Some of DCE's plays tonight where a tad strange. I thought the chip from our 40 when we were leading by 6 (which the Roosters regathered and then had them on the attack on the half way line) was a strange play. At that point we are leading with 25mins to go (or thereabouts) and needed to make the Roosters work hard.
This is though what I like about the Foz/DCE combo. Foz is very direct and takes very good options to close games out, make the game tough for the opposition to win (ie forcing drop outs), whereas chasing points and needing that X-Factor, DCE is your man.
As for the FG, I don't mind going 3 in front as opposed to 2, since it can certainly mean you can push penalties whilst defending if needing to.
I know some commentators blow up when players go for a FG when leading by 4 pts. I don't see an issue with that. As Maloney showed (as Thurston did earlier in the season), conversions aren't gimmees.