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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwiwomble" data-source="post: 449503" data-attributes="member: 45355">Im going to stick my neck out here and say Thompson and Slade are no where near as bad and a lot of people are aking them out to be.They are being compared to Carter and Richie, two of the best players in history.Even if you compare slade to Piri you are talking about a guy with half a dozen games to a true campaigner, no wonder piri looks so much more cool and calm out there he&#039;s done it ten times as many times as slade.Maybe im seeing things but for every &quot;mistake&quot; slade has made in the black jersey i would say he&#039;s shown a little bit of class too. the chips and crubbers in behind the line shows so much more skill than donalds run and get tackled move. Far from perfect i admit but surely stills show promiss.people bag Thompson for giving away penalties...how many does richie give away? fewer im sure but i would guess any non kiwis on here would say he SHOULD get more!In the end, given the squad they have selected i am more than happy with these guys taking the field. In fact having vito on the bench (and half back is a coin toss for me, all provide something different) is the only change i would make to the team</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kiwiwomble, post: 449503, member: 45355"] Im going to stick my neck out here and say Thompson and Slade are no where near as bad and a lot of people are aking them out to be. They are being compared to Carter and Richie, two [U]of the[/U] best players in history. Even if you compare slade to Piri you are talking about a guy with half a dozen games to a true campaigner, no wonder piri looks so much more cool and calm out there he's done it ten times as many times as slade. Maybe im seeing things but for every "mistake" slade has made in the black jersey i would say he's shown a little bit of class too. the chips and crubbers in behind the line shows so much more skill than donalds run and get tackled move. Far from perfect i admit but surely stills show promiss. people bag Thompson for giving away penalties...how many does richie give away? fewer im sure but i would guess any non kiwis on here would say he SHOULD get more! In the end, given the squad they have selected i am more than happy with these guys taking the field. In fact having vito on the bench (and half back is a coin toss for me, all provide something different) is the only change i would make to the team [/QUOTE]

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