Moltzen's tackling technique is poor, he goes high every time. He doesn't have the body mass to make those sort of tackles effectively, especially as a fullback.
Ryan does a lot of the cleaning up at fullback for Moltzen.
Moltzen may get in good position for bombs, but he is scared. He won't jump to take the bomb, which gives opposition players first crack at catching the ball.
There's a little thing that Slater does which other fullbacks started copying, when he leaves the ground to catch the ball, he sticks one leg out at the opposition running towards him. It's legal and gives Slater extra space and time to catch the ball, which is why he is so good under the high ball.
Moltzen's "Reading the newspaper while sitting on the dunny" stance will never be good enough and nor will it change.
He's a five-eighth/halfback.
Constant team reshuffling has stunted our attack and shattered the cohension in our defensive line. The players are to be blamed to an extent obviously, but when you start the year with a halves combo that was practically undefeated in Moltzen and Marshall and two in form centres in Lawrence and Ayshford, you have to leave them in their natural positions and work around them. You work around your strengths, not weaken them to accommodate for shortages elsewhere that you failed to address when buying/blooding players for the upcoming season.
Sheens has been bringing through less and less juniors over the past 2-3 years which is the biggest concern for me. This was a facet of his coaching he was always good at (look at 2004-05 and how well that worked).
God knows he's had the talent there, just never bothered to give it a go, opting instead to put players out of position which stunts their confidence and performances.
