Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Help Support The Rugby Forum :
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
Player of the Decade
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1004822" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Just have 'last ten years' and do it every year?</p><p></p><p>I think brodies form slipped only in the last two years. And I've been very critical of him. But that still leaves 7 years of pretty darn awesomeness.</p><p></p><p>Read for me for most of his career has been criminally overrated. Last year was his best year for the all blacks by far, the four or five previous years were not that good. That included bad errors, defensively and bad passes, at critical times in games causing us to lose. Vermeulen was better last decade. </p><p></p><p>Mcaw pretty great, but mostly as a captain at the end of his career.</p><p></p><p>Psdt didn't play enough in the decade.</p><p></p><p>Carter, nah. What about others who retired at the same time? Nonu and Smith, they were better than Carter last decade.</p><p></p><p>Sexton, my memory fails me there. I can remember times when he was great and when he was awful but I don't have a sense if what the average looked like. Don't want to base it on a few bad performances just because that is what's in my memory, but nor do I want to assume it was only a few if I can't really remember. My sense is he was reasonably consistent so I think he's close, but not the safe bet</p><p></p><p>So out of those available, I'll go with retallick.</p><p></p><p>Actually what about Ben Smith, or Aaron Smith?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1004822, member: 65365"] Just have 'last ten years' and do it every year? I think brodies form slipped only in the last two years. And I've been very critical of him. But that still leaves 7 years of pretty darn awesomeness. Read for me for most of his career has been criminally overrated. Last year was his best year for the all blacks by far, the four or five previous years were not that good. That included bad errors, defensively and bad passes, at critical times in games causing us to lose. Vermeulen was better last decade. Mcaw pretty great, but mostly as a captain at the end of his career. Psdt didn't play enough in the decade. Carter, nah. What about others who retired at the same time? Nonu and Smith, they were better than Carter last decade. Sexton, my memory fails me there. I can remember times when he was great and when he was awful but I don't have a sense if what the average looked like. Don't want to base it on a few bad performances just because that is what's in my memory, but nor do I want to assume it was only a few if I can't really remember. My sense is he was reasonably consistent so I think he's close, but not the safe bet So out of those available, I'll go with retallick. Actually what about Ben Smith, or Aaron Smith? [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rugby Union
General Rugby Union
Player of the Decade
Top