I have always been a big fan of Curries but when we are not playing well I try and keep that quiet because when we are not getting results he is one of the first under the microscope.
He is a quality player and is probably in the top 4 second rowers eligible for the England team along with Farrell, Bachelor and Whitehead.
Looking at his chase back against Catalan in the first game he doesn't look like he has lost a lot of speed after the two knee reconstructions.
It must have been pretty tough mentally to recover from one knee reconstructions then to do it again. That sort of thing must get you down.
So to play in a world cup final then recover from those injuries to get a place back in the England team is pretty good going.
I think last year was a mess and there are not many players that come out of that looking good.
But it is funny how some players look worse in defeat than others do. For example if the England football team were getting a spanking it would probably be unlikely that Stuart Pearce would be questioned. However if the team Ashley Cole was playing in got beat then Cole would probably be criticized. Would be the same with Gazza / John Barnes. Widely recognized that Cole was a better player but because Pearce is full of "passion" (over rated word in sport IMHO) and he appears to get stuck in he comes out of a defeat looking better.
It would be similar with Westwood. He plays like he looks like he cares whereas I can see why some people might have a different opinion on Currie just by the way he plays.
I reckon a Currie is a coaches dream. Hardly any errors, hardly gives penalties away, Looks after himself, apart from the 2 big ones he misses very few games, never in front of the match review panel.
I am pretty happy he is here for a few more years.
