Ulster Team Talk Thread IV... Go On My Henderson...

Wilson looks an excellent prospect, his time will come. Hopefully this summer tour along with Clarkson.

Is Stockdale future at 15 now? I think he might be a real option there

Who ever shows up with a functioning lineout probably wins.

Unfortunately it didn't lead to anything but there was a bust he made in the second half from deep in his own territory where he absolutely carved through the Sharks defence. Think he tried a chip through that looked blocked or something, but the run itself was exhilarating. The last thing in the world he looked was slow. If he'd been playing all along like he did at the weekend there isn't a conversation here, he's in the running for Ireland.

he certainly isn’t slow. I’d hazard a guess that he’d comfortably beat Keenan, Lowe or Hanson in a foot race over 50m or 100m

Frankly, that is the biggest load of rubbish I have read on this forum.

We’ve won a grand slam with Stockdale in which he was one of our best players.

Lowe and Hansen are hardly sound defensive players and Lowry is brave but ineffective defensively as well. Nash is solid and I’m happy he’s getting his chances but he’s struggled to impress at international level. For all the stick Stockdale has gotten, larmour’s fragility seems to only be forgotten due to how often he’s injured. Baloucoune is a right winger.

Sure, Stockdale is a poor defensive player but the amount I’ve seen him being excluded from international squads by fans over the years is laughable, all the while we struggle to produce wingers of his size and attacking instincts. You make exceptions for players like that. Maybe the coaches think his injuries have racked up and they want to look to the future, but he’s a better winger that everyone bar Lowe by a considerable distance

Lots of players go through peaks and troughs of form and injury. Stockdale is no exception, hes a high quality winger, at his best he's world class and when it's not happening for whatever reason hes average. I am fairly certain that in his current form (all season) he's going to be in contention for whatever side is being selected.

We get it like. You like busy, involved wingers, so you'd rather have… Baloucoune.

He's unfashionable.

Initially looked like a worldbeater, had a bad collapse in form, became synonymous with the waning of Schmidt's team, was ravaged by Irish "fans" on social media, had a kid, developed a different perspective, played himself back into fantastic form, some fans aren't interested when so many shiny new talents have since come through.

Some folk are absolutely fixated on his flaws and other player's strengths, and I fully expect in five years idiots will claim he was always over-rated as a finisher.

Oh I thought posting a video called "Workrate" without any explanation was to make a point about workrate.

No worries either way.

hmm, I hope you didn’t watch James Lowe yesterday!!!

yeah, big powerful man. Just what Ulster need.