08-16-2020, 06:11 AM
(08-16-2020, 05:50 AM)kruddler link Wrote:No i'm suggesting Bower was not as bad as your memory (and a few others) make out.
No i'm not suggesting Bower is vastly superior to Williamson.
As i said, i reckon at where they are/were at the same age, that they are basically the same player.
From there, we all know where Bower got to (or didn't get to) in terms of his career. I'm hoping Willo is able to break away from a somewhat similar career path up to this point and do better.
Whole point was that i see A LOT of similarities between them. You, and a few others have turned this into a Paul Bower slagging match in defense of a bloke who was not even being criticised.
I think when you compare any player to the likes of Paul Bower you are going to get a negative reaction but you knew that? ,I'm a Williamson fan but happy to admit he has been average to poor since returning from injury but throwing him in the same boat as Bower is extreme and needed defending. I watched a bit of Williamson again from the game and he is running very ginger and upright like he doesnt want pressure on his lower back or fears pressure, given how serious his injury has been I thinks its a bit unfair to be calling him the next Bower in the making..