IFR33K
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If we can’t concentrate on beating the dragons and manly, isn’t that a sign of a mentally weak team? We’re so far off the pace it’s not funny.
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They're not weak, they just have inexperienced players in key attacking positions.
Agreed Delboy. We need a new bag of tricks for both set plays and when inside the 20. I think Johns was working well, but not maybe not so effective outside of the bubble.
Fringe top eight? We have only conceded eight more points than the best defensive side in the comp. We aren't favourites, but we are genuine contenders.
I don't think we've been that lucky. We've been lucky to have minimal injuries but for-and-against is granular enough to show the true quality of a team. Ours is fourth best and we're sitting third, so only a slight element of luck. We are also fourth in the betting, which I think accurately reflects our chances.
Our effort in attack (decoys and support play) has fallen off a cliff, even though our defensive effort is still top notch.
Although the lack of injuries would affect the for and against.
Since the game resumed in round three Dylan Brown has basically been our 'halfback' with Gutherson and Moses split left and right (though it's not that simple either because we tend to play with a long left side rather than a symmetric shape). Brown is throwing more passes than Moses pretty much every week, but Moses is our primary kicker because he's obviously better at it.
Most of them are improving.
Three words: Brad F**king Parker
Well obviously. If we had more injuries we wouldn't be as good.
Mahoney is great at throwing long passes quickly, but in the wet it's a bit of a lottery. What this means is that in the wet we need to change the way we attack, which is obviously disruptive. If we played wet weather footy every week, like the Panthers and Knights (and Dragons) we wouldn't be so disrupted when it does rain. But two of our most dangerous runners are our halves, and so we need to play a style that suits that. This means a lot of offloads and long shifts, which are too risky for wet weather footy. We just need to suck it up until the weather improves, and if it doesn't we're f**ked.
Yes but whether or not our ladder position is lucky relative to our for and against isn't really the point. What we need to compare the for and against to is what it would look like if everyone had the same amount of luck, including injuries. Obviously we can't know that but.
