Defence can win it for us

[Nelson]

Our defence up the guts should be solid with the likes of Taylor, Twal, Packer, Matulino and Eisenhuth and Packer and Matulino both bring an intimidation factor in defence as well. It looks like we'll be trotting out the same old suspects out wide though and I have little confidence that they've spontaneously learned to number up after years of first grade…

Melbourne don't defend on size. They defend on workrate, likewise St George has some size in their pack, but when they were the best at defending was when Wayne got in charge. Prior, Merrin etc helped, but the energy and consistency and consistent acting together is what gets defense right.

Learning when to trust the guy next to you and when you need to move is going to be a hard task. That's why I expect the first 6 months of this year will suck for us.

I wasn't referring to the size of the pack I was referring to the ability of the individuals in defence. Twal has a high work rate and high tackle efficiency. Eisenhuth and Taylor have good work rates and Taylor does good clean up work and controls the ruck well. Matulino and Packer can both make dominant tackles and slow the PTB well without giving away too many penalties. Watch the way they work players while getting up (Taylor as well) - they're always moving towards getting up, not just obviously flopping like Woods tends to do.

 

[happy_tiger]

The day that Wests Tigers win games with their defence is the day I'll be the happiest supporter on Earth….

And not once every 6-8 weeks either...every week..

We have never had good defense. Even in 2005 our defense was ordinary, luckily our attack was brilliant! Not sure how you develop defense finally after 17years.

It was good for four game , the 4 most important ones

Something this club hasn't been good at , taking it to another level

 

[bonstonker]

Yeah, defense can win it for us,but they need a first grade standard kicking game,if they don't have alot of points in their attack.

Demoralizing for a pack to put in a huge set and then get rewarded with 7 tackles on defense repeatedly.

A top 4 kicking game would do wonders for this club.

 

[Sco77y]

Definitely agree it would be great to win games as a result of good defence, would show a lot of maturity, professionalism and a new direction for our club.

So long as it isn’t something like that Cowboys game in 2015\. Defended the whole game without either team scoring a try, and then we let one in right at the end. One of the most deflating, uninspiring games I’ve ever seen. Defended well, but.. Yeah..

 

[Tweed_Tiger]

Yes it does :sign: :sign: :sign: