Let's get down to nitty gritty?
It has nothing to with missed tackle counts, lack of effort, missed goal kicks, kicking in general play or anything else I can think off.
The single biggest factor on why we are not winning more games is we are so ineffectual inside our opponents 20 metre zone. We simply cannot convert pressure and field position into points. We have no set plays, or certainly no plays that put any sort of pressure on the opposition defence.
The game v the Sharks on the weekend was simply another example where we had plenty of field position, opportunities but at the end of the day never really looked like scoring in the first half. The Sharks defence dealt with everything we threw at them easily and as a result we went in 8-0 down.
Honestly inside our opponents 20 our main play seems to be a pass out of dummy half to Sowie, who throws the inside ball back into Trent Merrin who then has dozen defenders to beat and not surprisingly he gets tackled despite his best efforts. (No criticism of Trent Merrin who has clearly been our best player this season)
We have attacking weapons, but inside the opposition 20, we simply don't use them effectively.
Things are not going to change until we are more ruthless, creative and put points on the board when we have field position.
You can talk about missed tackles till the cows come home but the biggest stat for mine is the fact we are the least effective side at scoring once inside the opposition 20.
It has nothing to with missed tackle counts, lack of effort, missed goal kicks, kicking in general play or anything else I can think off.
The single biggest factor on why we are not winning more games is we are so ineffectual inside our opponents 20 metre zone. We simply cannot convert pressure and field position into points. We have no set plays, or certainly no plays that put any sort of pressure on the opposition defence.
The game v the Sharks on the weekend was simply another example where we had plenty of field position, opportunities but at the end of the day never really looked like scoring in the first half. The Sharks defence dealt with everything we threw at them easily and as a result we went in 8-0 down.
Honestly inside our opponents 20 our main play seems to be a pass out of dummy half to Sowie, who throws the inside ball back into Trent Merrin who then has dozen defenders to beat and not surprisingly he gets tackled despite his best efforts. (No criticism of Trent Merrin who has clearly been our best player this season)
We have attacking weapons, but inside the opposition 20, we simply don't use them effectively.
Things are not going to change until we are more ruthless, creative and put points on the board when we have field position.
You can talk about missed tackles till the cows come home but the biggest stat for mine is the fact we are the least effective side at scoring once inside the opposition 20.
