Mjab
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Mate half the problem is that our forwards have been coached to play like that.I remember Mcgregor in an interview years ago talking about how we were going to play a forwards based game plan.That idiot thought we were just going to steam roll over the top of opposition forward packs.Our forwards weren't coached to try and stand in tackles and offload , our try to hit holes.Even our new coach probably will not be able to fix this overnight because it is so ingrained into their mindset.The players have been coached to run hard and get to the ground as quickly as possible and then get up quickly to play the ball and gain momentum that way.
We are a sinking ship at the moment.We hit the iceberg called Mcgregor years ago and have been taking on water ever since.Even our new coach will take a while to plug the holes and turn the ship around. At the moment our team is the Titanic,Mcgregor was the iceberg and us fans of the club are the people who were forced to jump overboard and freeze our nuts off in the cold water.
CorrectI agree. Not much around but they are both good options.
I think our biggest issue is that we don't have any point of difference. Almost all of our backs and all our forwards are they same type of tuck and run player. Any coach with a brain knows this and tells his players to tackle in 2s and 3s as there is no need to expect any second phase. This means they get longer in the ruck and leads to lack of momentum for us. The same obviously can't be said for us and the lack of consistent line speed and offloads from the other team means we often can't control the ruck and end up peddling backwards.
How we let luc go I'll never understand. I think we need a prop who can offload effectively as well as an edge. I think Ford looks like to promote the ball though.
those stats are truly depressing but not surprising
I know someone from another teams coaching staff
They love Saints
One off forward runs first 3 tackles
No attempt to pass or break line really
Never any 2 nd phase play , no one hanging around hoping for an offload
They safely send 2-3 gang tackles , easy to defend
Shit telegraphed play out back tackle 4
Shit meaningless kick tackle 5
Setting up for the next shit programmed play and never playing footy and what’s in front of them
called
DRAGONS footy