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"Smith has fallen away badly in defence. I don't know if he's lost bulk to become quicker, but even in reserve grade yesterday there were plenty of meters made by running at Smith. He was very poor, and took wrong options on a couple of…"
"after just watching the replay the first thing needed is this week they should all be put on the tackling bags and work their arse off and learn how to tackle. To me Iongi is not a full back, always out of position, can't tackle, should be moved to…"
"Yeah fair comment. Him being closer to the ruck instead in position also wouldn't have helped as Lucas garnered the momentum to pass Iongi. Had Iongi been back in position he would have been able to build speed up. Though yoh could tell Iongi is…"
"Well as Ryles said, Edwards gives you that versatility. PM is right, Edwards gave us what Smith does sort of, but can play middle. Thats what Ryles prefers a Hooker that's not specialist. Helps your bench rotation out massively."
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Exactly right Phil, glad eels fans are slowly waking up to this imposter.
On the way to getting in his ear ... B.A should tap him on the shoulder instead !
2 things
1) he has been our most consistent forward this year (and is so most years). He NEVER gets driven back, rarely misses a tackle and has the fastest play the ball of the squad.
2) he takes the multiple hit ups simply because the other soft options won’t put their hands up to have a go. That’s actually called leadership.
And then you get a blog like this criticising it!
I saw him get driven back several times against the raiders. what he NEVER does is offload or bend the line or trouble the defensive line.
But every defender knows he will never offload so tackling him is easy
I think fans a very harsh on Mannah , reminds me a lot of Ben Kennedy in the way he inspires the players around him .
Good to have you back Fong! Where you been?
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