No need for apology ... I want every manager to feel they can provide input or make observations. My reply was to add info to your comment, not to defend them

Of mine Jayden Collier would have to be the best probably. He only lacks consistency and a bit of talent but his physical ability and match skills are probably as good as you'll get for a CB in the Australian League.

Still, a pretty respectable result. Missed tackles from the likes of Eagleton and Ridley are killing us.

not sure how to react to this performance. Australia again did well offensively, particularly the short game. Defensively we still did as well as can be expected without top quality CB's <my youth academy just provided a 4* 16yo CB with very good start skills > and only failed by 1 TD (so still hold an advantage over Canada but MUST beat them in the return game or hope for Sweden to get up and beat them.

Should also point out that Canada is rated HIGHER than Russia ... I think at very least is a result that shows Australia NT is going in the right direction.

I've said it before but I guess it bears repeating. Jordan Bruce is a ST CB. He has good blocking and crap tackling, vision, positioning, catching, etc. If you play him as a normal CB expect missed tackles.

I know he has good consistency, but that just means he's a consistently crap normal CB. You're much better off playing an inconsistent CB who is trained for the position because at least then you sometimes get a good performance.