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<blockquote data-quote="Saint Matt" data-source="post: 570313" data-attributes="member: 68837">James did a decent job - in fact I thought he was one of Clermont&#039;s better players today. He isn&#039;t a physical 10 like Wilkinson, but the role he plays is paramount to Clermont&#039;s attack - and has done for a while now.&nbsp;That ability to throw 20-25 yard accurate passes of either hand is a trait that to many people seem to overlook when discussing James, but as a 10, you notice things like that. The likes of Rougerie, Sivivatu etc.. are only effective on the back of James, but the forwards need to build the foundations for him. Today that wasn&#039;t the case, but I thought he really stood up for them and put in a good performance. As I said earlier, Clermont don&#039;t quite have the mentality needed to win those &#039;big games&#039; on a regular basis, and that&#039;s undoubtedly the process that will be occurring. That mentality takes time; but defeats like today will improve them going forward. What I will say is that they need to win one soon. Starting next week.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Saint Matt, post: 570313, member: 68837"] James did a decent job - in fact I thought he was one of Clermont's better players today. He isn't a physical 10 like Wilkinson, but the role he plays is paramount to Clermont's attack - and has done for a while now. That ability to throw 20-25 yard accurate passes of either hand is a trait that to many people seem to overlook when discussing James, but as a 10, you notice things like that. The likes of Rougerie, Sivivatu etc.. are only effective on the back of James, but the forwards need to build the foundations for him. Today that wasn't the case, but I thought he really stood up for them and put in a good performance. As I said earlier, Clermont don't quite have the mentality needed to win those 'big games' on a regular basis, and that's undoubtedly the process that will be occurring. That mentality takes time; but defeats like today will improve them going forward. What I will say is that they need to win one soon. Starting next week. [/QUOTE]

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