Traits of winning teams

[Tiger_Steve]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

 

[BAGNF05]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. 😁

 

[Tiger_Steve]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

 

[cochise]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

You argue with them a fair bit though.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

You argue with them a fair bit though.

And I can’t wait to start again!!

 

[innsaneink]

Line-speed coupled with the ability to hit and stick in numbers. If our boys can get fit enough to maintain it for the full 80, we WILL be top 8.
Most teams lose direction when they're being pinned down with aggressive, in-your-face defence and then comes the fatigue and errors and the momentum can swing pretty swiftly.
I think we've got enough talent in the side to capitalise on our opportunities and make an opponent pay.

26, 26, 44, 28, 38, 30, 32, 26, 50, 28.

That’s our recent defensive efforts mate. A lot of work to do.

Off seasons, and plenny of fluff pieces does wonders for amnesia

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Winning teams tend to have the best players.

Tend to, yes. Not always but.

2005 We didn't.
In the last ten years:
2010 Dragons didn't
2014 Souths didn't really
2015 Cronulla didn't
2016 NQ didn't.


If Saints didn't have the best team, who did?

if i remember correctly they had somewhere between 5- 7 origin rep players in their squad at the time

We did IMO.

Mmmmm fair. I think we had more flair than the dragons that year but Saints defense choked the life out of teams. Still filthy we got pipped in the prelim by them

That premiership was the most gift-wrapped thing I've seen in my 32 years of following RL. What a fix that was. Pretty disgraceful TBH.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Having the ref on your side is a massive part of your teams' success. Pretty hard to win when they're off you. Watch Noel Kelly talk about the '63 GF.

 

[Magpieger]

Line-speed coupled with the ability to hit and stick in numbers. If our boys can get fit enough to maintain it for the full 80, we WILL be top 8.
Most teams lose direction when they're being pinned down with aggressive, in-your-face defence and then comes the fatigue and errors and the momentum can swing pretty swiftly.
I think we've got enough talent in the side to capitalise on our opportunities and make an opponent pay.

26, 26, 44, 28, 38, 30, 32, 26, 50, 28.

That’s our recent defensive efforts mate. A lot of work to do.

Those numbers are an irrefutable historical fact...
Here's hoping that that kind of history doesn't repeat itself this season.
I see line-speed as a defensive weapon that the winning teams posess.
It was the back-bone of the Maroons 10yr dominance and the 3rd Origin last year.

 

[happy_tiger]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

He's the golfer ...not the NRL player

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Line-speed coupled with the ability to hit and stick in numbers. If our boys can get fit enough to maintain it for the full 80, we WILL be top 8.
Most teams lose direction when they're being pinned down with aggressive, in-your-face defence and then comes the fatigue and errors and the momentum can swing pretty swiftly.
I think we've got enough talent in the side to capitalise on our opportunities and make an opponent pay.

26, 26, 44, 28, 38, 30, 32, 26, 50, 28.

That’s our recent defensive efforts mate. A lot of work to do.

Wow. Those numbers hurt. Makes for shocking reading.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

He's the golfer ...not the NRL player

The golfer is the likeable bloke.

 

[happy_tiger]

We have to learn to win conservatively. Often our wins are through Herculean efforts or incredible passion. Not business like.
These wins are good but cannot be sustained. We need to learn to play to our strengths, commit in defence, win yardage, minimise mistake in a metronomic, weekly, business-like way.

We’ve told you Cam Smith, stay off our forum. ?

No referees in my back pocket!!?

He's the golfer ...not the NRL player

The golfer is the likeable bloke.

Crap rugby league player though

 

[Speed2burn]

Winning teams tend to have the best players.

Tend to, yes. Not always but.

2005 We didn't.
In the last ten years:
2010 Dragons didn't
2014 Souths didn't really
2015 Cronulla didn't
2016 NQ didn't.


If Saints didn't have the best team, who did?

if i remember correctly they had somewhere between 5- 7 origin rep players in their squad at the time

We did IMO.

Mmmmm fair. I think we had more flair than the dragons that year but Saints defense choked the life out of teams. Still filthy we got pipped in the prelim by them

That premiership was the most gift-wrapped thing I've seen in my 32 years of following RL. What a fix that was. Pretty disgraceful TBH.

I thought the south’s 2014 one was more so...remember when Burgess used to drop the ball in a 3 man tackle and get awarded a penalty without fail? It happened way too often for it to be a coincidence

 

[trentrunciman]

**Interested to know what others think are the traits of winning football teams** and where WT rank coming into the new season, this is how I would score WT based on the 5 traits I think a successful team needs the most. Storm (2020) would score a 4 or 5 in each category in my opinion.

1. Dominant (aggressive) pack - 2/5
2. Game management (player leaders)- 2/5
3. Game planning (coaching)- 4/5
4. Strike power (x-factor) - 3/5
5. Goal kicker - 2/5

I have scored us low mainly due to having such a young, inexperienced squad with a lot of new faces and question marks, my hope is that we have a lot more upside than many of our opponents.

A stable office and cash also helps

 

[Geo]

Score more points than them...?

 

[twentyforty]

Score more points than them...?

Technically you’re correct.

 

[Magpieger]

I think another should be to let a coach do his job. Outside influence, no matter how well intentioned, shouldnt be a cause for distraction... no power struggles or pulling rank, putting hand-cuffs on them or any of that malarkey.
Just have trust in the man appointed to do his job his way. If you didnt like the way he goes about his business, then why did you hire him...
I've loved reading comments about having faith in Madge's decisions and ability to see his vision come to fruition and I hope front office does too coz we all want that same '05 feeling again.