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<blockquote data-quote="ranger" data-source="post: 336019" data-attributes="member: 40555"><p>Yeah Guildford was shocking in the last match aswell, McLeod hasn't been as bad as that duo, but he has been a turnstile on defense. The worst part about the magpies performance is that Shoemark has been dire, and they cant even drop him because hes the captain. He has made some shocking decisions with ball in hand, in the last play of the first match against Canterbury he just ran without conviction into 4 defenders, with no support anywhere near him. The Canterbury defenders went to snaffle the ball but since there were no Hawkes Bay players within miles they fell over the ball giving HawkesBay a lucky penalty, the Shoemark gets up and highfives everyone like he just made a great play, he shouldnt be near captaincy.</p><p></p><p>And the Kaka non selection is quite a headscratcher really. The only real reason i can see is that maybe he has a stigma of a lazy trainer attached to him or as someone that isnt giving 100%. He always looks like he isn't trying or that he doesn't really care, almost like hes just out playing touch with his mates and having a laugh. He isn't a very intense guy at all and maybe coaches (especially the NZ coaches) are more interesting in guys that look like they would die for their jersey. That being said Christian Cullen never looked like he gave a **** either and he wasn't too bad when he got the chance. </p><p>As for size, he is about 6'3 and 85-90 kilos, he has been known to throw down some huge hits aswell so i dont think there is a problem there. Defensively, he played alot of rugby in the midfield and he was a defensive rock in that position, but maybe hes struggling with the adjustment of having to mark speedsters on the wing? i dont know for sure. </p><p>Maybe Russell is trying not to rush him in too fast and break his confidence, who knows, i just hope he gets his opportunity soon as he really is something special.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ranger, post: 336019, member: 40555"] Yeah Guildford was shocking in the last match aswell, McLeod hasn't been as bad as that duo, but he has been a turnstile on defense. The worst part about the magpies performance is that Shoemark has been dire, and they cant even drop him because hes the captain. He has made some shocking decisions with ball in hand, in the last play of the first match against Canterbury he just ran without conviction into 4 defenders, with no support anywhere near him. The Canterbury defenders went to snaffle the ball but since there were no Hawkes Bay players within miles they fell over the ball giving HawkesBay a lucky penalty, the Shoemark gets up and highfives everyone like he just made a great play, he shouldnt be near captaincy. And the Kaka non selection is quite a headscratcher really. The only real reason i can see is that maybe he has a stigma of a lazy trainer attached to him or as someone that isnt giving 100%. He always looks like he isn't trying or that he doesn't really care, almost like hes just out playing touch with his mates and having a laugh. He isn't a very intense guy at all and maybe coaches (especially the NZ coaches) are more interesting in guys that look like they would die for their jersey. That being said Christian Cullen never looked like he gave a **** either and he wasn't too bad when he got the chance. As for size, he is about 6'3 and 85-90 kilos, he has been known to throw down some huge hits aswell so i dont think there is a problem there. Defensively, he played alot of rugby in the midfield and he was a defensive rock in that position, but maybe hes struggling with the adjustment of having to mark speedsters on the wing? i dont know for sure. Maybe Russell is trying not to rush him in too fast and break his confidence, who knows, i just hope he gets his opportunity soon as he really is something special. [/QUOTE]
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