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Well anyway we need to be a lot better this week. Henshaw out is not good. Byrne has a lot to prove defensively but he can't be as bad as Dave K. I will be interested to see how we manage to get the ball beyond the centres. Hopefully we do though because both wingers are more than capable in attack.
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Dave wrote:Gilroy seems to be the benchmark in every instance.
Some have pretty low standards.
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Shan wrote:
Dave wrote:Gilroy seems to be the benchmark in every instance.
Some have pretty low standards.
Some had him down as a lion Image
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Dave wrote:
Shan wrote:
Dave wrote:Gilroy seems to be the benchmark in every instance.
Some have pretty low standards.
Some had him down as a lion Image
He's got the best try scoring stats this calendar year for Shmiddy

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Shan wrote: ...both wingers are more than capable in attack.
Was that a positive comment about an Ulster player?

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To be honest now both Munster and Leinster occasional accept that odd Ulsterman is good - but only when they are green eyed with envy .

Byrne has a tendency to take a zigzag run at the line with a similar ability to lose support as Gilroy .

My use of comparison to Gilroy is not that he is better but similar frustrating - there is a winger there if he got his act all together



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Can anyone explain why Farrell got picked before McCloskey? One possibility is to play Aki at inside? Please do not mention the offload - was always going out if Kearney was asleep; not risky at all.
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This is Joe. Of course it's the offload. He sent was home FFS.
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Dave wrote:
Shan wrote: ...both wingers are more than capable in attack.
Was that a positive comment about an Ulster player?

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Positive comments are made by me about players who deserve positive comments. I refuse to be a provincial clown. At one time that was not anything strange here. Unfortunately over the years this place has got more like "rhapsody in red" which is a bit of a pain in the hole.
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Setanta wrote:Can anyone explain why Farrell got picked before McCloskey? One possibility is to play Aki at inside? Please do not mention the offload - was always going out if Kearney was asleep; not risky at all.
You probably won't like it but the explanation is - Farrell showed he is a harder worker and had less errors.

My view is that neither will ever be international standard but centre is currently a weak area. Picking one over the other is like choosing between Ballygowan and River Rock.
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That's disingenuous Shan. McCloskey is a cut above Farrell as shown v Fiji were Farrell was there to make up the numbers in defence. We know JS bears a grudge and never forgets. McCloskey won't get a fair go until Schmidt moves on.

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I agree with Shan, both shyte.

Someone inform former Heiny cup winners Quinlan and DOC, both praising big Stuart FFS.
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Jackie Brown wrote:That's disingenuous Shan. McCloskey is a cut above Farrell as shown v Fiji were Farrell was there to make up the numbers in defence. We know JS bears a grudge and never forgets. McCloskey won't get a fair go until Schmidt moves on.

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I don't think Joe bears any grudges. He wasn't the only one who thought Farrell was better last week as evidenced by the newspaper analysis. I don't agree by the way with that. I think they were both as unconvincing as the other. I expect more at Ireland level than these two have shown thus far.
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Shan wrote:
Jackie Brown wrote:That's disingenuous Shan. McCloskey is a cut above Farrell as shown v Fiji were Farrell was there to make up the numbers in defence. We know JS bears a grudge and never forgets. McCloskey won't get a fair go until Schmidt moves on.

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I don't think Joe bears any grudges. He wasn't the only one who thought Farrell was better last week as evidenced by the newspaper analysis. I don't agree by the way with that. I think they were both as unconvincing as the other. I expect more at Ireland level than these two have shown thus far.
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Russ wrote:It's well known that Irish newspapers write what the irfu tells them to write
That is only well known by some Ulsterfolk. In other words it is, largely, not true.
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