O Gara played well ...didn't he?

buck65

I thought he showed great nerve and his kicks at goal were assured as was his drop kick. Out of hand he kicked solidly and kept his backs moving with good flat passing. 7/10 Just wanted to put this out there because he gets slated for an off day.
Also highest points scorer in the 6 nations history - congrats.

Tim Robbins

buck65 wrote: »

I thought he showed great nerve and his kicks at goal were assured as was his drop kick. Out of hand he kicked solidly and kept his backs moving with good flat passing. 7/10 Just wanted to put this out there because he gets slated for an off day.

Yeah he'd a good game except for one howler of a missed tackle when the Scots nearly scored a try.

jam_on_toast

There has been enough threads on this guy lately.

buck65

buck65 wrote: »

I thought he showed great nerve and his kicks at goal were assured as was his drop kick. Out of hand he kicked solidly and kept his backs moving with good flat passing. 7/10 Just wanted to put this out there because he gets slated for an off day.

5/10

buck65

jam_on_toast wrote: »

There has been enough threads on this guy lately.

I agree completely, actually the whole reason for this thread is to give a bit of balance to the ridiculous "guess who isn't rated in the SH" or " O Gara should be replaced by Ian Humphreys" threads where the guy is subjected to massive abuse for a dip in form, who really cares whether the SH rates him. They only ever rated O Driscoll from the Irish team, even O Connell is slated down there.

Darlie

This thread will once again develop into a tit for that between those who rate ROG and those who don't. Why let actual on field events cloud those pre-conceived notions.
For what its worth, he did play reasonably well against Scotland. Doesn't necessarily mean he's returning to his best form. He played reasonably poorly against England. Doesn't necessarily mean he's the worst player ever to lace a pair of boots.
As things stand he's what I would call a very good player. He doesn't fit into the 'great' category and never will. What he does, he does well more often than not.
You can only really judge a player by comparing him to players of the same era. In that regard, he's easily the best out half Ireland have produced since rugby turned professional, but he doesn't really compare to the best out halves that some other countries have produced in the same period.

anonymous_joe

Well I thought as a game he was very impressive, bar the tackle. But that's the problem. ^^

I'd give him a solid 7.5/10, and ask the mods to lock this fast, mainly so we don't see another RoG thread. :pac:

coylerwhaa

solid but not exceptional, needs to up his game for saturday & he has done that before

barnesd

He did alright, I'd give him 6/10. Better than the absolute awfulness of the previous 2 games.

thomond2006

Oh ffs, somebody close this thread before it all kicks off again.

chupacabra

Should have eclipsed Wilkonsons record a few years ago. I second this thread being closed.

RuggieBear

thomond2006 wrote: »

Oh ffs, somebody close this thread before it all kicks off again.

chupacabra wrote: »

Should have eclipsed Wilkonsons record a few years ago. I second this thread being closed.

why not report the posts as opposed to complaining in thread...?