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<blockquote data-quote="shazbooger" data-source="post: 133439">Your doing everything your accusing Stove of doing by talking up Argentina&#039;s team on the back of out of competition results. You say Argentinian players are great, and the Irish are not so great, we say the opposite. Its the nature of fans around the world really, and its all about opinion. &nbsp;True, very true. Though it would be a bit naive to think that the Irish backline is the same unit as it was 4 years ago. On its day its a lethal unit. More importantly though this is the first time were going into a competition with a pack that can compete with most out there, containing some truly world class individuals. Thats where a lot of our confidence is coming from.&nbsp;Again, all very true. So I can see why the French must be worried about the Argintinians beating them in the opening match, cause thats all those stats point too. If you look at things that way, Argentina havent beaten an Ireland test team since 2000 (the two tests in June we not test level). So Argentina will obviously beat France, France will beat Ireland, and Ireland will beat Argentina. No point in playing the matches at all really cause stats dont lie do they?Look, its going to be such a close call that were all getting nervous about it. Even the French arent sure whats going to happen. Thats the nature of international rugby. There is little seperating Ireland France and Argentina. Whichever two go through I hope they do it convincingly. I&#039;m just praying it doesnt go down to tries scored against the minnows.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shazbooger, post: 133439"] Your doing everything your accusing Stove of doing by talking up Argentina's team on the back of out of competition results. You say Argentinian players are great, and the Irish are not so great, we say the opposite. Its the nature of fans around the world really, and its all about opinion. True, very true. Though it would be a bit naive to think that the Irish backline is the same unit as it was 4 years ago. On its day its a lethal unit. More importantly though this is the first time were going into a competition with a pack that can compete with most out there, containing some truly world class individuals. Thats where a lot of our confidence is coming from. Again, all very true. So I can see why the French must be worried about the Argintinians beating them in the opening match, cause thats all those stats point too. If you look at things that way, Argentina havent beaten an Ireland test team since 2000 (the two tests in June we not test level). So Argentina will obviously beat France, France will beat Ireland, and Ireland will beat Argentina. No point in playing the matches at all really cause stats dont lie do they? Look, its going to be such a close call that were all getting nervous about it. Even the French arent sure whats going to happen. Thats the nature of international rugby. There is little seperating Ireland France and Argentina. Whichever two go through I hope they do it convincingly. I'm just praying it doesnt go down to tries scored against the minnows. [/QUOTE]

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