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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2589391, member: 8215"] Hoffman, Hoffman, Hoffman. I could live with the dummy-but-run if it meant that he was drawing in defenders, so that later in the game they could run the same play but actually pass it to his outside man in space. It just never happened. When he did pass it, it was a quick shovel along, with the defence at least a metre or two away and not pressuring him. So I'm now of the opinion that he is just not comfortable passing in traffic. He'd rather run and go for a quick PTB than risk a turnover. The one time he did pass it in traffic was his first carry and it just sort of dribbled out of his hands and was called a knock on. The strange thing is, he threw those wonderful face balls early in the year that led to trys, so he can do it. Either he ***** it up at training and Hook tells him to play safe, or they just don't fucking practise it. If I were Hoffman, and I was so determined to play in a spine position, I'd be staying after training, standing up all the tackle bags in a staggered formation, and trying to pass cleanly between them while hitting one at pace. Just practise the motions of passing while anticipating the impact. It really is just a confidence / familiarity thing, but if he doesn't improve it's a wasted effort. Hodges to 5/8, Copley centre, Vidot right wing (his better side) and Hoffman can take his own medicine and be pissed off whenever Reed hogs the ball as he catches a cold on the left wing. For the first time ever, I think Hodges is not having much impact in the centres, the team needs to work to his (current) strengths and that's getting the ball as third or fourth man in, drawing the defence and throwing perfect face passes. [/QUOTE]

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