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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[Six Nations 2018] Round 1: Italy Vs England (04/02/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="martinspoonboy1" data-source="post: 886406" data-attributes="member: 59577"><p>[QUOTEL="Old Hooker, post: 886401, member: 73144"]Some fair points. But Brown's the safe option. I don't mind my THP being geriatric and safe(ish), but does <strong>geriatric and safe in one of the prime attacking positions win RWCs? </strong></p><p></p><p>Wish some of our forwards had his anger though.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Bit harsh, his pace isn't what it used to be but he's no Goode. The intercept ca Argentina in the summer and The step and offload was majestic. </p><p></p><p>I posted a link to ted talk style thing a few days ago where Eddie basically says why players like brown are in the team and potentially others miss out. He basically says he wants 13 of the starting 15 to perform at 7/10 every single game and only allows two 'star players' (who's performances can range from 9/10 to 4/10) in any starting line up because more leads to too much variance in performance. </p><p></p><p>Brown is a solid 7/10 pretty much every game, hence being fullback over other more exciting options that can range from 9/10 -4/10. He rarely has a shocker and allows a level of consistency in the back 3. Reason he doesn't choose Watson at fullback, care at scrum half, Roku on the wing and maybe even Armand in the BR as he already has his two 'star players' </p><p></p><p>For my money Joseph is one who can range from 9/10 -4/10 . Any others you guys would put in the inconsistent 'star player' category?</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="martinspoonboy1, post: 886406, member: 59577"] [QUOTEL="Old Hooker, post: 886401, member: 73144"]Some fair points. But Brown’s the safe option. I don’t mind my THP being geriatric and safe(ish), but does [B]geriatric and safe in one of the prime attacking positions win RWCs? [/B] Wish some of our forwards had his anger though.[/QUOTE] Bit harsh, his pace isn’t what it used to be but he’s no Goode. The intercept ca Argentina in the summer and The step and offload was majestic. I posted a link to ted talk style thing a few days ago where Eddie basically says why players like brown are in the team and potentially others miss out. He basically says he wants 13 of the starting 15 to perform at 7/10 every single game and only allows two ‘star players’ (who’s performances can range from 9/10 to 4/10) in any starting line up because more leads to too much variance in performance. Brown is a solid 7/10 pretty much every game, hence being fullback over other more exciting options that can range from 9/10 -4/10. He rarely has a shocker and allows a level of consistency in the back 3. Reason he doesn’t choose Watson at fullback, care at scrum half, Roku on the wing and maybe even Armand in the BR as he already has his two ‘star players’ For my money Joseph is one who can range from 9/10 -4/10 . Any others you guys would put in the inconsistent ‘star player’ category? [/QUOTE]
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