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Wed 09 Sep 2007Maybe the time is right to blow itHors de Combat:We might be short on strength in depth in Irish rugby, but one thing we're definitely not short of is opinions, writes Risteárd Cooper.Coming away from St Denis on the funereal walk back to our van, there was a smattering of passionately held views which broke the despairing and bewildered silence. I wasn't saying much, for as the great Irish philosopher David O'Leary once said when faced with similar turmoil - "As I say, what can you say?"