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Whitelaw is also injured and Gosiewski must be injured too.
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That's the spirit, well done R20.
I'm not to sure about having Keary on the field for 80 minutes. He had his opportunity there at the start of the season and he lacks the structure and vision to play there. Moreover, I'm not sure what his best position is because at the moment he seems to playing a combination of hooker, five-eight and halfback. I would personally continue to play him off the bench and bring him on at the back end of games when his instinctive running-style of play is best utilised against tired defenders.
What worries me is that Madge has promised him the five-eight position for next season. I personally don't agree with this whole philosophy of promising players certain position because it ends up elevating individual desires over what is best for the team. In saying that, people may in turn argue that Walker would have signed from the Broncos is Madge hadn't promised him the spot. Whatever the case, I feel that Cody Walker has the makings of a top, top fullback because of his elusiveness and the fact that he can pop up almost anywhere; that is the benefit of having a good broken field runner - they are almost impossible to stop in one on one situations regardless of how good a defender you are.
What you say is true and I think much of it is down to the fact that he is relatively new to first grade and has never played much of fullback. With regards to kicking, its not going to matter too much because that is what Adam Reynolds is in the team for. What concerns me more is his positional play and being able to defuse bombs; if he can do those two things then he can be a top, top fullback. If he struggles with it, then I would consider moving him into the centres, which is what I would have done originally.
I thought it was a poor effort all round for both James' tries. For me is more about wrapping the ball up and ensuring that the player couldn't ground it than anything else. It was complacency.
The thing with fullbacks are that they are a last resort in defence when the line in breached. Very rarely does a fullback get blamed for missing tackles in a one on one situation so long as he puts his body on the line and rightly so. You should always be looking at how the defensive line was breached in the first place when analysing how tries were conceded.
Well I do wonder what is to become of the whole situation. What happens if we go on a winning streak, Cody excels at fullback, Inglis kicks-ass at five-eight and everything works out for the best this season? It becomes very hard to justify moving people around. That is why I'm not a fan of promising people positions - the team always has to come first.
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