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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 701308" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>worst by far of the season for a match, no doubt. Castres should be heading home with 65 points up their rears. Paris still the only undefeated team at home this season, and they're looking mighty good. Last year they crashed in the second half of the season missing the playoffs at the end, they don't look like they're doing that this time but we'll see. Castres looked like the team bottom of the table again tonight, very surprising. Yet another young French talent at scrumhalf has revealed himself tonight though in place of Rory Kockott. That Antoine Dupont kid looks really, really good already and he just turned 18 lol.</p><p></p><p>Rabah Slimani on top form. Surely the French staff isn't insane enough not to start him in the next 6N. </p><p>And Plisson is maturing surprisingly fast, I wouldn't have guessed. In part, his strike over the ball from the tee looks the way I like them: even on angles, he manages a perfectly straight trajectory right into the middle of the (pink <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> ) posts, as opposed to a lifting ball curving in. Impressive kicks these past few months. He seems to be correcting his mistakes too and looks much more assertive ball in hand and with his decision making where before he had a tendency to stall and botch a play. His pass is looking more and more 'perfect', superb spin and quickness, just the right accuracy to find his backs. His kicking is improving too, and he'll only get much better, this is just the beginning surely seeing how fast he's progressing and how hungry and enterprising he is. He settles for nothing, always takes on more responsibility. That in-match inconsistency is a lurking concern though, and I'll be watching closely as always for that to permanently leave his game.</p><p></p><p>After the World Cup, I wonder who our 10 should be now...Plisson will be that much better, Lopez isn't looking to regress and Trinh-Duc will return and if he plays and has a good 6N and/or RWC he'll surely stay in the group. An aging Talès will finally go away eventually...and an improving Pierre Bernard...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 701308, member: 57076"] worst by far of the season for a match, no doubt. Castres should be heading home with 65 points up their rears. Paris still the only undefeated team at home this season, and they're looking mighty good. Last year they crashed in the second half of the season missing the playoffs at the end, they don't look like they're doing that this time but we'll see. Castres looked like the team bottom of the table again tonight, very surprising. Yet another young French talent at scrumhalf has revealed himself tonight though in place of Rory Kockott. That Antoine Dupont kid looks really, really good already and he just turned 18 lol. Rabah Slimani on top form. Surely the French staff isn't insane enough not to start him in the next 6N. And Plisson is maturing surprisingly fast, I wouldn't have guessed. In part, his strike over the ball from the tee looks the way I like them: even on angles, he manages a perfectly straight trajectory right into the middle of the (pink :rolleyes: ) posts, as opposed to a lifting ball curving in. Impressive kicks these past few months. He seems to be correcting his mistakes too and looks much more assertive ball in hand and with his decision making where before he had a tendency to stall and botch a play. His pass is looking more and more 'perfect', superb spin and quickness, just the right accuracy to find his backs. His kicking is improving too, and he'll only get much better, this is just the beginning surely seeing how fast he's progressing and how hungry and enterprising he is. He settles for nothing, always takes on more responsibility. That in-match inconsistency is a lurking concern though, and I'll be watching closely as always for that to permanently leave his game. After the World Cup, I wonder who our 10 should be now...Plisson will be that much better, Lopez isn't looking to regress and Trinh-Duc will return and if he plays and has a good 6N and/or RWC he'll surely stay in the group. An aging Talès will finally go away eventually...and an improving Pierre Bernard... [/QUOTE]
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