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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 253064"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Meh @ Mar 22 2009, 10:50 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=386377" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Really don't think people on this forum do that; if anyone appears biased on here they usually have some reason to back up their point... the way things are currently I'd expect England to beat Wales at Twickenham and lose at the Millennium if they were to play a 2 match series now. I really think Wales have gone backwards down to England's level.</p><p></p><p>Tarbh, I agree that Care is a technically better scrum half. But Care also is crap at making decisions. I'll haul up an example from yesterday just before his drop-goal, when we were metres from the line, with options left and Care decided to go blind with no support and got turned over. Ellis rarely makes the wrong decisions, he's good at spotting space behind the defence and he sweeps as well as anyone. I'd certainly rather have him in really tight games, and it's good to bring a more snappy player like Care on to take advantage of a tired back row.</p><p></p><p>I don't need to argue about Mears, Sheridan and Haskell because I've never heard precisely <em>why</em> they're 'nowhere near good enough.'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 253064"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Meh @ Mar 22 2009, 10:50 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=386377']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Really don't think people on this forum do that; if anyone appears biased on here they usually have some reason to back up their point... the way things are currently I'd expect England to beat Wales at Twickenham and lose at the Millennium if they were to play a 2 match series now. I really think Wales have gone backwards down to England's level. Tarbh, I agree that Care is a technically better scrum half. But Care also is crap at making decisions. I'll haul up an example from yesterday just before his drop-goal, when we were metres from the line, with options left and Care decided to go blind with no support and got turned over. Ellis rarely makes the wrong decisions, he's good at spotting space behind the defence and he sweeps as well as anyone. I'd certainly rather have him in really tight games, and it's good to bring a more snappy player like Care on to take advantage of a tired back row. I don't need to argue about Mears, Sheridan and Haskell because I've never heard precisely [i]why[/i] they're 'nowhere near good enough.' [/QUOTE]
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