Guinness Premiership; semi finals 18th May

[Snodser]

2pm

Gloucester v Leicester

4.30pm

Wasps v Bath

[Snodser]

Home teams favorites with the bookies, around the -4/-5 mark.

Not so long ago Wasps & Leics would not have been considered for the title, things have changed...........but by how much?.

[Doc]

Wasps -3 and Gloucester -3. Should be two fantastic games.

[Snodser]

Can't disagree with you Doc. Ibanez writes a column over here and they are really wired for this game. Gloucester will want to make up for H-Cup disappointment.

I may just do straight wins though, I'll check it out tomorrow.

[redroar]

Gloucester are the form team for me at the moment and I can see them beating leicester with something to spare. Tigers showed good spirit to beat quins but have looked decidedly short of ideas this season.

Wasps/Bath is not as straight forward as some think. Wasps are the ultimate playoff team having won the premiership 3 times despite never topping the regular season table. Over the course of the season bath have played consistently the most attractive rugby and Steve Meehan is my coach of the season. If theres going to be a surprise it'll be in this one but I'll be putting my money on a Wasps/Gloucester outright double.

[Snodser]

Took Wasps 8/13, Glouc 8/15 and a double for the hell of it

[traeth]

wasps win

watching the other semi now , score has see-sawed ,score now Glo22-23 Lei with 10 to go , couldn't pick a winner , but great to watch

[Snodser]

Bollox

[traeth]

Gloucester 25 - 26 Leicester

with two drop goals in the last 10 minutes , unlucky with your bet Snodser as Gloucester were the better side in the first half and seemed to relax in the second half , lacked something and could not kill the game

[Snodser]

Yeah traeth, pretty bloody annoying. Not only did I lose but I had passed it on to some mates who don't follow the rugby as a "safe" bet . Suppose I wasn't alone though , don't think anyone called it right.

[redroar]

The first thing martin johnson should do as England coach is to tie Ian Balshaw,Lesley Vainikolo and a refrigerator together and chuck the lot into the thames. Balshaw's pass off the post was the stupidest thing I've seen on a rugby pitch in some time and 'Big Les' has the ball skills of a blind piglet. How Gloucester lost that game beggars belief. Whats worse is Leicester will probably win it out!!!

[Snodser]

Worse again, the b.........s are costing us money.

Could only watch the game via the net but it from what I could see it was a right ballsup.

As for Johnson, I have a feeling he won't be long in the job. Its one thing bullying people round a pitch, its another dealing with the "blazers"