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    1 year ago

    Valentine Holmes was wonderful in the first two games, but an absolute waste in the third game.

    I hope he doesn’t play next year.

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      1 year ago

      I think he needs to be there, he can be so amazing - but god damn his defence can be abysmal. It’s funny because his covering defence is elite tier, almost best in the comp. The number of times he makes a last ditch tackle or cleans up a kick that was almost certain to be a try is insane, but when he’s set and in the defensive line he can be a turnstyle.

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        1 year ago

        He made 33 tackles over the series which basically makes him the worst defender of the entire team (excluding interchange players and Taulagi who somehow got away with almost zero tackles - presumably the blues just never ran at him).

        My boy Ruben managed 120 tackles. Wow.

        Really damning though Holmes had 14 missed tackles. He somehow managed the least completed tackles and the most missed tackles. Ruben missed 6 tackles.

        We lost Game 3 on defence, and he was the worst defender. I stand my hope that he doesn’t come back next year.

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          1 year ago

          Good lord, those are horrendous stats.

          Who would replace him though? Unfortunately our centre stocks aren’t overly high.