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miaow
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I think he's a 10 or nothing. Don't like him at 15, nowhere near physical enough to play in the cente (take a look at Kuridrani running over him in Japan). He's a good 10, with more consistency could become a great one, but probably a tough ask. I think Anscombe and Biggar are two world class 10s and Patchell adds something extra for Wales. For the Scarlets, as long as we keep Halfpenny, he's the best 10 at the club.
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miaow
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"You are talking complete and UtTeR cRaP. Absolutely clueless." |
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miaow
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Yeah, looks far too small to be anything but a 10. Looks a great player. I'd sign him for 2021/22. That's the point I was making. But apparently it's worthy of jumping down peoples' throats...
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henry_winkler
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Lol
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miaow
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Alternatively, block the development of some if not all of your 10s by not playing any of them enough, create an atmosphere of unfulfillment and unhealthy competition on the basis of scarcity of games among the 10s, and have some of them leave at the first opportunity to gain more rugby. This mirrors the situation at 9 we had a few years ago. The Scarlets are better off for having let Aled Davies go. Rhodri Williams is a much better player for having left us and tested himself in Bristol before working his way back up. Most of us at the time thought he should have been kept, but as he wasn't fancied over Aled, he made the right call by leaving at the first chance, even if it cost him Wales caps by going to Bristol and doing things the hard way. You can't guarantee having 3 Welsh 10s who want to be challenging for Wales cap, and one exciting youngster, won't go badly wrong. Jonny Evs is not competing for Wales caps, and so it works well. Kieran Hardy is much more raw than either AOB or Dan Jones. Dane Blacker is a prospect as well. We have the Welsh 9, two rookies, and one more experienced clubman. At 10, we have one of the replacement 10 options for Wales, and two 10s who aren't far off him. As it is, having those 3 is great for the club but tough on them in terms of sharing the load. Adding a rookie for next season doesn't make sense unless we're forced to i.e. his contract is up and he's on the verge of signing a 5 year pro contract with Leicester.
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miaow
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WGJ would be a good signing but I think he suits the Premiership and for Wales, a bit like with Francis, I think it benefits our tight 5 forwards playing there instead of in the Pro14. Much tougher standard of comp for the tight 5 of a pack. It's also where he's broken through so no need to rush things. See how he goes for Wales first. Kruger is still doing a great job for us but we do need to bring someone else through. Samson's a good option and should be much more available now as I think the test game has passed him by, it's now for the likes of Dillon Lewis and Leon Brown - tightheads who play like Gethin Jenkins did, or Rob Evs - to take up that mantle. Any promising young Welsh tightheads around?
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I still wake up late at night and think of what might have been when tim stimpson hit that jammy penalty1
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(it's not great banter)
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Always had you down as an Addams. Must be the hairstyle, certainly not the dress sense.
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In a world where you can be anything – Be Kind.
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Looking forward to hearing OAM’s reply
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John
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Your argument about the trio of scrum halves would carry some weight if they had all faded away. But they have all three gone on to have high quality careers. Yes two had to leave but we ended up with the best one and we and the three scrum halves can have few regrets. Except perhaps Aled in his choice of where to go to but thats another matter. I'd be happy to have Dan, AOB and Costelow behind Patch. There are always two fly halves in a match day squad and injuries as well. The competition might drive them to higher standards. Thats part of the purpose of a squad.
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miaow
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Wait, what? So 2 9s leave the Scarlets to get more gametime based on too much depth in one postion. It's gone well for most parties involved...and that's *against* my argument? How?
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GPR - Rochester
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AOB has started 4 games I believe, most if not all when Dan has been injured. That leaves Dan starting the vast majority of games played this season & if I'm not mistaken that means all the games apart from when he was injured. That is the reason some of fellow posters & I keep asking if you have seen the games because from some of your comments it appears you haven't.
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GPR - Rochester
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Apparently Costellow is comfortable at 9, 10 & 12. It will be very interesting to see who gets selected between him & Lloyd to start at 10 for the 20's. Both are rare talents. One thing that stands out for me is we have 3 very young guys - Costellow, Lloyd & Rees-Zammit all having been given serious top level gametime in England. Would they have had such exposure if they were with a Welsh region - I don't think so - look at Conbeer & Baldwin.
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