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Message: [QUOTE="Porthoz, post: 2689616, member: 2221"] You have to look at the timing of all this. We had Barba at FB, Hoggman at 5/8, Kahu & Taylor were injured, Jikorima was too young, Kodi didn't have Hook's trust, and Maranta was stinking it up. In the meanwhile, while Barba was pretty crap at the back, he didn't do too bad as 5/8 later in the season, while both Nikorima brothers were improving in leaps and bounds and the other players were returning. Even after getting rid of Barba, we were still going to have Hunt, Milford, both Nikorimas, Taylor and Kahu available at the start of 2015. There was absolutely no justification or need for Boyd, and the evidence was how we performed in his absence, due to his unfortunate Achilles injury! This isn't a blight on Boyd or how good he can be, but I firmly do not believe he can bring more to the team as a fullback than Milford would (or even Kahu for that matter). Milford, Jayden and Kahu all can play anywhere in the spine (but hooker), but are probably more suited to fullback, while the others are more suited to the halves, but only Taylor provides what we lack most: Organisation, control and a pin-point kicking game (and goal kicking too), although Jayden is a very good kicker as well. With all those players coming through, a very good coach (which Wayne is) without any bias towards any player (which Wayne isn't in relation to Boyd), would adjust the team to fit the best players, especially when you see what we lack in the halves. [/QUOTE]

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