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Message: [QUOTE="Art Vandelay, post: 3047537, member: 8304"] This analogy is getting a bit out of hand at this point, but I wouldn't consider our middle forwards to be flats. Yes, our defense up the middle has been atrocious in many games this season, but no individual player shoulders the blame for that and no one player is going to fix it. Even when Fensom was making 60+ tackles a game vs 1 missed, Canberra was still leaking points like a sieve. I think changes in coaching, structure and/or attitude fix that, but the personnel we have there are more than capable. I like Fensom, but I think his value is his ability to sustain his defensive workrate over one long stint - to get any advantage out of him you have to play him for 50+ consecutive minutes because over short stints there are other players who can rival his defensive output and make more incisive or impactful runs with the ball in hand. If TPJ and one of Ofahengaue/Haas/Lodge was out I'd want Fensom at lock playing as long as he could, allowing impact props like Flegler or Mago to ratchet up their intensity over shorter shifts. Maybe next week. [/QUOTE]

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