Dan54
David Wilson (68)
I actually wonder if when looking at how game was played in 99 etc there is a tendency to forget at times that the players were perhaps a lot smarter. I know we all look at JOC (James O'Connor), QC (Quade Cooper) and Digby etc and see players that are quite special with skills, but do you actually ever watch games and see QC (Quade Cooper) do a behind back pass etc and think they really out smart teams. It actually hard to put finger on it, but as All Black supporter during 80s, 90s, early 00s, I tended to be worried that Horan/Little,Andrew Slack,Ella or Lynagh at 10 would do something really clever that would really hurt you. Even in forwards I alsways thought the likes of Eales were actually thinkers during the game. I think for instance look at difference between players like Dan Carter, Conrad Smith and McCaw etc and their opposites, and tell me you don't think they are just a bit more intelligent and are capable of out thinking their opposites. I don't even think it a Deans problem, as I haven't really seen too many players in Aus S15 teams this year that make me change my mind.