Well said kiwi. The king dog is part of the fabric of our great club and suggestions that he should be cast aside are disgraceful
Fluffy said:what people blindly miss somehow is that any club missing 3 of the top 5 players from any position struggle big time.
Technical Coach said:Fluffy said:what people blindly miss somehow is that any club missing 3 of the top 5 players from any position struggle big time.
I stated as much in my first line in relation to "current depth" missing all those forwards and not unearthing new explosive up the middle go forward with footwork is going to kill us.
Our forwards in the general sense in terms of explosive size and footwork combined with skill are a generation behind, even some of our backline is lacking a size factor but not as important.
The start of the season with all our troops we were playing at a higher faster intensity than any other team could match a step above but it is impossible to sustain that speed for the entire year.
We want to play fast and direct but lacking that punch up the middle.
When we start to lose field position around 15/20mins after either penalties level out or the intensity wears off we start to offload more or risk more lateral passing to make the same yardage but this time under fatigue causing "unforced errors" to mount up.
A weak bench that is not offering much impact does not help also it's just that time of year where we have to grind out as many points as possible made doubly as hard with a flawed attacking structure.
Fluffy said:Technical Coach said:Fluffy said:what people blindly miss somehow is that any club missing 3 of the top 5 players from any position struggle big time.
I stated as much in my first line in relation to "current depth" missing all those forwards and not unearthing new explosive up the middle go forward with footwork is going to kill us.
Our forwards in the general sense in terms of explosive size and footwork combined with skill are a generation behind, even some of our backline is lacking a size factor but not as important.
The start of the season with all our troops we were playing at a higher faster intensity than any other team could match a step above but it is impossible to sustain that speed for the entire year.
We want to play fast and direct but lacking that punch up the middle.
When we start to lose field position around 15/20mins after either penalties level out or the intensity wears off we start to offload more or risk more lateral passing to make the same yardage but this time under fatigue causing "unforced errors" to mount up.
A weak bench that is not offering much impact does not help also it's just that time of year where we have to grind out as many points as possible made doubly as hard with a flawed attacking structure.
you have lost me, are you suggesting we don't injure 3 top line prop type plaerers (if so then how) of are you saying we crystal ball that this year we need extreme prop type player depth (if so can i borrow that ball)
MK Eagle said:Hard to say outmuscled by some of these TOP sides- I recall that Souths game & imo its the ONLY game I have seen the Burgess boys absolutely battered & dominated.
The Roosters game we lost due to being unable to keep speed with them, especially those quick play the balls & Friend & co able to slows ours down - often questionably.
That NZ game was about to become a blowout at 12-0 & twice there were odd calls that changed the momentum, still only a Wolf whisker from victory & the panic about fowards would not be here.
Foward battles do usually decide the outcome, but imo with Fa'asso returning, that extra bit of mongrel will rival ANY other pack in the big games.
Its been more execution squandering excellent field position that needs to be transformed into points - the fowards are getting us there consistently.
Gift at full fitness & Ritchies return will get us there.
Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 6 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -15 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -22 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | -36 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | -56 | 2 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | -64 | 0 |