I’d be surprised and disappointed if we weren’t running attacking drills. We looked like we had a very clear plan last week with Dylan Brown.
I feel we are structured and planned to a degree. Would be great if we could improve on this and get to the level of the Storm and the Panthers who seem to be able to adapt better during games.
It's not that we don't run attacking drills ffs! That is taking it to ridiculously to far and and silly.
What they are not doing is running training drills that expand on the very basics that they have been doing for 2-3 years now with very little variety or improvement. Sure they change things up a little from year to year but not enough that we see any real mark of improvement or even worse we have no Plan B, C, D e.t.c. when invariably it will be needed. Last weeks game was an example of how and what we train like and it looks great if you have a defensive opposition that allows you to do all the basics that we train for and we can then do a little more and look smart and cluey. But under pressure by a defensive line that moves up and in your face constantly we have no idea how to crack it other then the occasional individual brilliance from Moses chip kicks for example or a player or two that has a moment that surprises the defense. But rarely can I remember our playmakers using their heads and all our players knowing and responding accordingly to break such a team down, finding its weakness and successfully exploiting it, like you see the Panthers and Storm do and the commentators waxing lyrical about how well coached they are.
I know we can lift for a game or two against the better teams and really play tough bash and barge footy with a little class at the end of it, but that is all we have been able to do at best because that type of footy against the teams that can keep up with you is very hard to sustain unless you have smarts rolled in with it. Players need to train for that for thousands of hours in game simulated training sessions and then during games throughout the season to bed it all down.
I believe we don't do anywhere near enough of that type of training and I have heard enough of what the players say here and there to believe that that is true and I just need to look at the way we play the game and what we DON'T do to know I am right.