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Why are you commenting about his handballing and his style of kicking.

I will repeat myself as you obviously have trouble reading.

When it comes to passing the ball by foot he is excellent. I don't care how he drops the ball as long

as he hits his target. Stats back me up.

I say again he is bad when shooting for goal and his handballs

are questionable at times.

Is that clear enough

if you mean he is good at short kicking to a loose player then you are probably right.

if you want to make that kicks over 35 meters or kicks to contested situations i disagree.

i wouldn't want bruce kicking into the forward 50. he cannot kick it low and fast enough for good delivery and he does not have the ability to direct to advantage on purpose.

as i said before, he drops the ball too high. not a big issue when you are kicking to a loose player who can move 5-10 m in any direction to recieve the ball, but he cannot pinpoint it the way davey can.

he is not an excellent kick.

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    Why are you commenting about his handballing and his style of kicking.

    I will repeat myself as you obviously have trouble reading.

    When it comes to passing the ball by foot he is excellent. I don't care how he drops the ball as long

    as he hits his target. Stats back me up.

    I say again he is bad when shooting for goal and his handballs

    are questionable at times.

    Is that clear enough

    Can't agree with that. Bruce's kicking is as far removed from 'excellent' as I can think of. It's highly erratic and doesn't cover a lot of distance. Can't see how any of that leads to it being 'excellent'.

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    Agree on that. It seems to happen every week, people reckoning there's "going to be a late change" when there's no evidence at all to support it. I don't get it, it doesn't make sense. Teams do not just make late changes willy nilly. My money's on the team lining up as named. Again.

    Not to rub it in or anything, but you should know by now that I'm always right :)

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    it wasn't a late change for the sake of a late change though jaded it was an injury.

    and miracle, i paid special attention to bruces field kicking last night. and it still isn't excellent. i saw him fluff 2 completely and no other kicks were genuinely excellent kicks, they were just kicks to a player in the loose. he doesn't hit it hard and flat like her would if he was an excellent kick, he hits it up and under.

    * i want to note that i am not bagging bruce here, i think he played a really good game last night, i am simply commenting on whether he is an excellent kick*

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