: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:51 pm
chissitt wrote:
Your pushing against an open door there. TB was class but please dont sidetrack the issue with Barrett, the debate was predominently about Bird. You obviously fawn over him other people arent really interested mainly because he does not play for us. Once again fwiw I am in the opinion that Vasty has come out on top. Just live with it he is half a page in front of you.
My only debate with Vasty was about Barrett though, so where you imagine the Bird debate came from i have no idea. I was not at the match and cannot comment.
What i did say is that I think he will be a top class player and the type of player that can turn a game on its own, based on the last few years of watching him in the NRL.
I also proposed that some people may well rate him on Sunday, again not me as i was not there, off the back of knowing what to expect from him and seeing glimpses of class, that when taken into the context of him not playing first team rugby for so long and the 24000 mile journey could well have accounted for why they rate him.
What i would say is that it seems to me that while one of the major points made by some is that some fawn over the reputation of some players, others also chose to try to shoot them down regardless of performance because they come with a big reputation.