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<blockquote data-quote="JohnBE" data-source="post: 250061">O&#039;Gara has been playing awful has he?somehow I really don&#039;t agree.. his kicking game with the tee has been poor but the other facets of his game have been very good.O&#039;Gara controls the game like no other fly half in the six nations, there he is best.I agree that there should be backups and other players competing for the place.. but it&#039;s hardly rog&#039;s fault he&#039;s so good and far ahead of the others in that position even at 31.when watching the England game i was so frustrated like everyone else was about his poor goal kicking, it nearly cost us the match.BUT to look over everything else he does so well would be really unfair (he defended very well for example in that game).I think sometimes we except so much of the star players. Fantastic example is O&#039;Driscoll this season. Many people were saying ahh his best days are behind him, hes a a shell of the player he used to be and he doesn&#039;t really have it in attack.. even though he was still the top try scorer in the heiniken cup!to use a cliche.. we judge players like rog bod, poc(who never disappoints!) by &quot;their high standards&quot;..&nbsp; Basically to conclude, I&#039;m saying even when O&#039;Gara isn&#039;t at his best&nbsp; he is still worldclass</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnBE, post: 250061"] O'Gara has been playing awful has he? somehow I really don't agree.. his kicking game with the tee has been poor but the other facets of his game have been very good. O'Gara controls the game like no other fly half in the six nations, there he is best. I agree that there should be backups and other players competing for the place.. but it's hardly rog's fault he's so good and far ahead of the others in that position even at 31. when watching the England game i was so frustrated like everyone else was about his poor goal kicking, it nearly cost us the match. BUT to look over everything else he does so well would be really unfair (he defended very well for example in that game). I think sometimes we except so much of the star players. Fantastic example is O'Driscoll this season. Many people were saying ahh his best days are behind him, hes a a shell of the player he used to be and he doesn't really have it in attack.. even though he was still the top try scorer in the heiniken cup! to use a cliche.. we judge players like rog bod, poc(who never disappoints!) by "their high standards".. Basically to conclude, I'm saying even when O'Gara isn't at his best he is still worldclass [/QUOTE]

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