I think Manu (see above) would have the warriors playing a very structured, very composed St George like approach. Thats why he criticises Maloney and Hohaia.
But what happens now, with the video analysis and review, is that playing structured football week in, week out, means that teams can break you down, unless you have the best and biggest players. But by playing "ad lib with rules", teams can't shut you down. For example Benji plays ad lib.
After years of banging away on the same drum I deadset want to cry when someone interprets it so wrong.
I don't want us more structured, I want us LESS structured (in the sense of having monotonous set plays etc). I'm a believer in a simple structure with ball players capable of creating opportunities through skill and vision.
The FIRST player I would sign if I had free reign is Benji Marshall, he is exactly the sort of player I want.
There are different types of "ad lib". The type we tend to play is a sort of slow motion ad lib, where blokes just sort of keep on gormlessly offloading, hoping something will come of it.
Benji Marshall is a genius playmaker who sees gaps and has the ability to put blokes in to them. We don't have anyone who can do that. I believe the word for players like that is "footballers". It's nice to have some in the halves occasionally.
Maloney's backing up and hole running is certainly a skill/knack, not just luck. It certainly comes in handy at times, but in terms of constructing a good rugby league team it's a bit like picking a prop with a good kicking game who can't tackle or hit the ball up.
