Dave wrote:Joe has a go at Hook:
"I was incredibly disappointed with one of the so-called pundits slating one of our midfield last weekend when I thought he'd played a good game. He made a couple of line breaks and was dead solid defensively."
"That sort of thing, when we're trying to build confidence in players, filters back and I don't think it helps. I don't think it's accurate, it's one of those unfortunate by-products of having people for entertainment value as opposed to people who are a little bit more in-depth in their analysis."
Oh where will it end?
Fibber Joe, eh? I always think it takes a particular type of moron to use the "so-called" bullshite when prefacing opinions of the comments of others. It's the sort of thing you expect from a pathetic wee boy who needs to toughen up. If he wants to insult George let him do so without resorting to a wee child's jibe.
What further marks Fibber Joe out as a moron, is that like several morons here, he wrongly attempted to narrow Hook's comments down to Payne's performance last Saturday, which as any decent judge could tell you was "adequate in some respects". Morons, including Fibber Joe, would have you believe Payne was outstanding but you could only say that it your definition of outstanding encompasses a very generous appreciation of his narrow brief from Fibber. In effect he was a good little Nazi following orders to the letter, not one iota more than that.
The best that could be said of Jared's performance is that he performed the narrow Fibber brief better than in previous games, such as England where he ran a very un-centre-like line which effectively blew Ireland's best chance of a try.
Of course anyone with a remote spark of intelligence will know that Hook, a long time opponent of projects, believes that Payne's game at 13 is nowhere near the required level of an international centre. Fibber Joe simply attempts to put his view down by attaching it to Payne's best performance of the competition, thus muddying the waters whilst Hook's point is both correct & far more general that morons can understand.
Jared as every Ulster supporter knows is infinitely more creative from 15 compared to his solid, probably stolid game at 13. I believe it to be a waste of a considerably talented full back, the position I want him in at Ulster for very obviously he is no Darren Cave, no Henshaw & most certainly no BOD. It is also a waste of Henshaw in his better position outside of 15. For want of opposition Henshaw should be Ireland's 13 for the foreseeable future.
Finally on morons, Fibber Joe's moronic affliction is similar to a functioning alcoholic, he is able to give the impression that he is a high functioning individual whilst almost always hiding his underlying moronic self. Like a functioning alcoholic, this high functioning moron occasionally reveals hints of his underlying deadly condition - like his selection of Payne, and most recently like his selection of Fitzgerald over several more deserving players, Zebo included.
I hate Kiwis - except Fat Nick, great guy Fat Nick.
