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Message: [QUOTE="I bleed Maroon, post: 2584008, member: 8274"] He has been described by some as the worst buy of the year, and by others as fundamentally crucial to our ability to score points. In typical fashion, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle. In the attacking half, Barba is invaluable to us. He creates overlaps, has a good grubber on him and has outstanding positional skills. We wouldn't be putting 20 points on the Premiers and Souffs if he wasn't in the side. This is the case with him playing as a second 5/8th. In the defensive half, with the exception of the Eels and Titans games, he is nothing more than a safe pair of hands. His ability to run the ball has been completely squeezed out of him by Griffins abysmal coaching, his best tool by far. I have a little laugh to myself thinking about what Hasler is thinking when he watches us play. Personally, when it is NECESSARY instead of a luxury that our fullback is playing as a second 5/8th, that needs to be rectified. How is it rectified? By playing to Barba's strengths, and his strengths right now are playmaking in the attacking half. Give Barba the 6 and put a player with a bit of pace, ability to run the ball that Griffin hasn't fucked up and is safe under the high ball at the back. Maranta fits all of these criteria. If we aren't going to promote a proper half, this has to be a better setup than the current merry go round that we have now. [/QUOTE]

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