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  jjeel October 15, 2014 at 8:53pm

  Really? Not an NRL quality fullback. You must not have watched him in 2011
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  shane October 15, 2014 at 9:00pm

  No to Barba. He is only good in broken play and shit in defence. I would rather play Hoppa at the back and try for a quality centre and a big forward. Out of all the opition Izzy is the best solution than Stewart or Hoppa at fullback than Hoffman with a top prop for the same coin as Hayne. No way to Barber not an option.
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  Prof. Daz October 15, 2014 at 9:04pm

  Not necessarily a bad suggestions. Hayne kind of left us in the lurch, too late to pursue off contract players or players for release etc. The suggestions has merit in the sense the Eels need to recruit, not to replace Hayne (can't happen), but to compensate for halves that either don't organize enough (Sandow) or organize but don't threaten the line and drag defenders in (Norman). Assuming we keep those halves, Barba is one player who would not require Norman to drag the defender in. Recall Barbara excelled when the Dogs' halves played straight and a forward ran decoy to allow Barba's pace to create the overlap.
  
  Without Hayne, we need to think outside the box. We first need players who don't need their half to directly create space for them, because that ain't the strength of our halves.
  
  Not that I am advocating recruit Barba directly. Just that we need to think through the kinds of additions that will suit the halves we have.
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  slip October 15, 2014 at 9:05pm

  One hit wonder. I don't want him anywhere near Parra.
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  Mac5733 October 15, 2014 at 9:25pm

  Fullbacks need to tackle.
  This bloke is terrible defensively
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  Parranormal October 15, 2014 at 9:33pm

  I would rather Hoppa than Barba any day of the week. 

  I would rather Hoffman to be honest.
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  DS Stanlee October 16, 2014 at 12:23am

  Shocking defender though