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<blockquote data-quote="DuncTheDoodle" data-source="post: 597805" data-attributes="member: 38950">The thing with Ryan, though, is that he always puts himself about. I don&#039;t know exact stats, but he seemed to make a lot of tackles and carries. Maybe it&#039;s just because I&#039;d got used to watching Tom Smith, maybe it&#039;s because I&#039;m biased by my undying love for Ryan, but I felt he played well, especially considering the injury situtation. I didn&#039;t disagree with bringing him off when they did, though.That was almost the point I was trying to make, that Tipuric is always brilliant, no matter how anyone else is playing. O&#039;Brien was fantastic, yet Tipuric still made steals and straightened the line and drew his man better than any of the backs could. He wasn&#039;t at his best by any stretch, but he&#039;s so good even when he isn&#039;t at his best he&#039;s his teams best forward.Granted, I didn&#039;t think he played badly per say, it&#039;s more a pet peeve I&#039;ve had for a while but finally tipped over with the frustration from the loss yesterday. Had we won, chances are, there&#039;s no way I would&#039;ve mentioned it. I reckon he could&#039;ve made far more if he didn&#039;t spend so long running around. There was one time we had a bit of an overlap and Bearman runs sideways, kills it, then takes it into contact and gets driven backwards. That annoyed me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DuncTheDoodle, post: 597805, member: 38950"] The thing with Ryan, though, is that he always puts himself about. I don't know exact stats, but he seemed to make a lot of tackles and carries. Maybe it's just because I'd got used to watching Tom Smith, maybe it's because I'm biased by my undying love for Ryan, but I felt he played well, especially considering the injury situtation. I didn't disagree with bringing him off when they did, though. That was almost the point I was trying to make, that Tipuric is always brilliant, no matter how anyone else is playing. O'Brien was fantastic, yet Tipuric still made steals and straightened the line and drew his man better than any of the backs could. He wasn't at his best by any stretch, but he's so good even when he isn't at his best he's his teams best forward. Granted, I didn't think he played badly per say, it's more a pet peeve I've had for a while but finally tipped over with the frustration from the loss yesterday. Had we won, chances are, there's no way I would've mentioned it. I reckon he could've made far more if he didn't spend so long running around. There was one time we had a bit of an overlap and Bearman runs sideways, kills it, then takes it into contact and gets driven backwards. That annoyed me. [/QUOTE]

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