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<blockquote data-quote="cyRil" data-source="post: 288898"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melhor Time @ Nov 22 2009, 04:58 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=422416" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p>Melhor, I agree with the vast majority of what you've said, but in regards to players missing it makes me think that you don't really know a lot about the Welsh game and our best players. Byrne happens to be one of the best full backs in the world, Phillips happens to be one of the best scrum halves in the world, Adam Jones happens to be one of the best tight heads in the world. All of these would have made a significant difference. I appreciate Argentina had a lot of missing stars as well, I just didn't think much of your downplaying of how good our stars are. (+ Henson fit would play 12, with Roberts moving to 13).</p><p>Also, your quibbles about the ref are a bit redundant. Argentina offered absolutely nothing in this game, and in truth we should have put 50 points on them. I was at the game and so didn't notice the wrong interpretations at scrum time, and I grant that would have given the Argies more of a chance/platform if the penalties had gone their way, but it just seems to me that the overall performance was so abject, complaining about a ref is irrelevant.</p><p>I'm not going to go back to 197-wharreva when Andy Hayden jumped out of the lineout and say the ref cheated us out of a win against NZ. It just happens and people need to get over it.</p><p></p><p>And if we don't beat Australia next week now after the sodding Scots did them over, I don't know what I'll do!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cyRil, post: 288898"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melhor Time @ Nov 22 2009, 04:58 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=422416']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Melhor, I agree with the vast majority of what you've said, but in regards to players missing it makes me think that you don't really know a lot about the Welsh game and our best players. Byrne happens to be one of the best full backs in the world, Phillips happens to be one of the best scrum halves in the world, Adam Jones happens to be one of the best tight heads in the world. All of these would have made a significant difference. I appreciate Argentina had a lot of missing stars as well, I just didn't think much of your downplaying of how good our stars are. (+ Henson fit would play 12, with Roberts moving to 13). Also, your quibbles about the ref are a bit redundant. Argentina offered absolutely nothing in this game, and in truth we should have put 50 points on them. I was at the game and so didn't notice the wrong interpretations at scrum time, and I grant that would have given the Argies more of a chance/platform if the penalties had gone their way, but it just seems to me that the overall performance was so abject, complaining about a ref is irrelevant. I'm not going to go back to 197-wharreva when Andy Hayden jumped out of the lineout and say the ref cheated us out of a win against NZ. It just happens and people need to get over it. And if we don't beat Australia next week now after the sodding Scots did them over, I don't know what I'll do!! :P [/QUOTE]
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