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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2540096, member: 8440"] Great to see Hodges giving some friendly advice to Hoffy... I think Hoffman is a brilliant hard running old school type fullback, constantly lurking around the middle, with plenty of heart. This is one of his great assets, but as Hodges put it, his downfall in the modern day game. I do believe his style however is well suited to how the Broncos "should" play, through the middle third of the field, instead of copying the style of many of the other teams, with sweeping fullback plays each set. We all witnessed the repetitive, predictable sweeping play from Norman, which is easily defended without creating much of a threat, which resulted in moving too laterally, from side to side, rather than forward. What the Broncos need, is their own playing style, which is unpredictable, targeting the centre of the field, and the bigger, tired forwards. This unpredictability will create headaches for the opposition, and hence misreads in defence, with plenty of linebreaks and broken field play in which Hoffman will thrive in due to his support play. The Broncos need to constantly change the angle of the play, hit holes, and turn the opposition big men inside out. Use the outside, inside play, that Lockyer to Thaiday/Hodges, to K.Hunt so perfectly performed, instead now with B.Hunt to Thaiday/Hodges, to Hoffman who can use his explosive speed, footwork or fend to burst through the line. Its not as if Hoffman doesn't possess a passing game, its more so following the coach's game plan, and so often you see him wanting to pass, but he hesitates, indicating a lack of confidence, perhaps to throw an intercept pass and also because the Broncos outside backs stand so flat, making it hard to pass. I'm sure if the game plan involved Hoffman passing, and the team stood deeper, with a little work to build his confidence in his passing ability, and more game time with a fixed halves pairing, we would see the perfect balance between passing and running, with correct timing and combinations. Hoffman possesses a lot more than just a running game, he has a passing and kicking game, after all he has played as a five-eighth for all of his junior football. The Interesting thing is that his position was never once questioned whilst Lockyer was around, who constantly provided quality ball for Hoffman to do his thing. But with Norman and Wallace, the quality ball dried up, often leaving Hoffman in a position to do nothing except get tackled. Due to the arrival of Barba if Hoffman doesn't get the fullback position, we should use him as a five-eighth, as Hoffman considers it his favourite, and best position, and he can re-develop his combination with Barba, who had a brilliant combination together in their junior days in McKay. [/QUOTE]

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