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[RWC19 Warm-Up] - Wales vs England
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 953510" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Took the edit out there because I was replying to a new post in broadly the same way btw. </p><p></p><p>Obviously we're entitled to our opinions and anyone who's getting riled up over those of strangers online should probably take a break. My comment wasn't meant to be aggressive or insulting, I'm just expressing what I think about your post to continue the pointless existence of these boards. Admittedly my bluntness might come across as arrogant or provocative, that's just how I've learnt and been taught to write, maybe a synonym with better connotations than lazy would have been better in hindsight. </p><p></p><p>That said you've admitted your argument is coming from a small sample of games where a host of other issues affecting the two players were present and that it's ignoring games played since. This started with ncurd saying they're the best in the world right now, not this year, if you take the world cup cycle as a whole, even if you weight it favourably to this year (which is only half an international season) it's still very fair. If we're only arguing this year the South Africans obviously take it and Murray and Sexton are down the list it's just an odd way to approach it in my opinion. I think you'd have to be very reactionary, and backing the exception rather than the norm, to choose any other NH pairing over them going into the world cup, there's arguments to be made for the Saffas and Kiwis for sure though. I'm definitely projecting a bit on you here as well because I've seen and heard some (far more) outrageous opinions on Johnny recently and this is the first time it's come up here and given me an opportunity to respond prior to the RWC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 953510, member: 45598"] Took the edit out there because I was replying to a new post in broadly the same way btw. Obviously we're entitled to our opinions and anyone who's getting riled up over those of strangers online should probably take a break. My comment wasn't meant to be aggressive or insulting, I'm just expressing what I think about your post to continue the pointless existence of these boards. Admittedly my bluntness might come across as arrogant or provocative, that's just how I've learnt and been taught to write, maybe a synonym with better connotations than lazy would have been better in hindsight. That said you've admitted your argument is coming from a small sample of games where a host of other issues affecting the two players were present and that it's ignoring games played since. This started with ncurd saying they're the best in the world right now, not this year, if you take the world cup cycle as a whole, even if you weight it favourably to this year (which is only half an international season) it's still very fair. If we're only arguing this year the South Africans obviously take it and Murray and Sexton are down the list it's just an odd way to approach it in my opinion. I think you'd have to be very reactionary, and backing the exception rather than the norm, to choose any other NH pairing over them going into the world cup, there's arguments to be made for the Saffas and Kiwis for sure though. I'm definitely projecting a bit on you here as well because I've seen and heard some (far more) outrageous opinions on Johnny recently and this is the first time it's come up here and given me an opportunity to respond prior to the RWC. [/QUOTE]
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