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Owen Farrell
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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 482533" data-attributes="member: 42330"><p>D'Arcy's a busted flush, De Luca never was (but I think is probably faster), Jon Davies is really rapid and if he's not quicker than Farrell I'll be amazed, and Jamie Roberts started on the wing so make your judgements on his pace from there. I wish Farrell was as quick as those two, we could park him on one wing Tom Homer style.</p><p></p><p>An international quality 12 either needs massive strength, gas to burn or a great step at the very least. Farrell has none of them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My achievements have sod all to do with my ability to judge a player.</p><p></p><p>What Farrell's achieved is amazing and I doff my cap to it, but right now the judgement is over his ability as an England player now - and maybe a little over what he may be. Right now he's not up to standard because he lacks a running threat (barely tolerable in a 10 and unforgivable in a centre) and he rarely displays creative spark and looking ahead to his development, while you can see the potential for a creative spark there, it's very hard to see where the running game's going to come from. I forget who pointed the difference between Farrell snr's end of career weight and Farrell jnr's start, but there's plenty of young Englishmen coming off the production line bigger than him at his age - I don't believe he's going to get much bigger. Nor is he going to get much quicker. Nor does he has a fantastic natural step.</p><p></p><p>I hope Farrell continues to develop. He has a fantastic temperament and some great ball skills. He could be a great. But right now he's a substandard international centre who goalkicks very well, which isn't actually a worry for England as long as Hodgson/Flood aren't having a wobble, and is being massively overhyped by the press on account of being young, English and fairly talented.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peat, post: 482533, member: 42330"] D'Arcy's a busted flush, De Luca never was (but I think is probably faster), Jon Davies is really rapid and if he's not quicker than Farrell I'll be amazed, and Jamie Roberts started on the wing so make your judgements on his pace from there. I wish Farrell was as quick as those two, we could park him on one wing Tom Homer style. An international quality 12 either needs massive strength, gas to burn or a great step at the very least. Farrell has none of them. My achievements have sod all to do with my ability to judge a player. What Farrell's achieved is amazing and I doff my cap to it, but right now the judgement is over his ability as an England player now - and maybe a little over what he may be. Right now he's not up to standard because he lacks a running threat (barely tolerable in a 10 and unforgivable in a centre) and he rarely displays creative spark and looking ahead to his development, while you can see the potential for a creative spark there, it's very hard to see where the running game's going to come from. I forget who pointed the difference between Farrell snr's end of career weight and Farrell jnr's start, but there's plenty of young Englishmen coming off the production line bigger than him at his age - I don't believe he's going to get much bigger. Nor is he going to get much quicker. Nor does he has a fantastic natural step. I hope Farrell continues to develop. He has a fantastic temperament and some great ball skills. He could be a great. But right now he's a substandard international centre who goalkicks very well, which isn't actually a worry for England as long as Hodgson/Flood aren't having a wobble, and is being massively overhyped by the press on account of being young, English and fairly talented. [/QUOTE]
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