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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2670968, member: 8440"] Hodges is, and has been my favourite player for some as long as I can remember so don't take this as an attack on Hodges, but It's no coincidence we played as we did as soon as he returned... Bennett recognised this earlier in the year telling Hodges we shouldn't be playing "Hodge Ball" and that's exactly what we played with him on the field. He should be playing centre and fullback only for the sweeping play. That's all. Tonight's match demonstrated why I was against Hodges being captain. He already tries to have too much of an influence on the outcome of a game, and making him captain severely worsens that. He just stifles the attack at times and kills of any momentum we have, especially when were in good attacking territory. When were in the opposition twenty, its the time for our halves and dummy half to do their job, but instead Hodges pushes them out of the way and tries to overplay his hand. Not only does this ruin any chance of our halves to actually work their way into the game, it actually strips away their confidence. As a result they end up going into their shells and go missing in action. Did anyone else notice that we played a little free flowing when in the second half in the absence of Hodges? Put simply, Hodges is a leader, but he was never captain material. A captain should be someone who gives the team confidence. The rest of the team should feel confidence in playing with their skipper, but I get the impression that the rest of the team actually lose confidence due to Hodges' presence and standing in the team. The way he was giving it to Oates was uncalled for and was actually a little disgraceful. I agree with Super Freak, he really didn't have the right to blow up the way he did considering how much of a liability he was for us defending at fullback. If anything Oates saved us a certain try. [/QUOTE]

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