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Message: [QUOTE="Ari Gold, post: 2661076, member: 1917"] Ideally I think he should probably be a lock. His defence up the middle has been quite good but his work in attack just isn't what you can justify from a supposedly marquee signing. Of course, with Parker around, the move to lock isn't going to happen. As for his attacking role, passing at the line is good, but with our spine it's hard for it to matter. McCullough's service speed is still sub-optimal and Milford and Hunt are still gelling. Kahu offers nothing as a spine player in attack either so even if Blair was able to create the space we desire I doubt we'd be good enough to take advantage before it disappears. The problem as I see it is we're still short of a go forward prop. There's nothing wrong with having someone in the Blair role, but the balance is awful. -- Gillett and Glenn are edge runners and should not be used up the middle. -- Parker is a volume kind of player but his value comes from offloads rather than his ability to bend the line. -- McGuire is obviously excellent but he can't be the only guy we have running up the middle trying to make 100m. -- Sometimes wingers can fill this void, but with Maranta instead of Vidot, that's a solution to nothing. Still seems a bit out of balance to me. Almost like if you play Blair you should be playing Vidot too. [/QUOTE]

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