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<blockquote data-quote="Patchey" data-source="post: 631077" data-attributes="member: 61403"><p>I do. Its an Illuminati plot.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm happy with our back row as it is, a 6 (Wood), a 6.5 (Robshaw) and a big, ball carrying 8. However I'm too much of a traditionalist not to fear that the lack of an out and out 'fetcher' does make us weaker. Yes, Launchbury and Cole do a lot of breakdown work but, as we saw least year in the game that must not be mentioned, playing a back row without a 'real' 7 against a traditional 6/7/8 combo can lead to you being right royally screwed. Having a proper ball carrying 8 helps, as does having a more physical second lock in Lawes or Attwood (in place of Parling) but I'm still not convinced.</p><p></p><p>I do like to think its a sign of how good a player Robshaw is that he has ended up being so convincing while playing out of position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Patchey, post: 631077, member: 61403"] I do. Its an Illuminati plot. I'm happy with our back row as it is, a 6 (Wood), a 6.5 (Robshaw) and a big, ball carrying 8. However I'm too much of a traditionalist not to fear that the lack of an out and out 'fetcher' does make us weaker. Yes, Launchbury and Cole do a lot of breakdown work but, as we saw least year in the game that must not be mentioned, playing a back row without a 'real' 7 against a traditional 6/7/8 combo can lead to you being right royally screwed. Having a proper ball carrying 8 helps, as does having a more physical second lock in Lawes or Attwood (in place of Parling) but I'm still not convinced. I do like to think its a sign of how good a player Robshaw is that he has ended up being so convincing while playing out of position. [/QUOTE]
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