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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 303636"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (King D'arcy @ Feb 16 2010, 05:46 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=437218" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>It certainly did prove something imo. Henson was a good player, wheather people like him or not. But that wasn't really the point with this particular stat, it instead showed how little depth Wales had at 12 between 2005 and 2008. We despirately missed Henson, instead playing Hook out of position (where he wasn't comfertouble at the time) or resorting to the likes of Watkins playign outside Shanklin.</p><p></p><p>You're comparison with Parisse is like comparing apples to oranges. Wales won a grand slam in 2005 and 2008 when Henson was starting all games. In the years between when Henson was missing, we were poor. Now I don't think in the slightest that Henson would have made a difference in 2006 and 07, as it was in the forwards where we lost the games we did, but it does add fuel to this particular stat. Parisse is however playing in a side which is simply not good enough to win more than the odd game. They simply don't posses the players to do so (mainly in the backs). This takes nothing away from Parisse who's a world class operator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 303636"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (King D'arcy @ Feb 16 2010, 05:46 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=437218']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> It certainly did prove something imo. Henson was a good player, wheather people like him or not. But that wasn't really the point with this particular stat, it instead showed how little depth Wales had at 12 between 2005 and 2008. We despirately missed Henson, instead playing Hook out of position (where he wasn't comfertouble at the time) or resorting to the likes of Watkins playign outside Shanklin. You're comparison with Parisse is like comparing apples to oranges. Wales won a grand slam in 2005 and 2008 when Henson was starting all games. In the years between when Henson was missing, we were poor. Now I don't think in the slightest that Henson would have made a difference in 2006 and 07, as it was in the forwards where we lost the games we did, but it does add fuel to this particular stat. Parisse is however playing in a side which is simply not good enough to win more than the odd game. They simply don't posses the players to do so (mainly in the backs). This takes nothing away from Parisse who's a world class operator. [/QUOTE]
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