jirskyr
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@cktiger said:@matchball said:I just watched the replay and Robbie seems to opt for Brooks a majority of the time and its slow service. It may as well be a get back 5 metre rule because he has half the time to play what's in front of him and its all rushed passes. Moses was shackled and only made progress in 2nd phase play.
**Robbie is not giving quick service and we cant make any metres.**
We only managed 16 points all game when in recent weeks we were 16 up in 30 mins without him.
I'm tired of this rubbish.
The reason the defence gets up so fast is because our players get dominated (or held up) in tackles giving the defence more time.
In the first game our forwards actually got back and ran onto the ball taking us forward - it's been retrograde ever since.
I disagree, I fully believe Farah's service has suffered recently and I'm a big fan of his.
I know he's fresh back, but in his first game I went back through the replay to watch how often the forwards and halves had to jump up or lean forward to catch his passes - not good. Surely he will improve, but I do feel that Farah holds the ball a touch too long and does not sufficiently engage the markers to make this a working strategy (compared to Cam Smith who holds the footy but ensures the markers commit to him and not the runner).