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Message: [QUOTE="BroncsFan, post: 3108569, member: 9052"] Yeah I'm not sold on Bird yet either. I think Isaako is the better kick returner (he didn't have many chances in the last trial because they kept kicking to Coates, and rightly so after he drops the first one). I have as many concerns about Bird's ball playing ability as I do for Isaako... and I'm not sure Bird's been tested under the bomb yet, except the first trial against the capras where he dropped one that led to a try. I think conditions of the last trial stifled any chance of attacking play and I can't recall too many set plays except one to the right which stopped when it got to Bird. I feel there is impartial viewing of Isaako at the moment because of the start he had last year and the nines game where he wasn't even playing fullback. I also think too much emphasis has been put on Staggs and Herbie being able to cover his goal kicking... Staggs is hopeless as evidenced last year when Isaako was out of the squad (currently at 66% for his career) and I think Herbie kicks around 75% in reserve grade and went about 1/5 in last year's trial against Wynnum.... Parker was about 73% goal kicker and I don't want to go back to that. Isaako currently 81% for his career, not the sole reason to keep Isaako in the team, but poor goal kicking will lose games... I still have Isaako above Herbie and Coates on the wing if he's not getting a shot at fullback. [/QUOTE]

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