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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2805574, member: 1899"] Joe - That's certainly been an issue with Hunt's game and there's been a few times where the dummy half has failed to spot him because he's in some unorthodox position. With the Cowboys and Storm, while they've obviously got the luxury of having two of the best halves in the game, the key is their coach. With Melbourne it's self-explanatory, they play with options either side of the ball and have played with the same shape ever since Dallas Johnson was on board. That's why Bellamy rarely recruits 'star' players, he just brings in players who fill similar roles as past players (Johnson --> Lowrie --> Hinchcliffe; Waqa --> Koroibete --> Addo-Carr etc.) He has the role already figured out, he just casts whoever he can to play it and backs his own skills to get the most out of them. Meanwhile if Green brought anything to the Cowboys, it was structure. Under Henry, it seemed like every year they were trying to change their style of play, trying to figure out the right approach. More JT? Less JT? Play to the fringes? Or play out the back? Green got them to start with the basics, get the roll on through Scott, Tamou, Taumalolo, an edge forward and position it for one of ten set-plays. Never the less, neither side plays like an old school team where the winger would be back 25m getting ready to run onto the potential cut-out pass. [/QUOTE]

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