Our Attack

mike said:
Madden has played a handful of games, Brooks about 180 and already Madden is better in several areas. Brooks is simply the worst halfback in the NRL
and by a long way.
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Madden looked like one of our better players. I think at least he’s proactive and tries. I feel sorry for Brooks but he just didn’t seem in the game at any point.
 
TigerJunior4 said:
What frustrates me most about our attack is our shape. We’re just so flat and listless. Our backrowers and centres aren’t running any lines or giving any options to our halves and we’re so disjointed when trying to shift the ball. Brooks stands so far wide of the ruck and when he does get the ball he kind of veers diagonally to the line and diminishes space for the rest of the team.

Apart from our shape, we’re not doing the basics. Liddle service out of dummy half is slow and is always good for an error or two at the ruck. No one pushes up in support which is just basics you learn as teenagers. Our basic skill level is awful. Players don’t know how to catch and pass. We can’t even get to dummy half.

It’s all shambolic and humiliating really.
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100% agree with this - if you are at a game and sitting high in the grandstand you can see opposition teams players lining up in their shapes/formations when they have the ball

When we have the ball it is basically a straight line like at a kids game
 
Why do our Players

Play the Ball SOOOOOO Slowly???

This is killing what little momentum we have in attack

This needs to be fixed as Priority 1
 
TigerJunior4 said:
What frustrates me most about our attack is our shape. We’re just so flat and listless. Our backrowers and centres aren’t running any lines or giving any options to our halves and we’re so disjointed when trying to shift the ball. Brooks stands so far wide of the ruck and when he does get the ball he kind of veers diagonally to the line and diminishes space for the rest of the team.

Apart from our shape, we’re not doing the basics. Liddle service out of dummy half is slow and is always good for an error or two at the ruck. No one pushes up in support which is just basics you learn as teenagers. Our basic skill level is awful. Players don’t know how to catch and pass. We can’t even get to dummy half.

It’s all shambolic and humiliating really.
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All waiting for someone else to do something because none of them have ever been the guy in their career.
 
Spartan117 said:
Why do our Players

Play the Ball SOOOOOO Slowly???

This is killing what little momentum we have in attack

This needs to be fixed as Priority 1
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Can you clarify for me. Are you talking about how long the player takes to go from getting tackled to playing the ball
Or
How long it takes for the player to play the ball for it to be cleared by the dummy half?
 
Needaname said:
Can you clarify for me. Are you talking about how long the player takes to go from getting tackled to playing the ball
Or
How long it takes for the player to play the ball for it to be cleared by the dummy half?
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The first one.
 
Spartan117 said:
The first one.
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Interesting. The first one actually plays into the hands of a lot of the stronger teams. I watched a slow play the ball (from ruck to being played) work perfectly in Penriths favour as it gave enough time for Nathan and Edwards to move from one side of the field to the other and get their back line set.
The second one is the problem for us.
With the first sure it’s great to play with momentum and a fast ruck but that doesn’t always work out. However the speed of clearing the ruck is most important as as soon as the ball player touches the ball this is when the defence can move off the line.
 
Needaname said:
Interesting. The first one actually plays into the hands of a lot of the stronger teams. I watched a slow play the ball (from ruck to being played) work perfectly in Penriths favour as it gave enough time for Nathan and Edwards to move from one side of the field to the other and get their back line set.
The second one is the problem for us.
With the first sure it’s great to play with momentum and a fast ruck but that doesn’t always work out. However the speed of clearing the ruck is most important as as soon as the ball player touches the ball this is when the defence can move off the line.
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This was where Cameron Smith was so good. He’d slow the ruck down, yet quickly and cleanly distribute the ball
 
Spartan117 said:
Why do our Players

Play the Ball SOOOOOO Slowly???

This is killing what little momentum we have in attack

This needs to be fixed as Priority 1
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The other thing that drives me wild, is when we get some momentum and one of our players after being tackled tries to milk a penalty and takes forever getting up to play the ball.
 
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