Well it does when you call people easily mislead and sheep in the same argument that you are labelling people's opinions about Kurtley are wrong. Your passively suggesting that everyone who criticises Kurtley is a sheep and mislead, and why, because their views differ from yours? What a load of shit..
There are many different ways you can argue a point without mocking someone's character. Ever thought that maybe your the shepherd preaching the loudest?
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My shepherd / sheep analogy was more of a general dig at this forum for some of the groupthink that it produces. Perhaps I should have kept that to myself.
However, the analogy doesn't stipulate that all those that travel in the same direction do so for the same motive.
A sheep may follow its shepherd, and in doing so, walk alongside others that are not.
If you genuinely believe someone is a bad player, by all means think that. Back it up with whatever you can, as Train Without a Station accurately did above. He cornered me with that one.
But don't throw out sweeping statements such the "Kurtley Beale shouldn't be anywhere near the 31 man squad, let alone a 45 man squad" another poster produced a few days ago. This implies that he is a terrible player, yet this has little foundation in the truth, nor does it take into account his strengths and weaknesses.
I guess my problem with such opinions is that they are either based within others, or find their grounding within a dislike for the players character, and not their playing ability. There seems to be a strong correlation between those that dislike KB (Kurtley Beale) for off-field reasons and those that think he is rubbish as a player.
With that in mind, not everyone who criticises Kurtley is mislead. It depends upon how they do it. I am very sympathetic to Kurtley, I think he is a good player that has been mistreated by the wider rugby public. I do not think assessments of his character are as black and white as many make out.
Nor do I think my assessment of him is the be all and end all, I simply think that others are not honest with themselves in the way they view him, and are not constructive in the way they voice these opinions. In fact, I encourage people to disagree with me - it can be a very productive thing, but not when people play the man.
Just my two cents. Didn't expect an uproar.