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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2292861, member: 1847"] Our 1st match showed we are capable of brilliance, flair and creativity. Players went out and played to their ability from instinct. They didn't “think” what to do, they just did it. There was a structure in both attack and defence. That was helped by creative play-making and a full back who instinctively knew what to do and where to be when the opportunities were there. His defence was also first rate. He was pure class. That game was a great example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. Everything clicked. Sure we fluffed the 2nd half. But then, we did exactly the same thing last year against the same team with a much more experienced side. The game against the Dragoons was very good, but it was mechanical, ad hoc with no fluency or flair, unlike the game against the Cows. The one thing that was a real improvement was an overall lift in energy and commitment. Since game 1, Henjak has been focussing on the parts and not the bigger picture. He chops and changes things so there's no chance to build a structure in which players can feel comfortable to show what they can do. With all these weird experiments, players are floundering, especially the younger ones, wondering where to be and what to do. Sure, injuries have played a big part, but to blame everything on that is a cop out. Lockyer hasn't lost it. He's been abandoned. He's expected to be brilliant while being squashed by an ever-changing positional roster which obviously can't cope with whatever game plan Henjak has, or doesn't have. Further, he is yet again forced to try to be everything and create miracles. I feel so sad for him. Norman should have been left at FB. He's so much more talented than Hoffman, so much more instinctive. We should have persisted with him, helping him through the rough patches. Hoffman does well, but IMO, he just hasn't got the “x-factor” that Norman clearly has, that KHunt had. As for Mick's above comment about Henjak and Jack Gibson and Bennett, I don't agree. More relevantly for me, give our squad to Bellamy or Sheens, and I reckon we'd be playing as a team instead of a bunch of talented youngsters and no-s-youngsters wondering what the f**k is going on. Aside from which, I reckon we have all the talent we need to win a premiership, except maybe for 1 class back and 1 class forward to add to our depth. Maybe not this year but next year should be firmly in our sights. [/QUOTE]

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