Possession - Possession - Possession

[McGrime]

We cannot win football games without the ball.
In the coming weeks this is the area we need to concentrate on.
It does not matter who you have in your team 10 metre football dictates that without the ball you loose........
St George & The Roosters dominated possession against our team and won in a canter.
This week starved of the the majority of the ball even at 50 / 50 possession these 2 sides showed that they can be beaten.
We ( In our last win ) dominated possession against the Warriors and won by 50 4.
At the moment we are probobly as good as any team in the NRL at defending without the ball!!!!!
WHY?????
Because we are the team that plays without the ball more than anyone else.
Unless we learn how to:
1. Hold onto the ball.
2. Stop giving releiving penalties to the opposition.
We will not win another game.
We are desperate to score when we get the ball, we push the pass or we have poor ball security and cough the pill up in attack.
Lets get back to the basic skill.
Give us 50% ball each game and we will win 50% of those games regardless of the opposition.

 

[bonstonker]

i made a post in the test for sheens thread saying pretty much the same thing.

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/viewtopic.php?t=30689


we need to get back to basics,maybe a top signing would be a skills coach,because there hasn't been much skill of late with the ball in hand.

 

[HOT028]

good ball retention, three words that will go a long way to helping us win AGAIN also one word which will help HEART