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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2822082, member: 8440"] Everyone who is criticising Moga's defensive efforts are completely overlooking the fact he was working with a completely new edge combination with Mead and Glenn coming in for Oates and Thaiday. That changes a lot, especially with timing, communication and positioning, not just for Moga, but the whole defensive unit. In the first miss, that was not at all Moga's fault, and in fact, he did well just to make an attempted tackle. Moga and Mead were actually marked up against four Roosters because the defenders inside them let them down. The inside defence just got the numbers wrong, and it was a simple overlap with Keary taking the right option with the short ball. If anything, Milford should of committed to Keary earlier, then Moga could of come in to shut down the play, with Mead following him in as well in case it went out the back. Regardless, I must say Boyd wasn't positioned very well and in the end made a pretty lousy attempt to stop Aubusson. As for the second miss, that once again comes down to the new defensive combination as a result of the lineup change. The players on Moga's inside were way too compressed due to the previous play the ball, but they didn't react and slide when the Rooster's shifted the ball. Instead they momentarily planted their feet, which meant Milford was a little late in getting to Keary, creating the overlap which allowed Fergusson to get on the outside shoulder of Moga, and from that position he is always pretty hard to stop. I will say though that Moga made a poor defensive choice to go high because in that situation he needed to go low around the legs. [/QUOTE]

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