What is with the Matt Keating hate? It's not his fault the forwards won't offload, the attack is predictable hit ups only and no one pushed up with the ball.
I'm not sure exactly where the blame lies but I think someone needs to answer why the second phase play is gone, why the forwards can't pass the ball and why 5 hit ups and kick is used so often. Also, why are there so many settlers in the attacking zone. Again this year we heard about the pre season training being so hard but it seems like this team is not fit??
The forwards need to be passing and running in at least pairs, we need to have more players running options and angles.
Comments in recent articles from Chris Anderson indicate that after watching the Penrith game (a win) he felt that our structures need a bit of work.
Whether that means attacking structures in the set of six, sturctures in terms of attacking combinations, defensive structures - or perhaps all three - we can only guess.
One explanation for why there is little second phase, no passing between the forwards, and predictable sets of five hit ups/settlers and a kick might lie in the structures which were talked up when Kearney came on board. These might be the structures an experienced eye like Chris Anderson could see instantly, even in a win, that needed some work.
Hopefully the structures change, and we can be on the improve against some of the class teams we face in the next four rounds, and end the year with one or two positive wins against sliding teams in the last month.
