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E17yid
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Never really understood your problems with Halfpenny. I mean, it’s not like his an actual **** like your hero Brown.
Saying Borepenny just makes you sound like a kid.
As Warburton said after the Scotland game if you constantly criticise Leigh Halfpenny you clearly have little understanding of the game.
Saying Borepenny just makes you sound like a kid.
As Warburton said after the Scotland game if you constantly criticise Leigh Halfpenny you clearly have little understanding of the game.
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He's boring.
Great kicker. Decent defender. Boring otherwise.
A great player a few years ago. A decent player now.
But boring.
And as for being childish? I think throwing around personal insults about players largely just because they are English is pretty childish so glass houses and all that.
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Indeed. He's a constant disappointment to all of us.
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What the fuck. You think that’s because he’s English. Lol. Nah mate, it’s coz, you know, he’s a ****. Most of the rugby world know that. Apart from you.
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Yadda yadda yadda.
If he was Welsh you'd have no issue with him whatsoever and you know it.
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Wrong. But keep telling yourself that.
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Pretty sure you've praised the likes of Henson and Phillips on here and they are actually unpleasant humans off the pitch unlike Brown who is just a tough player.
So yeah. If he was Welsh you'd be fine with him.
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Based on what?
Arnoldtoo
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He was in my Lions XV. I like him. Good, honest, reliable full back, great kicker - better than Farrell - and has brought some attacking play into his game.
Right now he'd still be in my Lions XV.
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Oh, we’re doing past players now. Ok, I’ll see if I can get a list together for you in the next few days.
I think I’ve acknowledged Phillips was a prick but that’s just part and parcel of being a 9. I’m talking about what I see on the pitch. I don’t know any of these players. I don’t think I’ve seen Phillips kick another player in the head repeatedly like Brown did Murray but I might have missed something I suppose.
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He'd be in my 23 probably although I'd probably try and play a better runner like Hogg or Williams.
But I'd be bored even picking him.
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You mean the thing that wasn't even deemed a penalty by pretty much everyone in the sport?
Yes that does make him a **** I agree.
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You mean the thing that wasn't even deemed a penalty by pretty much everyone in the sport?
Yes that does make him a **** I agree.
Well that was the ruling so you tow the line. The thing is, the kicks to the head when he was going for the ball are probably genuine attempts for the ball but incredibly reckless. The first back heal and rake across his head were deliberate imo though he’s clever enough to use the situation to mask his intent. But all that everyone talked about was the kicks when he was going for the ball. Either way, like I said, it’s so incredibly reckless that you’ve got to think what the fuck were you thinking there? Nothing, obviously.
If Murray lost an eye (which he was pretty close to doing) would you be saying the same thing even though yeah, it was reckless but it was still an accident?
It’s not just that though. The way he just goes up to people from miles away and pick fights with players that have nothing to do with any supposed incident on a pitch like he did to Warburton in the WC speaks volumes. The way he comes across in interviews like he did in that one after that game. I seem to remember Robshaw act like a gent and was extremely dignified and humble after that game oh but wait he’s English sorry forget that Robshaw and all English players are scumbags.
Williams is a different level imo. Halfpenny’s traits are well documented but any Lions team has to have a back three of Hogg, Williams and Watson. That’s just
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I think they were far worse a side under the guy who used to manage Sale. They even managed to finish last in the Six Nations under him. Ireland had something like 70% possession and territory in the game and should have won it easily but for silly, avoidable mistakes. England's performance yesterday wasn't a performance of Grand Slam winners either, but they should still win it.
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Ah ha.
Now we get to the bottom of it.
He once 'picked a fight' with golden boy so therefore is on the shit list forever in Wales.
Say no more.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/43026443
Interesting.
So we shouldn't have even been looking at the grounding.
Scratch that one off the excuse list Wales!
Seriously though why do the TV people have the frame by frame but not the TMO?
Interesting.
So we shouldn't have even been looking at the grounding.
Scratch that one off the excuse list Wales!
Seriously though why do the TV people have the frame by frame but not the TMO?
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