Missed Tackles

[cc eagle]

63 missed tackles yesterday, that must be a record for an NRL game, also points against, leading the comp there, DO WE HAVE A DEFENSIVE COACH ? If so he needs to be sacked immediately.

 

[Simonmyers11]

We let in some soft tries.

We contained them well when we wrapped up the ball, when they got a few off loads away or ran it on the last our D went to sh*t, holes everywhere.

We have struggled this year to defend in the middle 3rd when teams off load and also defend on the 5th tackle when teams run it or when we try and defuse a kick

 

[sheridanstand78]

When you do not respect the ball as our team does not, you are forced into so much extra defence that the inevitable missed tackle count rises. This is our season in a nutshell!! Another big reason is there has been no continuity with this massive injury toll, I don't think we have been able to name the same team every week. Also, our passive mindset of late has just compounded this, no repeat sets and no threat on last tackle kicking and we get exposed by good teams like St Merge who have a kicking game that creates tries for them and repeat sets. This team fails the basics test every week pretty much!!

 

[COMMANDER]

When you are not a very good team the one thing you can work on to improve is defence.

A reasonable coach would arrive at the same conclusion.

 

[Sue]

When you are not a very good team the one thing you can work on to improve is defence.

A reasonable coach would arrive at the same conclusion.

Yep. Eg. Tigers. Tackle hard, run hard.

 

[sheridanstand78]

Yep. Eg. Tigers. Tackle hard, run hard.

I think we did that pretty well in the first half of the 17 season and we have seen precious little of that since!

 

[Sue]

The no name Tigers demolished us in the early rounds by tackling hard, running hard with a good kicking game. It’s a simple game really.

 

[The Who]

63 missed tackles yesterday, that must be a record for an NRL game, also points against, leading the comp there, DO WE HAVE A DEFENSIVE COACH ? If so he needs to be sacked immediately.

We are not the only team conceding 30+ points a match. The 'Riff, The Dogs' and Doesn'tmatta so far this week... and isn't the great Dali Arthur a defensive coach?

 

[BOZO]

63 missed tackles yesterday, that must be a record for an NRL game, also points against, leading the comp there, DO WE HAVE A DEFENSIVE COACH ? If so he needs to be sacked immediately.

63 missed tackles !!!
Defence is what wins games and defensively as a team we have been ordinary all year
Good question. Who is our defensive coach ?
Who ever they are they are not good at their job

 

[Bearfax]

Our players need Velcro on their hands. The number of missed tackles and dropped balls suggests one thing. Their fitness is not being effectively addressed. Fit athletes address those problems. Tired athletes fumble and grope into empty space when tackling.

 

[maxta]

Defence is Attitude
Sadly it shows where the commitment is at.
API is a Massive Miss in the middle....if we lost Jake with him, Illawarra would have put on 70....,

 

[HoldenV8]

Our players need Velcro on their hands. The number of missed tackles and dropped balls suggests one thing. Their fitness is not being effectively addressed. Fit athletes address those problems. Tired athletes fumble and grope into empty space when tackling.

Dan Ferris is a fraud, plain and simple.