jamesgould said:
Carney's defensive ploy seems to be
1. Adopt position in oppositions backline.
2. Hope an opposition player passes to you.
He should have a look at how Carmont and Quinn are defending. They had a lot thrown their way, but slid across, stayed on their man and eventually the numbers arrive to effect the tackle.
Deadset, I could've killed Carney today. The Tigers second try was another case of the winger getting outside him, and Carney having to run backwards to try to stop him.
Then two minutes later he came in a mile and got beaten on the outside again. If Kidley hadn't come across to save the day it was a definite try.
The Tigers' last try was abysmal. Carney came infield, and as the ball came closer to the wing, he started to run directly towards the Knights' cornerpost in an effort to cover his man. As a result, Marshall ran straight at him, using him almost as a shield before Gidley had to come across and make the tackle, but it was all too late, with Benji giving the offload to Elford(Carney's man who'd run the switch line because he could see that Carney was wrong-footed), and the Tigers scored.
The amount of times the opposition team has had the ball on the right side of the field, spotted that Carney's come in, and thrown five or six passes to the other side of the field to score in the corner is amazing.