Andrew Webster

[Manu Vatuvei]

Is it possible that Ali has just been dropped because he's a bit of an iffy defender and Webster is very focused on that?

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned much, but did anyone else notice how we seemed to be using the ball a little bit more coming out of our own end on Saturday? Generally we play a very disciplined style, but a handful of times we either got ourselves out of trouble or got ourselves on the front foot by going wide early, either through the back 3 from the kick return, or just going through the hands mid-count. I was quite encouraged by that. We don't have the fastest or most explosive backs but some of what we did was quite clever, dare I say even skillful.

 

[Meth]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned much, but did anyone else notice how we seemed to be using the ball a little bit more coming out of our own end on Saturday? Generally we play a very disciplined style, but a handful of times we either got ourselves out of trouble or got ourselves on the front foot by going wide early, either through the back 3 from the kick return, or just going through the hands mid-count. I was quite encouraged by that. We don't have the fastest or most explosive backs but some of what we did was quite clever, dare I say even skillful.

Yeah, I assumed that was a Cronulla-specific tactic.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Is it possible that Ali has just been dropped because he's a bit of an iffy defender and Webster is very focused on that?

Maybe, though I haven’t really thought he’s an obviously iffy defender- he can certainly put a shot on. Maybe there are some positioning/system issues that Webby isn’t satisfied with though. The good thing is with Capewell, Berry, Pompey and Harper we do actually have plenty of options there. I wish we had the same depth on the wing.