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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
How many players do you think the Squad will be...?
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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 255915"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GimleyUK @ Apr 6 2009, 02:50 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=389251" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>I think the idea is to select the players for a squad that would be most likely to beat the Bokks.</p><p></p><p>I cant really comment much more on what you wrote, as your statement is really just another reflection of your intellect.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p><em>My</em> intellect? I won't get into a debate about this, you can call me as arrogant as you like but I am f***ing clever, so I'm not going to read patronising comments like that and think 'o yeah I'm a dumb motherf***er, he must be right'...</p><p></p><p>Selecting a team 'most likely to beat the Boks'... hmm. You've selected Ryan Jones at 8 when he's actually not that good, and has a reputation built entirely on a peak in form on the last Lions tour that hasn't returned, plus being part of a back row containing the genius Martyn Williams for last year's grand slam. You've selected Danny Cipriani at 10, a player who completely folded against the Boks in the autumn and has never recovered. To compound that, your Lions team has a player even less experienced at international level sitting right outside him at 12. Then, there's Tom James on the wing... who wouldn't even make the top 10 wingers in the Isles, hell, he might not even make the Scotland team.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps most pertinent is the fact that your team has 8 welsh players, and your squad has 19 out of 38 which is funny because you too are welsh.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 255915"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GimleyUK @ Apr 6 2009, 02:50 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=389251']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> I think the idea is to select the players for a squad that would be most likely to beat the Bokks. I cant really comment much more on what you wrote, as your statement is really just another reflection of your intellect. [/b][/quote] [i]My[/i] intellect? I won't get into a debate about this, you can call me as arrogant as you like but I am f***ing clever, so I'm not going to read patronising comments like that and think 'o yeah I'm a dumb motherf***er, he must be right'... Selecting a team 'most likely to beat the Boks'... hmm. You've selected Ryan Jones at 8 when he's actually not that good, and has a reputation built entirely on a peak in form on the last Lions tour that hasn't returned, plus being part of a back row containing the genius Martyn Williams for last year's grand slam. You've selected Danny Cipriani at 10, a player who completely folded against the Boks in the autumn and has never recovered. To compound that, your Lions team has a player even less experienced at international level sitting right outside him at 12. Then, there's Tom James on the wing... who wouldn't even make the top 10 wingers in the Isles, hell, he might not even make the Scotland team. Perhaps most pertinent is the fact that your team has 8 welsh players, and your squad has 19 out of 38 which is funny because you too are welsh. [/QUOTE]
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