handicap, but think of all the rugby fans around the world for whom English is a second language. They have no hope of ever understanding you. Your audience would grow by a factor of two at least if you had captions.
Your vids already force the viewer to use the pause button 20 times minimum. Captions will only make it worth the investment. So many times I've rewound again & again to figure out what you are saying without ever getting it.
Again, you are doing yeoman's work in the world of rugby commentary. I'm a smarter fan because of you. Keep on keeping on mate.
Very good analysis, especially on player running lines and screens, Leicester did bring in a lot of big names but lost there styles. Wigglesworth, while not flashy can move defences alot and Youngs can set and break the line. George Ford is a brilliant late give of the ball, so you always have to commit to him, so if its a 4 v 3 (in his favour), he maintains a 3 v 2 outside him
Moroni is incredibly underrate my favourite tigers player this season so defensively solid as well as being an attacking threat, hoping we able to negotiate a contract within the salary cap as he's expressed he want to stay.
for us (argentina) he is the guy who allways plays 8/10 points, always focus, not even one mistake, maybe at 13 or 11
22 minutes of The Squidge? Oh go on then
Your ad reads are unmatched
Revisiting after tigers won 15-12, cant wait for the follow-up
This aged really well
" I really should have checked if the million was in pounds or in pesos " was a brilliant, I almost threw my water
(for those than don't know argentinian pesos are a joke, we have 60%+ inflations anually, (still 1 million pesos would be almost 4500 usd and most people are paid 40k - 60k pesos, more or less 180 - 270 usd, so in argentinian standars he would live quite well)
I don't even like Leicester and don't follow the premiership... But this video is exceptionally entertaining. You are the boss Squidgy
A team needs to hire squidge for video analysis and analytics
Well this actually did age well. 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve been waiting for *someone* to make some Harry Potter jokes. A truly magical player.
C’mon, you’re always winning.
Another fascinating video and your faultless attention to detail is impressive… apart from confusing Ioan Lloyd with Charles Piutau at one point.
Oy, just checking in after england is looking for a new head coach
This aged well. Nice one
Very Good video shame there wasn’t more tiger that came to tea references
Can you maybe make a video of how the stormers attack works and what makes it so effective?
I had a great time thank you Robbie!🤣
I have been wondering this very thing. Thanks
FYI Squidge there is a gay bar here called Bristol Bear Bar so you're bang on
That SkillShare plug was so seamless lol
Why do u never do any urc games
Probs doesn’t have the rights to show the footage I’m guessing
He might be a bit depressed cause the Welsh teams are really shit
because the prem is better, simple.
Would have to break his Irish bias 😂 in seriousness the league has been pretty boring up until this season. Leinster have dominated and that’s about it. Might get more with the Boks sides
@@belmster2304 Prem deffo isn’t better. Might be more interesting but deffo not better
Waiting for the URC final vid 😁
Pollard will do well with them. A flyhalf that doubles as a centre. Also, in his later years he plays more sensible, chess-like rugby.
On a separate note; Marcus Smith should play Super Rugby. I’d love to see him at the blues.
He wouldn't even make the Blues lineup
@@rorybessell8280 not many players would... but remember when he scored 2 great tries to beat the ABs in 2014? Also in 2019 supereugby he was one of the top 3 backline players in the comp. He was brilliant. Been off form since lions tour. Can't blame him!
@@nicholasvanlierde2546 I was referencing Marcus Smith not Pollard. They are both excellent players but if they went to Super Rugby they'd be better off somewhere other than the Blues
@@rorybessell8280 oh I didn't see that. Marcus Smith is good. He could take Perofeta's place without too much issue. He's not quite Mo'unga but...
@@nicholasvanlierde2546 Smith is way ahead of where Mo'unga was at his age. Smith is only 23 with the world at his feet. Mo'unga blows hot and cold and needs a Crusaders pack in front of him
A video of the mess that is happening in major league rugby has to come soon!
i was there, i support tigers, it was great
'Bath leaks'. Hit the like button there and then.
Great video, I'm awful at picking up things like this so it's wonderful to have Squidge make it relatively easy to understand for the small brained among us.
From a purely self-centered Gloucester fan POV, is there a plan for a video on us and our current (reasonably surprising) trajectory?
Your not small brained. Squidgy is has a megamind
Here after the completion of english return
At 19:30 that's Leatigaga not Genge
Are you gonna make a vid about the URC final or even how the Bulls beat Leinster?
Funny I kept thinking Squidge was talking about Leinster being a South African man myself, I didn't know the difference between Leicester and Leinster.
the best sponsor segue ever
How had i not spotted the Ben Earl/Voldemort doppelganger before this?!
Most average sports teams/businesses start with talent, and not culture and buy in. Successful teams and businesses start with a culture and buy in, and then worry about talent later.
Love that Prestige reference! Also given Skosan's 3(?) missed try mistakes, do you think Tigers or Saints deserved to win that play off semi?
If you don't take your chances, you don't deserve to win. And taking just one chance changes the whole course of a match anyway, so you can't read too much into it.
@@maverickmak for sure, I'm well aware, I more meant more generally how both teams played. When it's one player bottling all the chances, not the whole team, you can definitely have a rough idea if that team deserved to win without them
Tigers scored more points than Saints. There’s your answer.
Saints are always great in the first half and then fade in the second. Tigers tend to have great fitness and play well over 80mins. Was always going to be a case of weathering the first half storm from Saints. Skosan certainly helped that but Tigers could have gone looking for more tries if needed rather than kicking for goal on the second half.
@@Macron87 Wow can't be long before you're hired as an analyst clearly...
Love your channel bro ...when are doing a episode on the South African teams that's gonna take part in the Heineken Cup next season ??
Haven’t even started watching it yet, and I’m going to guess it’s essentially Squidge rubbing one out whilst thinking about George Ford.
When Leicester play with Argentinians It goes well for them!!! Also thanks for noticing Matías style he is underrated
All my homies hate London Irish
Love to see Harry Potter on the wing
...ardium leviosa.
no mention for steward?
Probably the only thing I like about them is their away shirts. Think I'm gonna pick one up.
Will you cover the URC, Squidge?
Please, please do a video on what went wrong at Bath.
I dont think Squidge does 14 Volume Sagas on his channel
Tigers Just Won
what a blessing jasper wiese is to our team
Fuming that the post final vid was copyright striked nefore I could watch it! Booo to LDS sport... whoever they are.
Do they not have referees in Northern Hemisphere rugby? 14:34 and 18:53.
Hoping you'll be making a video on the URC final @squidgerugby
Even being from Coventry I never noticed it was called BUTTS park arena, like actual butts
What does the Falcons' name tell us about the team please?
They occasionally fly really high before swooping down to the ground?
Wow this video aged well😁
Am I seeing Tommy Bowes?
Love the videos
After this video I put £100 on the tigers to win, thanks mate
Please tell me you're gonna do a "So how did the Stormers win the URC"
this video aged well
Question is what do they need to do to retain their title next year