Richard Hills
Richard Hills
advanced capacity continue interest purchases strong technology
While capacity purchases have slowed considerably, we continue to see a strong interest in our advanced technology products.
advanced along benefit continues enable industry path position products remain transition
We remain cautiously optimistic, as the industry continues along its path of recovery, that the company's position in leading-edge products will enable it to benefit from accelerating transition to advanced technologies.
across appears both buys capacity consumer core demand early earnings industry low product seen stages strength technology
The semiconductor industry appears to be in the early stages of a broad-based recovery. Inventories are low and demand is seen across all product types, especially telecommunications and consumer electronics. Bookings and earnings strength are attributable to both capacity and technology buys of our core products.
looks quite selection starting
The selection looks quite exciting, it's a competitive starting XV.
competition deserved game huge last places players result terrific
And, while there is huge competition for places now, those 22 players deserved to be in for another game after that terrific result last weekend.
best centre cox great miss sam season unlucky
Sam Cox has had a great season and been unlucky to miss out because he was probably our best centre in pre-season,
centre coming difficult picked trained week
Brian's trained all week and picked things up very quickly. Coming in at centre would have been more difficult but he's picked up things on the wing.
announced brian defensive last messed outside packing played teams week work
Teams had started to work him out, packing the outside when he had the ball, so we played him at Gloucester last week after naming Brian Lima and we announced Lima would play in this game. It messed up defensive plans.
again best played plays since spent time year
Ross hasn't played since April, so by the time he plays again he will have spent the best part of a year out of rugby.
expecting face
That was more like what we were expecting to face in the Premiership,
confidence dream expecting job lift
I wasn't expecting that, to be honest. It is a dream start, it will really lift the confidence and make my job a lot easier.
experience helping involved needed row second wales
We needed some experience in the second row and Gareth was involved in helping set up the Wales line-out system,
achieved earnings gross hitting margin per share targets
While we have made our earnings per share targets for the company, it was not achieved while hitting our gross margin targets,
ahead arrested boost bound champions coming defeat downward given pleased points slide taken today unhappy
Today has given us a psychological boost ahead of that match. We have taken two points off the champions while Saracens will be coming off the back of a 50-point defeat at Northampton and they are bound to be a pretty unhappy camp. We have arrested our downward slide and I am very pleased with this result.