What is wrong with our attack?

[rihannafan1]

Yeah we scored 28 points but deadset we could have scored 50 the amount of sets we had on their line.

I don't wanna hear that the defense needs to improve. We get down the other end every game, get quick enough play the balls, 6 agains, penalties and spend lots of time in the opposition 20.

Why are we not capitalising?

 

[Honkylips]

Yeah we scored 28 points but deadset we could have scored 50 the amount of sets we had on their line.

I don't wanna hear that the defense needs to improve. We get down the other end every game, get quick enough play the balls, 6 agains, penalties and spend lots of time in the opposition 20.

Why are we not capitalising?

One word.. Rudderless.

 

[Newtown]

Yeah we scored 28 points but deadset we could have scored 50 the amount of sets we had on their line.

I don't wanna hear that the defense needs to improve. We get down the other end every game, get quick enough play the balls, 6 agains, penalties and spend lots of time in the opposition 20.

Why are we not capitalising?

We can't capitalise when our backlines are quite flat the majority of the match.

 

[Newtown]

Are our flat backlines a Madge ploy?

 

[Sabre]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

 

[bradexl]

Are our flat backlines a Madge ploy?

Luke Brooks. No half back in the NRL suffocates the attack like he does. Full stop.
Is Jock Madden the answer; No. Prepare ourselves now for a 15th or 16th spot finish.

 

[Bones]

Yeah we scored 28 points but deadset we could have scored 50 the amount of sets we had on their line.

I don't wanna hear that the defense needs to improve. We get down the other end every game, get quick enough play the balls, 6 agains, penalties and spend lots of time in the opposition 20.

Why are we not capitalising?

You might not want to hear that the defence needs to improve but that doesn’t change the fact that it does. You can’t win games chasing 30 points every week.

 

[Moh]

Compare our attack to any other team in the NRL, or even in reserves - we are SO flat, need to be like 2-4m further back.

Oh and Luke Brooks.

 

[TYGA]

Take Brooks, Mbye out of this side and replace them with Madden, Talau and we will be much more competitive. Senior players loafing is a big issue.

 

[Guest]

Take Brooks, Mbye out of this side and replace them with Madden, Talau and we will be much more competitive. Senior players loafing is a big issue.

Yep. It's hard to be threatening when you can only go one way due to a passenger taking up space on the other side of the field.

 

[bathursttiger1]

The first 4 plays are just forwards hitting the ball up no offloads, next play is an attacking one then a bomb from inside our own 40, normally straight to the opposition best catcher.
Absolutely no depth in attack, flat pass to the next player who is just as flat, or is in front of the guy with the ball, another forward pass, next set the same plan.

 

[Guest]

The first 4 plays are just forwards hitting the ball up no offloads, next play is an attacking one then a bomb from inside our own 40, normally straight to the opposition best catcher.
Absolutely no depth in attack, flat pass to the next player who is just as flat, or is in front of the guy with the ball, another forward pass, next set the same plan.

And if you're playing that way you need a hooker that can scoot if one of the big fellas make a dent. Simpkin is too slow moving.

 

[hobbo1]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

Yep
We have no shape whatsoever

 

[bathursttiger1]

The first 4 plays are just forwards hitting the ball up no offloads, next play is an attacking one then a bomb from inside our own 40, normally straight to the opposition best catcher.
Absolutely no depth in attack, flat pass to the next player who is just as flat, or is in front of the guy with the ball, another forward pass, next set the same plan.

And if you're playing that way you need a hooker that can scoot if one of the big fellas make a dent. Simpkin is too slow moving.

But when a hooker scoots from dummy half he gets tackled by a player that has been called offside by the ref.

 

[Sabre]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

Yep
We have no shape whatsoever

Yep and that puts pressure on the rest of the team. Nobody seems to know who is getting the ball. Brooks seems to just make up his mind on the spot.

 

[hobbo1]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

Yep
We have no shape whatsoever

Yep and that puts pressure on the rest of the team. Nobody seems to know who is getting the ball. Brooks seems to just make up his mind on the spot.

And it’s the wrong option most of the time ..

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Yeah we scored 28 points but deadset we could have scored 50 the amount of sets we had on their line.

I don't wanna hear that the defense needs to improve. We get down the other end every game, get quick enough play the balls, 6 agains, penalties and spend lots of time in the opposition 20.

Why are we not capitalising?

You might not want to hear that the defence needs to improve but that doesn’t change the fact that it does. You can’t win games chasing 30 points every week.

Don't create the mistakes. We completed 1 of our first four sets. That is a huge expectation to hold out defensively.

 

[Blacknwhite]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

Yep
We have no shape whatsoever

Yep and that puts pressure on the rest of the team. Nobody seems to know who is getting the ball. Brooks seems to just make up his mind on the spot.

You hit the nail on the head, but I dont know if that is all Brooks fault. We have no depth, barely anyone in motion, and if we do its one man out rubbish.
Not backing Brooks, but if you want him to read the line and put players into holes, they need to be running into them. We hate on him for not picking good options, but even if he was playing eyes up, he needs to be able to expect the runners to be there.
We are not giving our playmakers much. Doueihi looks like a god because he does it all himself. Its rubbish

 

[Sabre]

Luke Brooks. Starts and ends there.
We have no structure because he has no idea what he's doing.

Yep
We have no shape whatsoever

Yep and that puts pressure on the rest of the team. Nobody seems to know who is getting the ball. Brooks seems to just make up his mind on the spot.

And it’s the wrong option most of the time ..

Yep, between the poor options, the poor kicking game and the poor direction and leadership I'm not sure what he's supposed to be offering. Even his running game has been crap lately.

 

[AnonTiger]

Brooks is terrible. But geez madge has to be equally as responsible. 9 weeks in and every game we have been standing flat, walking onto the ball and 1 out runs. How has this not be rectified by 9 rounds?