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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 249509">&lt;div class=&#039;quotetop&#039;&gt;QUOTE (cyRil of Ospreylia @ Mar 4 2009, 12:40 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&amp;pid=382808" target="_blank">&lt;{POST_SNAPBACK}&gt;</a>&lt;/div&gt;Ok, I am being a little harsh on him, but I think that&#039;s because other people overrate him in my opinion.Basically, I think he&#039;s a solid player with nice hands. But nothing more. I don&#039;t rate his speed (shown when he was caught by about 5 Italians while scoring his try/ not scoring from O&#039;Leary&#039;s kick through); I don&#039;t rate him under the high ball, I don&#039;t rate him too highly defensively and I think he tries too many impossible offloads (resulting in one horrendous forward pass which wasn&#039;t picked up...)Also, I think there are better options. Shane Williams we know about. Halfpenny has shown he&#039;s a great finisher, mazy runner and has a good kicking game. Fitzgerald is vastly superior of the Irish wings; he&#039;s quicker, he picks nice angles. And of the remaining wingers... I&#039;d take Sackey but Cueto, and Thom Evans are certainly better players than Bowe too imo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 249509"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cyRil of Ospreylia @ Mar 4 2009, 12:40 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=382808']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Ok, I am being a little harsh on him, but I think that's because other people overrate him in my opinion. Basically, I think he's a solid player with nice hands. But nothing more. I don't rate his speed (shown when he was caught by about 5 Italians while scoring his try/ not scoring from O'Leary's kick through); I don't rate him under the high ball, I don't rate him too highly defensively and I think he tries too many impossible offloads (resulting in one horrendous forward pass which wasn't picked up...) Also, I think there are better options. Shane Williams we know about. Halfpenny has shown he's a great finisher, mazy runner and has a good kicking game. Fitzgerald is vastly superior of the Irish wings; he's quicker, he picks nice angles. And of the remaining wingers... I'd take Sackey but Cueto, and Thom Evans are certainly better players than Bowe too imo. [/QUOTE]

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