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Message: [QUOTE="Locky’s Left Boot, post: 3045898, member: 9358"] Don’t worry, the SuperCoach arm chair fans who only look at stats think anyone who makes 50 tackles a game must be a good tackler. This is why people assume all 9’s are elite defensive players when the reality is the complete opposite. Their tackle numbers are high because they play in the middle of the field, usually play 80 minutes and are 2nd and 3rd man in most of the time with 2 other forwards wrapping up the ball carrier. Turpin actually has a better defensive technique than Macca does. You don’t cut blokes bigger than you in half and hurt them one on one if you are a mug. I have never seen Macca do that once in his entire career. Macca is a serviceable half and has done a job in the past but blokes like Cameron Smith and Damien Cook have changed the dynamics of what a good 9 can do for a team in attack and when you have a revolving door of players at 7, an erratic number 6 and a past it fullback who couldn’t slice a hot knife through butter, we need more from 9 than we ever have in our club history. I’m more than happy to have a Turpin/Segeyaro combo which has actually netted us a 100% win rate so far with Macca as a squad hooker until we find something better. [/QUOTE]

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