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Message: [QUOTE="Thelmus, post: 3123667, member: 8988"] He literally turned his back on the ball carrier, on the line. I know things have changed since my day but keeping an eye on the play still seems relevant. I'm not saying he should be dropped for it or really anyone else for that matter (there's a tendency to overreact after these defeats), but we need to at least address what are pretty glaring deficiencies shown during that game. Staggs defence was just an example. Another is a lack of commitment to tuck the ball under an arm by forwards and make some tough yards when momentum is against us (carrigan and Haas excepted). It was lodge's forte before injury and it was disappointing to seem him shirk that responsibility, though perhaps understandable, given the injury lay off. He needs to get back to that kind of running, because without it he really doesn't have much to offer. I think we have to just put this one behind us as a bad day and look to better efforts in the next game. Training with tactics suited to resilliance after periods of sustained pressure would be good too. I assume that happens already but perhaps the lessons need reinforcement. That game saw us revert to some bad habits of the past that I was hoping were history. [/QUOTE]

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