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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 253165">&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (MunsterMan @ Mar 22 2009, 08:59 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=386498" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;No, I said that Tommy Bowe was a decent player but I didn&#039;t think he was that great, and I also said somewhere on this forum that he had a cracker yesterday. You&#039;ll notice he&#039;s not in my team of flops. So no, I haven&#039;t criticized his every move.Kearney has been hyped up beyond beleif by the Irish and particularly Leinster fans. I&#039;ve always been open to the idea he&#039;s a class player and I&#039;ve said I was waiting for him to prove it. But we then have people comparing him with Lee Byrne who is a proven class act. I was at the Wasps vs Leinster game and saw nothing special from him; so I thought maybe he could show me his salt in the 6N. And throughout the course of the whole tournament he&#039;s 1) defended admirably 2) kicked averagely and 3) attacked anonymously. To the extent that he was subbed off at a key time in a Grand Slam decider in a swap with someone as floppy as Geordan Murphy.What&#039;s more, it&#039;s been assumed that he&#039;s a shoe-in for the Lions. I said after the first couple games of the 6N that Armitage was at least as good as Kearney... at the end of the 6N I&#039;m very confident in saying Armitage is a far superior player. Kearney&#039;s talked up for his attacking zest, but playing in a dominant team, not once did we see him shred open a defence, which we saw several times from both Armitage and Byrne.With Ellis, Mears and co. at least there&#039;s a debate as to whether they&#039;re as good as people say they are. With Kearney, even the Irish aren&#039;t talking about him anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 253165"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MunsterMan @ Mar 22 2009, 08:59 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=386498']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> No, I said that Tommy Bowe was a decent player but I didn't think he was that great, and I also said somewhere on this forum that he had a cracker yesterday. You'll notice he's not in my team of flops. So no, I haven't criticized his every move. Kearney has been hyped up beyond beleif by the Irish and particularly Leinster fans. I've always been open to the idea he's a class player and I've said I was waiting for him to prove it. But we then have people comparing him with Lee Byrne who is a proven class act. I was at the Wasps vs Leinster game and saw nothing special from him; so I thought maybe he could show me his salt in the 6N. And throughout the course of the whole tournament he's 1) defended admirably 2) kicked averagely and 3) attacked anonymously. To the extent that he was subbed off at a key time in a Grand Slam decider in a swap with someone as floppy as Geordan Murphy. What's more, it's been assumed that he's a shoe-in for the Lions. I said after the first couple games of the 6N that Armitage was at least as good as Kearney... at the end of the 6N I'm very confident in saying Armitage is a far superior player. Kearney's talked up for his attacking zest, but playing in a dominant team, not once did we see him shred open a defence, which we saw several times from both Armitage and Byrne. With Ellis, Mears and co. at least there's a debate as to whether they're as good as people say they are. With Kearney, even the Irish aren't talking about him anymore. [/QUOTE]

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