Either I didn’t explain myself well or you misunderstood. Sheehan is an excellent player and would be on my squad, what I was trying to say that I think if there’s a call between an truly excellent specialist and a really good specialist who will get over the gainline then the one who gets over the gainline will probably be selected.ronk wrote: ↑July 5th, 2022, 2:30 pmSheehan is obviously a stand out player, even to people who don't like him. He's not moneyball.Oldschoolsocks wrote: ↑July 5th, 2022, 2:20 pm
Watched moneyball the other night, imho this is the approach that Farrell is taking.
Why are we picking this guy? Because he gets over the gainline
Moneyball would be about someone like Molony or Ross Byrne. Looks like they're not good enough but are actually highly effective players who are underrated by people who rate the type of athleticism that Dan has.
It's a wider conversation with Sheehan that highly inopportune right now with 2 of the top 3 hookers in Ireland out.
Before the tour I felt that the 4th place hooker was so far back that there was no point in development/tour minutes.
Farrell is not focussed on winning the scrum battle, he’s focussed on winning the gainline and ruck battle, and I think he’s right. The piece that I think he’s learning here is how it will execute in absolutely the least favourable environment prior to the World Cup which may be worse - possibly playing France in France in a quarter final with All if the French press attention pressuring the refereeing team, won’t get harder than that!!!