ByRd
DOGGIE ARMY
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Imo all this criticism of Hazem is uncalled for and unfair. The only member of our backline this year that has been consistent and in good form is Patten. The rest have had there ups and downs and have been both brilliant and ordinary. Also this season our forwards have not dominated as much in games and this puts us on the backfoot as that is an important part of our game, when our forwards arnt dominating it makes it much harder for our halves to get our backs involved.
Yes, Hazem does have flaws but seriously, everyone does and no one is perfect. Sonny Bill is always good for a couple of errors a game and making dumb decisions in defence but you dont see people calling for his head, we cant expect superstars everywhere and i am thankful that our team has El Masri and will have him for a few more years.
95% of the time he makes the correct decisions in defence and knows when to come in and shut down the attack (people dont notice this but only look at the rare time its a bad decision) he still puts himself in positions to attack and looks for the ball and can still sniff a try and make that freakish play to get us out of the in goal etc. And imo, his lack of speed is exaggerated, no he isnt the fastest but he gets the job done and has proven to be a big match player, he is an essential part of our team and people have to realise if he doesnt play, we will leak 1-2 trys a game without fail on his wing.
Yes, Hazem does have flaws but seriously, everyone does and no one is perfect. Sonny Bill is always good for a couple of errors a game and making dumb decisions in defence but you dont see people calling for his head, we cant expect superstars everywhere and i am thankful that our team has El Masri and will have him for a few more years.
95% of the time he makes the correct decisions in defence and knows when to come in and shut down the attack (people dont notice this but only look at the rare time its a bad decision) he still puts himself in positions to attack and looks for the ball and can still sniff a try and make that freakish play to get us out of the in goal etc. And imo, his lack of speed is exaggerated, no he isnt the fastest but he gets the job done and has proven to be a big match player, he is an essential part of our team and people have to realise if he doesnt play, we will leak 1-2 trys a game without fail on his wing.
