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John Solomon (38)
I'm glad Davies got a go, better now than in an important game.
Yeah I guess he looked pretty average against the Blues. Wouldn't cut it against real opposition......
I'm glad Davies got a go, better now than in an important game.
Yeah I guess he looked pretty average against the Blues. Wouldn't cut it against real opposition......
Maybe another upside is that if Davies plays well for a couple of weeks, Robbie may want to keep him and there throw JOC (James O'Connor) at 12 allowing Giteau to become the squads third halfback where he is most comfortable.
Yeah I guess he looked pretty average against the Blues. Wouldn't cut it against real opposition......
Oh you're not another Reds fan unable to see the disparity between Super rugby and Test rugby are you?
It was Davies' Super Rugby form that got him this call up. He deserves it. It is better that it is this week rather than next.
Yeah it's all good, I'm happy for him to get selected, he deserves it, just some fans getting ahead of themselves and Davies with his selection.
Guess it's your job to put them in their place Qwerty.
Someone who has never played a Test is all of a sudden better than someone who has been around the Wallaby set-up for a while and last game against the ABs was an above average performance. Especially considering Turner has a great deal of more Test match rugby skills.
Turner is an average potato when we need a spicy lemon.
Davies is one of the in form wingers in australia.. Definetly deserves his selection..
It would be like saying Dunning deserves selection ahead of Kepu because he had one or two good test matches over the past 4 years
could anyone who seriously belives turner is a better option than davies please explain your reasoning? cause it sure as hell cant be form in the last year?
ill give him that test v the all blacks last year but
experience with the squad? davies had that last year too
defense? davies has vastly improved this year
his improvement in the last few games was good but only compared to the impossibly low standards he set himself from the first half of
the year
turners superior kicking is hardly a point to consider as he kicks at the wrong times (as soon as he gets the ball) and often out on the full
could anyone who seriously belives turner is a better option than davies please explain your reasoning? cause it sure as hell cant be form in the last year?
ill give him that test v the all blacks last year but
That test against the All Blacks shows that he can match it against the best in the world, and he's never let the team down before. Consistently turning up and never letting the team down with defensive brain-farts (a la Mitchell) or ignoring blatant overlaps etc.
experience with the squad? davies had that last year too
By that logic you could say Luke Morahan and Matt To'omua are as experienced as Turner. Turner's played a few Tests, against high-class opposition and has played plenty of finals down in NSW. Much more experienced than the uncapped Davies
defense? davies has vastly improved this year
Just because a player has improved that doesn't make him better than somebody who hasn't. All it means is that Davies is better defensively than he was in 2010. Turner hasn't made a massive defensive error IIRC and I think he's one of the better tacklers in the squad.
his improvement in the last few games was good but only compared to the impossibly low standards he set himself from the first half of the year
It's pretty hard to build up any sort of momentum when your captain favours attrition-based tactics including scrum resets for 30 consecutive minutes and the limited opportunity presented to the backs is kicked away by Berrick Barnes or given to Drew Mitchell.
turners superior kicking is hardly a point to consider as he kicks at the wrong times (as soon as he gets the ball) and often out on the full
I think it's very important to consider. Turner has more-than-competent ability with his boot, whereas Davies has virtually none. He has been prone to some questionable decision-making but he's never screwed up completely and I think playing in the unstructured, free-flowing environment encouraged by Deans he could eliminate his kicking shortfalls.