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<blockquote data-quote="Melhor Time" data-source="post: 149701"><p>Melhor Time was 100% correct in saying Ireland won't make the playoffs and Argentina will. Infact the post of mine, which I have kindly posted below in bold, turned out to be dead set correct. It was made on July 29. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Sorry to the Irish if you are hurting but hey I warned you! </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>It was an outstanding performance from Brian O'Driscoll today. Truely the worlds best runner. But as I warned in other posts about Ireland, the French and Argentine forwards will be too good for Ireland. Too true. Michala</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Gordon D'Arcy has been the biggest disapointment in the World Cup. He was totally ouplayed by Felipe Contepomi today who with Hernández finished off the forwards work very very well. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong>It is quite staggering to read so much ignorance about Argentina on a rugby forum like this. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Ireland don't win in France. Thats cast in stone. Ireland play there every second year but struggle to ever win, or compete with France. In contrast Argentina lost against France by one point in november 2006 and won the previous match in France in November 2004. On that day they defeated France in Marseilles. No other team has eveer done this. Australia tired the following year and lost. Even the All Blacks haven't beaten France in Marseilles. Also, the week before Argentina defeated France in 2004 Australia had lost to France. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Argentina without most French based players (16 are in the World Cup squad of 30) defeated Ireland two games to nil. Argentina swapped players for the two games and still won both without most first choice players in every position. They had players such as Leonelli, Senillosa, Stortoni, Vergallo, Avramovic, Guiñazú, Henn, Bouza, Fessia, Cardinali, Cortese, Stuart, López Fleming, Juan Fernández Miranda, de Vedia and Gamborini playing these games. None of these players have been selected in the World Cup squad. Then there were other players who don't play in France, like Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, who didn't play against Ireland either.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In the two games before that, Ireland beat Argentina both times by 1 point. In 2003 it was in the World Cup after the referee didn't penalize Ireland in the closing minutes. Argentina should have been awarded a penalty which would have been kicked into points. O'Driscoll wasn't breaking the defensive line at all. There was one try scored after Argentine messed up a lineout and the ball freakeshly set up for Keith Wood to send Alan Quinlen, a flanker, away for a try. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In the other match, in November 2004, Ireland won at the very end of the game after Ronan O'Gara dropped kicked a goal. O'Driscoll and co couldn't break the defence in that game (like in the RWC) and Ireland won at the games end after scoring a grand total of zero tries.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melhor Time, post: 149701"] Melhor Time was 100% correct in saying Ireland won't make the playoffs and Argentina will. Infact the post of mine, which I have kindly posted below in bold, turned out to be dead set correct. It was made on July 29. Sorry to the Irish if you are hurting but hey I warned you! It was an outstanding performance from Brian O'Driscoll today. Truely the worlds best runner. But as I warned in other posts about Ireland, the French and Argentine forwards will be too good for Ireland. Too true. Michala Gordon D'Arcy has been the biggest disapointment in the World Cup. He was totally ouplayed by Felipe Contepomi today who with Hernández finished off the forwards work very very well. [b]It is quite staggering to read so much ignorance about Argentina on a rugby forum like this. Ireland don't win in France. Thats cast in stone. Ireland play there every second year but struggle to ever win, or compete with France. In contrast Argentina lost against France by one point in november 2006 and won the previous match in France in November 2004. On that day they defeated France in Marseilles. No other team has eveer done this. Australia tired the following year and lost. Even the All Blacks haven't beaten France in Marseilles. Also, the week before Argentina defeated France in 2004 Australia had lost to France. Argentina without most French based players (16 are in the World Cup squad of 30) defeated Ireland two games to nil. Argentina swapped players for the two games and still won both without most first choice players in every position. They had players such as Leonelli, Senillosa, Stortoni, Vergallo, Avramovic, Guiñazú, Henn, Bouza, Fessia, Cardinali, Cortese, Stuart, López Fleming, Juan Fernández Miranda, de Vedia and Gamborini playing these games. None of these players have been selected in the World Cup squad. Then there were other players who don't play in France, like Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, who didn't play against Ireland either. In the two games before that, Ireland beat Argentina both times by 1 point. In 2003 it was in the World Cup after the referee didn't penalize Ireland in the closing minutes. Argentina should have been awarded a penalty which would have been kicked into points. O'Driscoll wasn't breaking the defensive line at all. There was one try scored after Argentine messed up a lineout and the ball freakeshly set up for Keith Wood to send Alan Quinlen, a flanker, away for a try. In the other match, in November 2004, Ireland won at the very end of the game after Ronan O'Gara dropped kicked a goal. O'Driscoll and co couldn't break the defence in that game (like in the RWC) and Ireland won at the games end after scoring a grand total of zero tries.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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