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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1093399" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>I think we're largely agreeing?</p><p></p><p>I'm not advocating Dingwall (I'd go Marchant too) just agreeing that I'd rather see players with a strong all round skill set than ones who are fantastic at one attribute but equally as poor at others. Glad you cited Manu, I was going to do likewise. How much of the ball in hand demolition he used to do was offset by poor defensive positioning, charging out of the line etc? There's no point selecting fantastic attackers if they don't end up in overall credit because of poor defence. And vice versa. </p><p></p><p>Mako and his scrummaging is another case in point - he had to be seriously effective around the pitch to offset that, and sometimes was, but not often enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1093399, member: 73144"] I think we’re largely agreeing? I’m not advocating Dingwall (I’d go Marchant too) just agreeing that I’d rather see players with a strong all round skill set than ones who are fantastic at one attribute but equally as poor at others. Glad you cited Manu, I was going to do likewise. How much of the ball in hand demolition he used to do was offset by poor defensive positioning, charging out of the line etc? There’s no point selecting fantastic attackers if they don’t end up in overall credit because of poor defence. And vice versa. Mako and his scrummaging is another case in point - he had to be seriously effective around the pitch to offset that, and sometimes was, but not often enough. [/QUOTE]
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