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| Quote ="WigansForeignLegion"In your opinion (which doesn't amount to a whole hill of beans in mine - see my edited post).'"
That's fine.
In YOUR opinion, an over hyped Rar Rar Centre is better than the current Wigan RL incumbent.
In mine he isn't.
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| 'Shandy Andy'.
Oh the level of debate is rising to new highs this evening. 
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"That's fine.
In YOUR opinion, an over hyped Rar Rar Centre is better than the current Wigan RL incumbent.
In mine he isn't.'"
No, that's not my opinion, mine's that a very good outside centre is better than our current left centre at Wigan. On that, you may quote me directly, both without paraphrase and undue artistic license.
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| Quote ="WigansForeignLegion"No, that's not my opinion, mine's that a very good outside centre is better than our current left centre at Wigan. On that, you may quote me directly, both without paraphrase and undue artistic license.'"
I'd probably agree actually.
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|  Give over.
Brian O Driscoll would last about 5 minutes in SL.
Overrated and garbage.
I would have Senior, Carmont and Gidley over him every day of the week.
I apologise to the other RL centres I have missed out.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"Listen Shandy Andy, don't try and gain the intellectual high ground on me.
You know what happened last time don't you?
Now run along little child.'"
Oh dear, ginger ale too.  You should know it's not wise to mix drinks.
Anytime you've found a pair of bollox to try and have a decent debate with me you've had to make things up, and when asked to prove what you've claimed I've said previously, have never been able to and drifted away with your tail between your legs.
You're a one trick pony - and an incredibly boring and bitter one at that. However you don't half give everyone else a really good laugh.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"icon_lol.gif Give over.
Brian O Driscoll would last about 5 minutes in SL.
Overrated and garbage.
I would have Senior, Carmont and Gidley over him every day of the week.
I apologise to the other RL centres I have missed out.'"
Brett, we shall have to agree to disagree on this.
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| Quote ="Wigan/Leeds Andy"Oh dear, ginger ale too.
You should know it's not wise to mix drinks.
Anytime you've found a pair of bollox to try and have a decent debate with me you've had to make things up, and when asked to prove what you've claimed I've said previously, have never been able to and drifted away with your tail between your legs.
You're a one trick pony - and an incredibly boring and bitter one at that. However you don't half give everyone else a really good laugh.'"
Of course I do.
Now run along.
You don't appreciate how silly you are do you?
Maybe in 10 years when you have grown up you will.
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| O'Driscoll is a class act. End of.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"Of course I do.
Now run along.
You don't appreciate how silly you are do you?
Maybe in 10 years when you have grown up you will.'"
All this anger just because I had to tell you Wembley is the national FOOTBALL stadium. 
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| Quote ="Conroy"O'Driscoll is a class act. End of.'"
Agreed
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| Quote ="Conroy"O'Driscoll is a class act. End of.'"
As a small aside, what do you make of Darcy? When he first came on the scene he displaced Kevin Maggs and was totally different in his approach, all footwork and handspeed unlike Maggs who was a straight line runner (and a good one at that).
Seems to me Darcy's never really gotten over that serious knee injury. More an outside centre too.
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| Quote ="Conroy"O'Driscoll is a class act. End of.'"
No he isn't.
He's trash
I would have:
Gidley
Senior
Carmont
Gasnier
to name but 4 over him any day of the week
and don't even make me list:
Meninga
Miles
Bell
Connolley
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Don't be sucked in by the Rar Rar media.
O Driscoll is very very average.
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| As a Welshman i was distgusted with the attitude of the players.
Wales need to win by 13 points to finish top. At 65 minutes Wales get a penalty on the half way. Henson misses the Kick. Wales still 1 point behind.
Now if they had any intention of finishing top they needed tries. If they scored a try then they were 1 converted try away from winning the competition. Instead they were happy to beat Ireland and finish 2nd. Instead they are now 4th. Its the mentality of the union game that gets me going.
Surley you play to the game to finish as high as you can not just to win 1 game which you lose in the end. Then again scoring tries is a bit aline in union they prefer a kick and clap.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"No he isn't.
He's trash
I would have:
Gidley
Senior
Carmont
Gasnier
to name but 4 over him any day of the week
and don't even make me list:
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Miles
Bell
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Don't be sucked in by the Rar Rar media.
O Driscoll is very very average.'"
Would that be the same Gasnier playing Rugby Union?
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"No he isn't.
