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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 252301"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 20 2009, 12:08 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=385631" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>if you're gonna take a risk then go with Hook or Cipriani, both are woefully unpredictable and it's baffling how the BBC claimed that Hook's Lions' chances went up after this weekend but are also capable of putting in superb performances, more than likely Wilkinson will break in 2 once some backrower makes a charge at him, either that or he'll pick up a bizarre injury by tripping over a water bottle, not sure if he's had one of them yet, he's had everything else mind.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Ok well I could understand the Lions taking Dan Parks as the 3rd 10, such is the paucity of the options. Fact is, Cipriani is dreadful at the moment, all you have to do is watch Wasps and you'll realise he's playing with zero confidence. Hook is barey an improvement. You have Jones there as a solid man, O'Gara because he is potentially world class even if he never shows it, and I'd think long and hard about a fully fit Wilkinson, simply because he can control games better than anyone else, which is what the Lions if they're going to be under the cosh of a blitz defence and the Springbok pack.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 252301"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Mar 20 2009, 12:08 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=385631']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> if you're gonna take a risk then go with Hook or Cipriani, both are woefully unpredictable and it's baffling how the BBC claimed that Hook's Lions' chances went up after this weekend but are also capable of putting in superb performances, more than likely Wilkinson will break in 2 once some backrower makes a charge at him, either that or he'll pick up a bizarre injury by tripping over a water bottle, not sure if he's had one of them yet, he's had everything else mind. [/b][/quote] Ok well I could understand the Lions taking Dan Parks as the 3rd 10, such is the paucity of the options. Fact is, Cipriani is dreadful at the moment, all you have to do is watch Wasps and you'll realise he's playing with zero confidence. Hook is barey an improvement. You have Jones there as a solid man, O'Gara because he is potentially world class even if he never shows it, and I'd think long and hard about a fully fit Wilkinson, simply because he can control games better than anyone else, which is what the Lions if they're going to be under the cosh of a blitz defence and the Springbok pack. [/QUOTE]
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