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Rugby Greats(and Stephen Jones) Predict Six Nations
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<blockquote data-quote="gingergenius" data-source="post: 301285"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (feicarsinn @ Feb 2 2010, 11:02 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=434849" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>The great strength Ireland have now is in how settled they are, which is what all world class teams have. Pretty much everyone could sit down and pick their dream Ireland XV, and barring 1 or 2 minor queries, they'd all pick the same players. Contrast that with England and everyone's got a different opinion.</p><p></p><p>When a side is settled, you miss good players less. It is very easy for O'Brien to come into the back row and look good playing amongst guys who 100% know what their job is and how to do it. Again, we can contrast this to England who are really unsettled - almost every young player we've brought through since 2004 has looked inexperienced and quickly been discarded.</p><p></p><p>Ireland have the benefit of sustained success over the past year, which means they should be able to keep improving even if some personnel are missing. This is why I was so frustrated with all the English injuries this autumn - the momentum we were looking like generating from the 6N all disappeared and we were back to 'England Manager Drops Youngsters And Recalls Oldies Syndrome'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingergenius, post: 301285"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (feicarsinn @ Feb 2 2010, 11:02 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=434849']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> The great strength Ireland have now is in how settled they are, which is what all world class teams have. Pretty much everyone could sit down and pick their dream Ireland XV, and barring 1 or 2 minor queries, they'd all pick the same players. Contrast that with England and everyone's got a different opinion. When a side is settled, you miss good players less. It is very easy for O'Brien to come into the back row and look good playing amongst guys who 100% know what their job is and how to do it. Again, we can contrast this to England who are really unsettled - almost every young player we've brought through since 2004 has looked inexperienced and quickly been discarded. Ireland have the benefit of sustained success over the past year, which means they should be able to keep improving even if some personnel are missing. This is why I was so frustrated with all the English injuries this autumn - the momentum we were looking like generating from the 6N all disappeared and we were back to 'England Manager Drops Youngsters And Recalls Oldies Syndrome'. [/QUOTE]
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