brian o'driscoll

Stillhuntinghenry wrote: Off the point a bit but I would never have consider Roy to be particularly talented (as in naturally gifted) he was all about hard work, intelligence and a strong mentality but he was ina league of his own for these traits. I'd say Robbie was more talented than Roy but Roy had a longer abd more successfuk career at the top that Robbie could only dream of. BOD trumps them all I think, if he was an all black he would have been a world cup winning captain and been a god to them

O'Driscoll deserves to be considered as one of our all time greats and no doubt about it. There are very very few Irish sportspeople who have stayed at the top of their game for even half the time he has, never mind allowing for the physical nature/attrition rate of rugby, nor the fact that he has completely adapted his game in that time to not only survive at that level, but excel in nearly every game. 

Green Devil wrote: Stillhuntinghenry wrote: Off the point a bit but I would never have consider Roy to be particularly talented (as in naturally gifted) he was all about hard work, intelligence and a strong mentality but he was ina league of his own for these traits. I'd say Robbie was more talented than Roy but Roy had a longer abd more successfuk career at the top that Robbie could only dream of. BOD trumps them all I think, if he was an all black he would have been a world cup winning captain and been a god to them   I disagree, both are completely different players and both were armoured with different traits, Roy was world class, Robbie wasn't simly as.   Roy would have gotten into more or less any international side in the world at his peak so it works both ways.

Robbie is not world class but his goal scoring record is world class.

Would they each have gotten into the best teams in the world at their peak? If O'Driscoll was Kiwi, he'd have been a world cup winning captain. If Roy Keane had been French ('98) or Brazilian ('94 or '02), he'd have been a world cup winning captain. If Robbie Keane had been Brazilian ('02), Italian ('06) or Spanish ('10), he wouldn't have been in the squad. That's not to denigrate his acheivements (if anything, it makes his goalscoring achievements all the more impressive) but, in terms of being world class, he never was. He has a world class scoring record at international level, yes, but at club level, he never made it.

Then again, if he'd been at United, given Fergie's dislike of international football, perhaps we'd never have seen the best of him in green.

But going back to the original point, yeay Drico! Like Robbie, we'll miss him when he's gone.

packiesglove wrote: Some people cant put their dislike of rugby to one side, perhaps BOD gets more respect from england than his own country, strange indeed

Yeah fookin right. He's the darling of the media in Ireland and the general public like him more than any irish footballer I can think of.

What a legend

packiesglove wrote: Frankie, did you read any of the posts on this thread. Some people on here don't think he's that special. I'm no rugby expert but many in the game feel he's as good as any in a generation

Passing master class today from BOD

Spine tingling reception at the end