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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2427944, member: 1847"] It's been mentioned a few times. Aside from Parker's kicking, we were beaten in the backs. Yes, Gillett's defence looked very poor, Glenn was caught out as well, but as Rock posted, it's what happened before and after any of those 1st defensive lapses which is crucial. DCE and Stewart saw plain as day the acres of open space out wide because the winger was (stupidly) positioned so far back, and they moved the ball out wide so damn fast that I doubt even Hodges would have had much chance of getting to Matai. It was the speed of the passing and the lack of defensive numbers which created the chances for their 1st and last try (8 points). I also thought that last week, the Warriors first and last tries were both scored in a similar way to Manly's. Do that against the Storm and we will be carved up the same. Slater will have a field day. Griffin needs to re-arrange that defensive structure out wide. Stuff the 40-20 risk. We lost 8 points 'cos of that. And I also noticed not one mention about Hoffman. Seriously, he is not contributing much to the attack at all, and where was he in cover defence? If the spine of the team is what really counts, our fullback is really a missing link, and Macca does need to lift. We are relying far too much on the halves when the other top teams have up to 5 playmakers (Manly: DCE, Foran, 2 Stewarts and Watmong) vs. our 2.5 I also agree with the post(s) about our wingers being a real weakness. On last night's performance, maybe Hoffman should move to wing and Beale to FB. At least Hoffman can catch the ball. [/QUOTE]

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