He's trash
I would have:
Gidley
Senior
Carmont
Gasnier
to name but 4 over him any day of the week
and don't even make me list:
Meninga
Miles
Bell
Connolley
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Don't be sucked in by the Rar Rar media.
O Driscoll is very very average.'"
Dont you have a fair point of view.
O Driscoll is a very good rugby player. Hes got the better of Faz for Ireland. Try to be objective instead of the usual crap were better than them without actually knowing that much about the player.
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| Quote ="Conroy"Would that be the same Gasnier playing Rugby Union?'"
It would. Now what's your point? Does this make him any less of a player?
I am talking about the absolute ability here, not which code they play.
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| Quote ="tank123"Dont you have a fair point of view.
O Driscoll is a very good rugby player. Hes got the better of Faz for Ireland. Try to be objective instead of the usual crap were better than them without actually knowing that much about the player.'"
You mean a specialist centre outplayed an ex RL PROP (who was, let's face it injured and over the hill) in a game that prop had been playing for 18 months as opposed to 15 years?
Please.
At least make point's that you can defend.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"You mean a specialist centre outplayed an ex RL PROP (who was, let's face it injured and over the hill) in a game that prop had been playing for 18 months as opposed to 15 years?
Please.
At least make point's that you can defend.'"
Sorry Faz went to prop when we had to use him. He was still loose forward when we did have enough players to cover. Point that you seemed to miss.
But werent you calling him Trash. And judging him on ability. Now he has more skill and ability than any centre is SL. Only Gidley comes close to him. He can run the ball, brings players in and leads very well.
Now surely any SL player is better than any union Trash.
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| I accidently watched a few minutes of the France v Italy game while waiting for something to start on sky (i can't stop channel surfing), there was 5 or 6 kicks on the stick end all within 1 miute of play, i shouted obscenitys at the tv and flicked over, what a pile og Dog Shit
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"It would. Now what's your point? Does this make him any less of a player?
I am talking about the absolute ability here, not which code they play.'"
Well in the game that I saw him play for Stade Francais he was dire.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"At least make point's that you can defend.'"
Why should he have 2 when you don't seem capable of looking at anything without your ignorant all RU players are crap glasses on?
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| Quote ="tank123"Sorry Faz went to prop when we had to use him. He was still loose forward when we did have enough players to cover. Point that you seemed to miss.
But werent you calling him Trash. And judging him on ability. Now he has more skill and ability than any centre is SL. Only Gidley comes close to him. He can run the ball, brings players in and leads very well.
Now surely any SL player is better than any union Trash.'"
You miss the point.
If you are seriously trying to compare O Driscolls centre play vs England to Faz (which you were) then you are deluded.
Now on your other point, I would rather have, for example, Carmont in a Wigan RL side any day of the week to O Driscoll. Any day.
Against an organised RL defence O Driscoll would be made to look what he is - very very average.
Now, given 5 years of the Communist Cap, I have no doubt that the future generations of RU players WILL be better than their SL counterparts.
However, for the moment, that is not true.
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| Quote ="thepriestman85"Why should he have 2 when you don't seem capable of looking at anything without your ignorant all RU players are crap glasses on?'"
Now where have I said that ALL RU players are crap?
Cite this and I will shut up.
Fail to cite this and I will point to you posting bollox.
All RU players are NOT crap.
I wouild have Flutey and Shane Williams in my side any day.
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| Quote ="XBrettKennyX"What a load of tosh.
This is what really annoys me about the RFL and the Communist Cap and the whole system atm.
The game was woeful. It's like watching reserve grade football at best, yet still it dominates "Rugby" in this country.
Ireland get all the plaudits for winning.........wait for it.......FIVE matches.
Well whoopie do.
As if that wasn't bad enough Brian O'Driscoll gets treated like a god, voted MOM etc etc
He is average at best. He would just about make the Warrington Centres (if Matt King was having a REALLY bad day
). Play him vs Gidley, Senior or Carmont and he would look like what he is, a very average rugby player.
Yet despite this the RFL fail to market our game as they should. Instead of promoting the game they drag it down via the CC. This is what makes me really angry.
Fantastic athletes, great skill and superlative commitment, handcuffed by an inept governing body who live in the 19th Century.
*Rant over"'"
Cannot be bothered reading this thread but to state O'Driscoll is average shows a massive ignorance of him as a player.
Just read the last page and you actually do think he is average. 
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