warriorweed wrote:What worries me most about Noble is the fact that none of the players appear to be developing their skills base under him. I look at the Saints team and 1 - 17 look comfortable with ball in hand, we don't, in fact some of the forwards don't look like they can pass a ball.
To be fair to the coach, our handling skills weren't that great before he arrived. But they certainly haven't improved since he's been here. The persistent knocking-on we've seen for a few years now is hard to understand from professional players who presumably train together. And like you, I can't help but think the longer we play this one-out attack, the worse our ball handling skills seem to be whenever we actually get into an attacking position