I actually think Bud is a 9 masquerading as a half Ala John Morris ! In fact I think he does a decent job when API goes off , in the 9 .
But as soon as he moves to half the whole structure breaks down , his defensive reads are shocking , and he has a penchant for hero ball .
For me I’d bring Latu into the 6 , leave Sullivan at 9 , because I think the hero Ball running at tired middles would work late in the first half , and maintain something of our structure .
I’m not blaming him for the loss , I think we were extremely poor with ball control and execution in that first half , and guys clocking off , of which Sullivan was one of many .
We get 30 out on us last year with that first half , and the score would be 50 at least . There wouldn’t be any resilience . If you’re gonna lose on a poor performance , that’s about as bad you want to be .
I feel like we are closing the gap between our really bad performances and the results and every other performance . Which is what the best teams do . Penrith were put to the sword this afternoon , and they still only lost by 14 .
But as soon as he moves to half the whole structure breaks down , his defensive reads are shocking , and he has a penchant for hero ball .
For me I’d bring Latu into the 6 , leave Sullivan at 9 , because I think the hero Ball running at tired middles would work late in the first half , and maintain something of our structure .
I’m not blaming him for the loss , I think we were extremely poor with ball control and execution in that first half , and guys clocking off , of which Sullivan was one of many .
We get 30 out on us last year with that first half , and the score would be 50 at least . There wouldn’t be any resilience . If you’re gonna lose on a poor performance , that’s about as bad you want to be .
I feel like we are closing the gap between our really bad performances and the results and every other performance . Which is what the best teams do . Penrith were put to the sword this afternoon , and they still only lost by 14 .
