lucablight
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Is anyone else a bit puzzled by the teams inability to score points? It seems to have been that way for the past couple of seasons now and I can't really figure out why. As of round 20 there are only 3 teams that have scored less points than us (i.e the knights, tigers and Bulldogs). I recall our opening game against Manly where we had basically all the ball the entire first half (ended 60-40 our way in the end) and we made more than 500m yet still only won by 8 points.
A lot of the time we attack the opposition 20m zone we look lost, disjointed and impotent. The Tigers have the second worst defence in the NRL and we still struggled to crack them today when close to their line. I can't put it down to a roster problem because we have a lot of great attacking weapons other teams would kill for in Gutherson, French, Radradra, Jennings, Moses, Norman and it would have to be close to one of the best backlines in the comp.
I would hazard a guess and say we haven't looked like a great attacking team since Hayne and Sandow were in the side (even last year we were grinding out wins). I'm glad we've been winning but our lack of attack could really hurt us because our for and against is by far the worst in the top 8 and we could potentially miss out on a top 4 spot or even worse a finals berth because of it. So anyone have any theories as to why we struggle so much in attack despite having so many gun players in the backline?
A lot of the time we attack the opposition 20m zone we look lost, disjointed and impotent. The Tigers have the second worst defence in the NRL and we still struggled to crack them today when close to their line. I can't put it down to a roster problem because we have a lot of great attacking weapons other teams would kill for in Gutherson, French, Radradra, Jennings, Moses, Norman and it would have to be close to one of the best backlines in the comp.
I would hazard a guess and say we haven't looked like a great attacking team since Hayne and Sandow were in the side (even last year we were grinding out wins). I'm glad we've been winning but our lack of attack could really hurt us because our for and against is by far the worst in the top 8 and we could potentially miss out on a top 4 spot or even worse a finals berth because of it. So anyone have any theories as to why we struggle so much in attack despite having so many gun players in the backline?
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