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Message: [QUOTE="Unbreakable, post: 3142407, member: 8290"] Isn't this an Oates thread? In relation to the discussion going on, I agree with [USER=8651]@heartly87[/USER] (as I'm sure most would've guessed). Tackles & missed tackles are a reasonable gauge of if a player can hit and stick, but they're not the be-all and end-all in establishing if someone is a good defensive player. As I've highlighted in a few threads over the last couple of weeks, if you're keeping an eye on Boyd during defensive sets when the opposition is close to the line, the argument that he's a 'good defensive player' completely falls apart. He rushes out when he shouldn't, completely compromising the left-side defense. There's been numerous occasions over the last month where his poor reads and poor decision making defensively have lead to us conceding a try. Of course, the fans who don't know a great deal about the pivotal role that centre's play in orchestrating the decision making on the edges would only see the winger rushing in off his wing, or the five-eighth being left in no man's land, and blame them for the try being let in. [/QUOTE]

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