Defence

[oldschooltiger]

Luciano Leilua - the worst defensive forward in the game is the main problem imo. Fox Sports collect a stat on try causes and line break causes and Leilua toos both counts. Was interesting last week v penrith he clearly was told to focus on defence as his hitups and runs were way down but his defence was better abd it made our whole right side better

Yet the coach had him playing 80 minutes and in your opinion then decided to blunt his attacking game so that he could get through a match defensively.

Reminds me of watching Liddle similarly blunted and struggling after 30 minutes with the opposition running fresh giants at him either side of half-time and when not there, watching the middle and his replacement Simpkin targeted through the middle with pace as well by a novice temporary fill in coach against the sharks.

Our genius coach can't see that Luc and Doueihi shouldn't defend together and that Luc can't play 80!

Also he couldn't see Noffa looked good outside BJ in 2020. Then splits them up and they have both had ordinary seasons. To many questions on this seasons decisions.

 

[tiger_one]

Going by the evidence in the doco, lots of words about playing for the next player etc etc but no execution on field over 80 mins.
Wow to fix?
Who's to blame?
Depends as to which camp you sit in.
Thank goodness for the upcoming review.

 

[SeanT]

It all starts with your line speed. Watch the Storm, they run as fast in defence as they do in attack.
You come up hard and quick in a straight line with everyone knowing who their man is a good place to start. Also communication and a structure in place where everyone is on the same page.

Sounds easy, but been a long time since this club could hold their heads up in defence…it’s hard work

Storm have Bromwich, cheese/grant, Christian Welsh and Finnucine in the middle. That is why teams have to attack them on the edges because that middles defence is unreal with their linespeed and never give up attitude.

I think our middle isn't bad but our hookers get gassed quickly. Honestly it's the 2nd row to wing on both side which has been our Achilles heal for so long.
Wish we had bought the morris twins two years ago. Just for them to bring professionalism and work ethic as well as the best defence from outside backs.

 

[Harvey]

It all starts with your line speed. Watch the Storm, they run as fast in defence as they do in attack.
You come up hard and quick in a straight line with everyone knowing who their man is a good place to start. Also communication and a structure in place where everyone is on the same page.

Sounds easy, but been a long time since this club could hold their heads up in defence…it’s hard work

Storm have Bromwich, cheese/grant, Christian Welsh and Finnucine in the middle. That is why teams have to attack them on the edges because that middles defence is unreal with their linespeed and never give up attitude.

I think our middle isn't bad but our hookers get gassed quickly. Honestly it's the 2nd row to wing on both side which has been our Achilles heal for so long.
Wish we had bought the morris twins two years ago. Just for them to bring professionalism and work ethic as well as the best defence from outside backs.

Our hookers get gassed, because they get next to no support in liner speed or first contact from the arm grabbers around them.

 

[Depressed]

Anecdotally, our misses lead to points...I don't know how to interpret that. Perhaps its the culture? "that missed tackle wasnt me so I wont bother helping to mop it up?"

Not enough players scrambling in defence. Our D vs Penrith last week was what we needed to do every week.

 

[innsaneink]

Anecdotally, our misses lead to points...I don't know how to interpret that. Perhaps its the culture? "that missed tackle wasnt me so I wont bother helping to mop it up?"

Not enough players scrambling in defence. Our D vs Penrith last week was what we needed to do every week.

That type of defense isn't sustainable