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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2622307, member: 8440"] Am I the only one who reckons having a Dally M medal winner on the bench as a "super sub" is ludicrous? Like seriously, no disrespect to Taylor, but what has he achieved in comparison to Barba that warrants him selection ahead of Barba? As far as I'm concerned, Barba needs to be somewhere in the starting side. He will come good. Bennett will return him to his Dally M form. People don't appreciate how difficult it is to adjust to a new teams structure. The Broncos play a very different brand of footy to the Bulldogs, which is something that takes time adjusting to. The Broncos are responsible for Barba's demise by bulking him up. The excess weight is something he is not used to. As a result he has lost his speed, evasiveness and therefore his confidence. Things that used to work for him, no longer work due to the added weight, and so he doesn't back his ability. At the broncos, although he hasn't been provided with much space, but he is no longer able to capitalise on those half chances when given minimal space to work with the same way he used to at the dogs. Bulking up naturally smaller players never works. The added weight takes away from them all their great qualities, without giving them much in return. Since smaller players rely on their speed, agility and evasiveness, they are useless if that is taken away from them. You can bulk smaller players all you want, but they'll never have the same strength as a bigger player as they don't have the right body type to do much with the strength. A strong shorter player will always lose to a strong taller player. An intentionally bulked up small player will never be as damaging as when he was naturally slimmer. For instance, compare Chris Sandow when he was carrying extra weight, to the current, slimmer Chris Sandow. On the other hand, bulking can work with taller players, since they have the right body type and can compensate their slight loss in speed with added strength. For instance, Greg Inglis has put on quite a bit of weight over the years, but since he was naturally bigger/taller, he can sacrifice a bit of speed in return for strength and be just as, if not more damaging. Barba was told to put on 5kg, which for smaller players is a lot. Remove that weight and let him play with his natural body weight and he will be back to his devastating best. He will back himself, and his speed will be hard to defend against. He will therefore be able to create something out of nothing. [/QUOTE]

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