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  The Offside Eel April 1, 2017 at 9:44pm

  Agree flash or a similar experienced full back would of worthwhile but hes showing enough improvement
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  Chocolate Frog ♥ Ms Peppers Mint April 1, 2017 at 9:45pm

  Agree with all this.  He played 7.5/10 tonight. Posted this comment a few hrs ago in that other Move French to Wing thread: "Bevan's positional play is miles in front of Hoffman. He saves us lots of points and saves us from facing too many of those dreaded goal line drop outs - he gets the ball back for us quite often. His defence is good for a small fella. It's what often happens in front of him with our forwards that leaves him vulnerable dealing with bigger blokes. And Bevan's attack and ball playing at the line is much better than Hoffman's too. He will only get better and better. ". 
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  Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin 🐐 April 1, 2017 at 9:47pm

  Needs to bulk up.
  Can't defend at the level he needs to at his current weight.
  
  Good in attack and under bombs.
• eelof99 April 1, 2017 at 9:49pm

  There is no need to move french anywhere. For someone who is as small and light as he is, he is doing a fantastic job. Obviously there were some mistakes in his game tonight like the first try but he's only 21 and 8 or so games into such a big role. He will continue to improve, we cant play it safe with french if hes truly ready he should be thrown into the deep end. So far hes coping pretty well. 

  He does need to get more involved in attack however, i do think he understimates just how good he is, but obviously that explosiveness will come with time we need to be patient
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  ZipZip April 1, 2017 at 10:30pm

  Yep, spot on analysis.
  It would be preferable to have a fullback who didn't need to rely on his winger every time he's running the ball back after an opposition clearing kick, or having to defend on the wing at times during the game.
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  Zip zip April 1, 2017 at 11:08pm

  There is no question French is our long term fullback. The one that plays more like a winger and should be moved to the wing is Jennings. This guy doesn't pass or create anything but for himself. Taka to back row and bring in Auva'a to the centre spot. On a separate point, I thought Semi lost us the game today with those two Raiders quick tries before half time. It was poor lazy defensive effort from him.
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  Cranky Brad is here!!! April 2, 2017 at 1:12am

  I would be putting him in the 5/8 roll and gutho fullback. French is a natural ball player
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  Poupou Escobar April 2, 2017 at 1:18am

  Fullback is a good mix between the halves and the outside backs - they get more ball than the outside backs but get more space than the halves. It is the right position for French. We also don't want him defending up in the line.
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  Kerry George April 2, 2017 at 6:31am

  Needs to share with Hoffman the fullback position. Can't tackle. What a shocking attempt on Cotric,
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    RIDER > Kerry George April 2, 2017 at 6:53am

    Yet you don't mention him pulling down Crocker just before the line.
    
    Citric pushed off Kaysa with ease and was in the clear. It's not hard for a good back to step a fullback and make them look foolish when he can step either side.
    
    That try should have been stopped by Kaysa and what didn't help was Scott getting attention for something from the tackle before.
    
    French is fine, we have bigger problems.