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<blockquote data-quote="goodNumber10" data-source="post: 683943" data-attributes="member: 71068"><p>It was a generic comment aimed at anyone in general who is comparing the two. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They are fundamentally different so it's futile comparison - anyone comparing the overall skill sets of union Forwards to League Forwards clearly doesn't understand either game.</p><p></p><p>League Forwards are gainline beasts, they are about getting over the advantage line for their team and sending the opposition defence backwards and releasing strike runners with offloads, in defence they are about stopping the team getting over the advantage line. </p><p></p><p>Forwards in union are about gainline yes, but they are also about ball security and a platform for the rest of the team (set piece) in defence they are about the contest for the ball as well as the generic defensive roles. </p><p></p><p>They don't necessarily have the ball skills of a league forward because their role is fundamentally different, this is why the closest comparison to a league forward in union is generally the center.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He wasn't comparing a league forward to a union 10 he was comparing the passing skills in league in general with union in general - i actually disagree with him as i think leagues passing skills superior, but the point you answered wasn't the point he was making.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't missed anything, when you first arrived and opened with your comment about how negative the forum was to League those comments hadn't been made, they have now, and for obvious reasons, because people have not taken kindly to being told they don't understand their own sport.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Neither have I, it was a generic comment about the comparison being pointless.</p><p></p><p>Regardless that you may not have directly commented on union, you have clearly commented on the people of this forums inability to understand Sam and what he brings to the sport. As i said before your opening comment was about how negative this forum is towards league which simply isn't true you've then gone on to say you guys just don't get it.</p><p></p><p>Again I'll just state I have nothing against you personally, or against league, i just don't like being told i'm not clever enough to get a league player because I post on a union forum. Clearly that might not have been your intention but it's very much how it comes across to me at least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodNumber10, post: 683943, member: 71068"] It was a generic comment aimed at anyone in general who is comparing the two. They are fundamentally different so it's futile comparison - anyone comparing the overall skill sets of union Forwards to League Forwards clearly doesn't understand either game. League Forwards are gainline beasts, they are about getting over the advantage line for their team and sending the opposition defence backwards and releasing strike runners with offloads, in defence they are about stopping the team getting over the advantage line. Forwards in union are about gainline yes, but they are also about ball security and a platform for the rest of the team (set piece) in defence they are about the contest for the ball as well as the generic defensive roles. They don't necessarily have the ball skills of a league forward because their role is fundamentally different, this is why the closest comparison to a league forward in union is generally the center. He wasn't comparing a league forward to a union 10 he was comparing the passing skills in league in general with union in general - i actually disagree with him as i think leagues passing skills superior, but the point you answered wasn't the point he was making. I haven't missed anything, when you first arrived and opened with your comment about how negative the forum was to League those comments hadn't been made, they have now, and for obvious reasons, because people have not taken kindly to being told they don't understand their own sport. Neither have I, it was a generic comment about the comparison being pointless. Regardless that you may not have directly commented on union, you have clearly commented on the people of this forums inability to understand Sam and what he brings to the sport. As i said before your opening comment was about how negative this forum is towards league which simply isn't true you've then gone on to say you guys just don't get it. Again I'll just state I have nothing against you personally, or against league, i just don't like being told i'm not clever enough to get a league player because I post on a union forum. Clearly that might not have been your intention but it's very much how it comes across to me at least. [/QUOTE]
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