I'm hoping that Barba does well for us this year but I am worried about it being like having Carney here. Carney was our go to man, all our plays revolved around him pretty much, if teams shut Carney down, they would shut us down. If Barba is having an off game or he's injured we need other playmaker in there to take over and run the show. We have found out that guy is not Jeff Robson.
If Barba was injured, I'd have no problems in putting Val at six. This is why Val needs to be in that team somewhere, even if it's on the wing, he needs to sniff out plays and back up half chances. If Barba and Holmes are on their game, we suddenly have two X factors and we can keep the opposition guessing.