faxlad66 wrote:
Cant agree here Mate! I think the general idea is to support a player who everyone clearly knows has the ability to off load the ball almost at will. You cant critisize Barlow for being blessed with ball handling ability, its the other players who should be waiting on his shoulder IMO. Remember this lad is gonna get smashed everytime for being able to do this, its maybe Thaks, Penky, Handforth, Ryan etc who should be monitoring this.
Sam's a great player, and so glad he's on our team. Agree that the rest of the team could help by accepting that he's always going to look for the offload. It's the one's that are over his shoulder that make me cringe. Offloads create gaps, but equally they need to be under control. I wouldn't want Sam to change the way he plays, just be a little "safer" at times - we can't afford to give the ball away.