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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 464346" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>It isn't his actual passing speed that means much. The problem Phillips has had is that he doesn't get the ball out and recycle fast enough. Often, after the forwards get some momentum going, he'll wait until half his team piles into the ruck, he never goes digging for the ball and waits for it to pop out, often holds the ball at the base of the ruck for a few seconds, then finally makes a pass. By the time he does this, the opposition defense has reorganised. It isn't his passing speed that's the worry, it's his overall speed of delivery. In the WC, he was <em>a lot</em> better at getting the ball out of rucks faster, but he'd often drift back into playing slow for patches in the game (perhaps absent-mindedly after being that way for so long), so he probably needs someone to slap him on the face and tell him to play faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 464346, member: 55446"] It isn't his actual passing speed that means much. The problem Phillips has had is that he doesn't get the ball out and recycle fast enough. Often, after the forwards get some momentum going, he'll wait until half his team piles into the ruck, he never goes digging for the ball and waits for it to pop out, often holds the ball at the base of the ruck for a few seconds, then finally makes a pass. By the time he does this, the opposition defense has reorganised. It isn't his passing speed that's the worry, it's his overall speed of delivery. In the WC, he was [I]a lot[/I] better at getting the ball out of rucks faster, but he'd often drift back into playing slow for patches in the game (perhaps absent-mindedly after being that way for so long), so he probably needs someone to slap him on the face and tell him to play faster. [/QUOTE]
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