Rugby League World Cup - 2013

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  1. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  2. Magic AJ Parker

    2 poor decisions in back to back years for what is recognised as such a prestigious award, disappointing.

    If you were picking a World XI though they did a fucking wonderful job on that, a rare thing to see in the modern day game there's generally always some random in those kind of teams shunting it up.
     
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    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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  3. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    This award lost it's prestige around 2005, I think.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  4. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Well, he's not a shunt but RTS certainly shouldn't be there.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  5. Magic AJ Parker

    Should be playing reserve grade iirc?
     
    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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  6. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    I was hasty about that but I still maintain he should've been playing fullback at Minichiello's expense. And i still maintain he can't defend for shit.

    He doesn't belong anywhere near that World 13 side. We know why he was chosen. He's the latest young gun with a power running game. You can set your watch to the supposed experts taking notice of this.
     
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    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  7. Magic AJ Parker

    Given his competition it's really not that ridiculous.

    He's an excellent finisher, makes great metres for his team out of their own end, big workrate, good awareness, defuses kicks well and is a decent defender no matter how often you say he's not.

    He's always going to be a media golden boy due to his ability to put on a step and thus given credit where it's often not due but he's still a very good winger.

    A decade ago with the talent of wingers going around I would've said one season isn't enough, he's shown some vulnerabilities that could well be exploited by teams in his 2nd and 3rd full season, so what we've seen so far may be inconclusive. But when your competition is Jason Nightingale, Darius Boyd, James Mcmanus, David Simmons, Brent Tate, Manu Vatuvei, Josh Charnley, Akuila Uate, Ryan Hall, Jorge Tafua & Tom Briscoe then it really isn't that ridiculous to "belong anywhere near that side".
     
    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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  8. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    So you're disappointed that Thurston won the Golden Boot but you're fine for RTS to be named in the World 13. Gee what a surprise.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  9. Cribbage RG Cribb

    I'm disappointed with both tbh.
     
    Cribbage, Jan 17, 2014
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  10. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    I'm disappointed that Thurston won but really to the extent that I'm sick of backs/halves getting all the plaudits. I do think Thurston is the best half in the world and by quite some distance so I expected him to win it. But yeah I think there were at least two or three forwards who could've won and my vote was for SBW.

    I'm amazed Gallen wasn't nominated.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  11. Magic AJ Parker

    Typical response from you.
     
    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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  12. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Typical response to a typical response. Would've bet good money that you'd rubbish Thurston but stick up for RTS.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  13. Magic AJ Parker

    And I that you would be more interested in trying to ascertain a motive for bias over actually debating the argument put forward.

    Remember when you used to spend less time being a psychiatrist and more time discussing footy?
     
    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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  14. Julian BJ Taylor

    Why are you all over the RTS thing when Brett fucking Morris is the other winger?
     
    Julian, Jan 17, 2014
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  15. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    We fundamentally disagree about his defence and have done for quite some time. There's no point sitting here rehashing that over and over again.

    I don't need to be Freud to figure out why you're tacitly supporting one and questioning the integrity of the whole awards for another.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  16. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Um what?
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  17. Julian BJ Taylor

    You're carrying on about bias about RTS. Who the fuck cares Morris is in the team and he's a fucking numpty.
     
    Julian, Jan 17, 2014
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  18. Maroon_Faithful M Faithful

    Yeah I can't really agree with that. I think Morris is a very good winger and after a long period of ordinary rep form he's really shown his class in the last 18 months. He's much more deserving than RTS IMO.
     
    Maroon_Faithful, Jan 17, 2014
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  19. Tartmaster AJ James

    Remember when rugby league threads used to be about rugby league, rather than them all being dick measuring contests between you two?
     
    Tartmaster, Jan 17, 2014
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  20. Magic AJ Parker

    Sounds like something someone with a small dick would say.
     
    Magic, Jan 17, 2014
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