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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1070644" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>That's part of the backlash - it wasn't, or at least, not in the way it was meant when said.</p><p></p><p>You could argue that he deserved the accolade because even if he'd missed his last 3 kicks at goal, it was unlikely to affect whether he get the next one.</p><p>But it was kinda glossed over that the alternative was less likely to have missed those previous 3 in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Farrell's never been an exceptional kicker - from tee or from hand; but he's lauded as such because we (mostly the press) were desperate for a new Jonny Wilkinson.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It's like his tackling - he'd get lauded for being a defensive genius on the back of some big hits; but it would ignore the 4 he missed due to being in the wrong place to even attempt a tackle - whilst Ford being in the right place, making more tackles and having a higher tackle percentage was villified for not making those same big hits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1070644, member: 73592"] That's part of the backlash - it wasn't, or at least, not in the way it was meant when said. You could argue that he deserved the accolade because even if he'd missed his last 3 kicks at goal, it was unlikely to affect whether he get the next one. But it was kinda glossed over that the alternative was less likely to have missed those previous 3 in the first place. Farrell's never been an exceptional kicker - from tee or from hand; but he's lauded as such because we (mostly the press) were desperate for a new Jonny Wilkinson. It's like his tackling - he'd get lauded for being a defensive genius on the back of some big hits; but it would ignore the 4 he missed due to being in the wrong place to even attempt a tackle - whilst Ford being in the right place, making more tackles and having a higher tackle percentage was villified for not making those same big hits. [/QUOTE]
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