I thought he was going to pick O'Mahony but it seems Kidney's ultra consistency beats his Munster bias.
Maybe so. But Foden has been considerably better.You have to be considerably 2 eyed to see that.Played very well for Harlequins.
Have to be pretty one eyed to say he hasn't been...
Indeed he has....I don't see your point?Maybe so. But Foden has been considerably better.You have to be considerably 2 eyed to see that.
Oh and yeah, I think we all know Foden is all we'll ever need at fullback. If I hear anymore so-called rugby experts suggesting we stick foden on the wing and put brown on the wing, I will scream.(I am referring basically Austin Healey, but still..)
If it would actually work, it would be awesome. Shame it almost definitely wouldn't.
Interesting random stat of the day: according to the torygraph, Ferris has made more passes and offloads than Barritt.
Agreed with Olyy. Brown is a solid full back who is better / more reliable than Balshaw was.
To qualify, it was not an analogy on playing style (otherwise I could have said Tim Stimpson), rather a tangible merit comparison on overall quality and selection justification between Foden and Brown.
All I was saying that Brown is not a bad replacement for Foden if he was to get injured. That's all.
Agreed with Olyy. Brown is a solid full back who is better / more reliable than Balshaw was.
I think you've go Fodens measure right, a tad generous to Brown and extremely generous to Armitage however.Foden: Very quick, strong, excellent tackler, good under the high ball, creative, versatile, decent kicking game, great attitude
Armitage: Very quick, strong, good tackler, excellent under the high ball, creative, versatile, good kicking game, knobhead
Brown: Kinda quick, strong, good tackler, good under the high ball, kinda creative, not too versatile, good kicking game, much improved attitude
If you're looking at England's best 3 fullbacks, Foden is head and shoulders above anyone else, and one of England's best 2/3 players to boot. Not having him play would be a real loss - hopefully in the next few years we can get into an AB style situation where anyone can come and fill in the team and look good, and it's in that period that I'd start displacing key players to give 'chances' (and not in important 6N games!).
That said, we're in a nice situation at 15 and Brown would be solid cover.
Armitage: knobhead.
Ooh i wouldn't say that. In his prime Balshaw was one of the best open field running backs in the world. He had more talent in his left pinky than Brown ever will, but as you say Brown is a much more reliable/solid player.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17365063
Ferris wouldn't be out of place with some of the trolls/WUMs that crop up on here
"They're a good side and are full of winners, but when they lose they don't like it," said Ferris.