Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
It's interesting to see some of the changes in forum sentiment.
People get annoyed with players too easily. Sometimes it is well founded and players are in bad form but too little allowance is made for good form to return. Sometimes people criticise players harshly because of poor observation, especially if they play for a team that is not admired; thus observation is skewed. Sometimes they don't give a young player time to develop whereas older heads know they need time.
It just goes to show that folks shouldn't go into diatribes about players. Players are seldom as bad as extreme opinions would have them and, for that matter, seldom as good as over the top assessments.
Rocky Elsom was even pilloried by some as being over rated; by coincidence some critics did this when he announced he was going to Leinster. Cliffy Palu was held to be a dud by some but not any more. If he goes to Japan however, I feel his form of a sudden, will be assessed as not so good after all.
More recently the Fainga'as were obviously duds and Cooper was a joke.
Opinions can change - fair enough; but beware of offering opinions that are absolute. They are seldom correct and seldom respected.
People get annoyed with players too easily. Sometimes it is well founded and players are in bad form but too little allowance is made for good form to return. Sometimes people criticise players harshly because of poor observation, especially if they play for a team that is not admired; thus observation is skewed. Sometimes they don't give a young player time to develop whereas older heads know they need time.
It just goes to show that folks shouldn't go into diatribes about players. Players are seldom as bad as extreme opinions would have them and, for that matter, seldom as good as over the top assessments.
Rocky Elsom was even pilloried by some as being over rated; by coincidence some critics did this when he announced he was going to Leinster. Cliffy Palu was held to be a dud by some but not any more. If he goes to Japan however, I feel his form of a sudden, will be assessed as not so good after all.
More recently the Fainga'as were obviously duds and Cooper was a joke.
Opinions can change - fair enough; but beware of offering opinions that are absolute. They are seldom correct and seldom respected.
