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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 3464604, member: 8272"] I thought his last four ISC games were very promising and was looking forward to him playing finals and making up for missing out last year. Jets, Souths and Capras were all good games in attack and Townsville he was strong in defence. Then he went and missed 11 tackles in a Grand Final- his last two games were not good at all and he didn't learn much against Penrith. I thought it was really selfish football. His defence in the two biggest games went missing. You have a lot of work to do to turn around 11 missed tackles in a Grand Final. I know he likes being the wide running off the half back rower but once Gamble and Roberts was out that wasn't going to happen- Ahearn can't do everything. He needed to adapt and come in and help and take some hard runs out of his comfort zone. I thought he did it more in the second half but it wasn't enough. You can only be Menzies take two if you have forwards doing your work in the middle and a half getting you the ball. It wasn't that sort of game. I thought in defence he was rushing up and his defence was rushed and had little thought. I said at the time he is a good tackler but he isn't a good defender. He went up past the ball twice and it led to two tries. Dolphins targeted him and the big Warriors just pulled him apart making him make multiple efforts and make choices and he couldn't do it. He missed a lot of tackles. I give his season a pass mark but last two games made me sad and his WC form was a continuation of that finals form. If Norths lose that game you hear a lot more about 11 missed tackles. Winning covered it up. I think he is a good tackler but he showed against Dolphins and Penrith he isn't a good defender. [/QUOTE]

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