OK when did I say CArter was not a good player? This all started when someone wrote that Wilkinson would not have been as good without the likes of Richard Hill in the team. This is correct rugby is a team game fly halfs can do nothing without good forwards thats why I used the Carter/McCAw example. Carter is a great attacking fly half, this is helped greatly by the amount of turn over ball provided by one of the greatest opensides in the game, is that not true? You took the example I used as some sort of slight againt Carter, is was not.
You obviously dont rate Wilkinson and thats fine its your opinion but you make out that he had no attacking game at all. Which is frankly daft given he played fly half (one of the 2 key play making positions) in the best England team of all time and Graham Henry rated him so much he played in the as the Lions test 10 when he was barely out of his teens. As for that try in 2002 and your statement that the all blacks were not defending correctly...well isnt the sign of a good attacking player when he can spot oppotunities like that?
For some reason Wilkinson does divide opinion, people like Lord hope dont like him because hes from Surrey, scored lots of points against Scotland and the English press bang on about him alot, you dont like him because.... well I dont know but I have never known such hostility towards a quiet, professional, humble bloke whos only crime was score the winning drop goal in the last minute of a world cup final.
