crazycat
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@jc99 said in [Alex Twal](/post/1520290) said:@geo said in [Alex Twal](/post/1520282) said:I like Twal but he also has the worst strike rate for the opposition getting away offloads in our pack…Needs to improve stopping the opposition getting 2nd phase play…they all do…
His work rate is 2nd to none though…
I swear it's something we've struggled with for a decade now... teams that offload a lot routinely have success against us. Warriors and Eels always cause us issues with their offloads and it's like they're not even trained to try wrap up the ball sometimes.
The Eels I remember had good success against us with Hindmarsh and co.
The Eels could play Fast footy like us but contain us. Now the Eels just outmuscle us and I like the Rivalry (Papallii cant wait mate).
But too Offloads. We used to offload heaps. The joke was Tim Sheens was the best Centers coach in the comp. As he turned Chris Heighington and Gareth Ellis into Centers!
Anyone remember Robbie Roccow?
A storm player that came our way. Guy had good workrate and what he would do is intercept/interfere with the first reciever.
This lead to him having the worst missed tackle record in the NRL, but it disrupted opposition play.
I kind of wonder if this technique could work now? Game is so fast, yet it seems teams with one playmaker can get disrupted.
Clearly we need to up our defense, Twal does hit hard. Hope he has a big season in 2022