But how do we get good this year?

[wet tiger coloured bird]

benji play with brookes first half. then renolds with brookes second half. benji would be tired to defend and renold with ad energy later in game

 

[BZN]

To my mind it’s pretty simple. We need to build a platform. What was dished upon Saturday was very, very ordinary. One out stuff that was picked easily by the defence. Seemed to me that the game plan was to roll forward up the middle but we didn’t make the yards or dominate the ruck. The halves can’t do much without space aside from throwing up bombs on the last tackle.

So do we get the forwards running in pairs and force opposition to focus on more than one runner? Whenever we've played decoy runners or encouraged front rowers to pass it seems to muddle their play and lead to errors. I think we generally are okay at metre gaining and momentum, I think what gets us is errors that let teams off the hook. But not sure how to find a solution to that.

To be honest, our main issue for years has been momentum, when we have it, we give it up to easy, when we don't have it we struggle to get it back. That hasn't changed this year, we are just defending better so when the game is going against us we are able to fight and stay in the game without gaining control again. That is exactly what happened in the games against the Eels and Panthers.

Yes exactly. It's impressive fortitude but ultimately futile.

"Impressive fortitude but ultimately futile" @watersider ....good words/description there.... as NO team or individual can week after week perform above what they are capable of.

 

[happy_tiger]

Win the 2 winnable games would of helped

Now finding away to beat 4 Top 6 sides in the next 8 weeks

 

[TCL]

Hope every club above us has injury and suspension issues the week they play us. That the refs decisions and bounce of the ball go our way.

Unless the players put in every week we are a slim chance of improving this year. You can get people to perform above their abilities from time to time but you cannot get them to maintain it, ultimately they revert to the natural skill level.

 

[twentyforty]

Simple
Run harder
Tackle harder
Kick better
Chase better

Hango, I tend to agree with keeping it simple. Doing the simple things better.