One of the things that REALLY peeves me over the last few years is how many tries we concede to grubbers in the in-goal. The amount of times 1 opposition player beats 3 or 4 of ours to the ball in goal is a worrying sign of lack of urgency. It would easily average a try a game and it does my head in to hear Mc Gregor dismiss them in press conferences with lines like "yeah they got a few lucky tries off kicks today".
More like opposition coaches know if they put the ball on the ground in our in goal area they know they're a huge chance of jagging a try.
correct.
there has been a huge lack of urgency and intensity in 90% of our matches over the last 3 seasons to be honest.
- we are slow to react in most situations like you mentioned
- our play the balls are slow in most situations (Packer is evident of the difference compared to those that have been in the dragons system for a few seasons).
- our passing is slow and lacks crispness most of the times.
- our set plays unfold in slow motion allowing the defense to read it and be in our faces
most of the time i watch the team its like we are participating in a training drill at 80% intensity rather than an actual match..
it seems even when we win matches this is still an issue, however the opposition have also lost their intensity, which puts us on equal footing.. teams that maintain or lift intensity or urgency during matches often see us wilt under the pressure.. Its definitely a mental thing rather than a physical thing in my opinion. Physically we seem well prepared, mentally we are weak.
and this is where someone like Geoff Toovey could assist...
