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I love it how you blokes keep hanging onto that 2012 form, if you think he will get back to that, think again. If you asked the players who they would want, it would be hunt, not only can he score and stop tries, he can do what barba does in his current form, but his best attribute is how tough he plays, you know what your going to get, you don't know what your going to get with barba. Clearly u have no f**king idea, that's evident though if your highest accolade is playing in some junior league in Townsville.
Settle petal, if you can't debate something without going off the rails don't bother.
Barba 2012 was a great year, most definitely. Last year he wasn't as good, but last year he was still a lot better than he is now. He was playing a different roll. Think of it like this, how did Thaiday go playing front row? Not so good yeah, put him back playing where and how he belongs and look at the massive form change. Barba is not a 6, he is playing like a 6 in attack and it does not suit him. Not every fullback can make that transition, hell Slater and Hayne can't, even Inglis at 6 is less effective than he is at 1, by a long way. Barba may never recapture his 2012 form, but we will never know until he is playing in the same role that he was in 2012, at fullback in attack with free reign to roam and do as he pleases. The biggest reason we can't see Barba in full stride right now is the way he is being played, plain and simple.
When we have a decent number 6 you will see a completely different Barba. The three worst things that happened to ours and Barba's season were Hoffman at 6, Griffin putting him there and Kahu getting injured.
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