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<blockquote data-quote="darwin_23" data-source="post: 139067"><p>Spies is a good player - maybe in a few years he will be one of the best in the world, but so far he has not proved anything apart from the fact he has talent. He has played some very good games interspersed with some very poor games, and to me still looks like he's a winger playing at number 8 - when their is a tight, forward orientated game he looks lost. Number 8 is a position that seems to take years to master - for example Rodney So'ioalo was a very promising number 8 about 5 years ago, and it is only in the last 2 or so years he has really matured into a world class player at the position.... perhaps in time Spies will mature, become more consistent, and become a great player, which he certainly has the potential to do.</p><p></p><p>At the moment I'd rate a number of Number 8s ahead of him e.g So'ioalo, Parisse, Leamy, Lauaki, Ryan Jones,Simon Taylor while I'd rate him at the same level as Palu, Tuiali'i, Easter, Popham etc...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darwin_23, post: 139067"] Spies is a good player - maybe in a few years he will be one of the best in the world, but so far he has not proved anything apart from the fact he has talent. He has played some very good games interspersed with some very poor games, and to me still looks like he's a winger playing at number 8 - when their is a tight, forward orientated game he looks lost. Number 8 is a position that seems to take years to master - for example Rodney So'ioalo was a very promising number 8 about 5 years ago, and it is only in the last 2 or so years he has really matured into a world class player at the position.... perhaps in time Spies will mature, become more consistent, and become a great player, which he certainly has the potential to do. At the moment I'd rate a number of Number 8s ahead of him e.g So'ioalo, Parisse, Leamy, Lauaki, Ryan Jones,Simon Taylor while I'd rate him at the same level as Palu, Tuiali'i, Easter, Popham etc... [/QUOTE]
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