Quote: Rogues Gallery "The big concern I have with Finch and Deacon as half back pairing is lack of pace, they are too similar IMO and it may cause problems defensively.'"
Deacon defends better on the left hand side. Early last season when Deacon was getting games off the bench he played on the right hand side he looked very weak defensively. Now if you look at our left hand side it looks the weakest with Finch and Carmont seeming to have no understanding. If you put Deacon down that side it might help having a familiar combination, but if you move Finch to the right then chances are he'll have a similar lack of understanding with the players down that side. I agree that lack of pace could be a problem, although there isn't any pace in a Leuluai/Deacon combination either so I don't think there's that much difference.
