Mrs Barista wrote:That can't be right when our only attacking option is a Sneyd kick to Talanoa.
We do score a lot of tries from kicks but it's our defence that's the problem, not the attack (at least when we have a fit squad). saints and wigan are miles ahead of us defensively and I reckon they'll be the ones fighting it out at season's end
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Jake the Peg wrote:We do score a lot of tries from kicks but it's our defence that's the problem, not the attack (at least when we have a fit squad). saints and wigan are miles ahead of us defensively and I reckon they'll be the ones fighting it out at season's end
Makes sense. Bigger clubs with far fewer injuries generally prevail.
knockersbumpMKII wrote:I have no problem around using x method/way of thinking to bring about the end goal, always more than one way to skin a cat. In so far as the 'power' game we predominantly play we've done well and Radford has built up a side to fit that 'philosophy. However this comes undone when teams get injuries, particularly in the forwards in which you rely on so much and to set the tone, it also narrows your threat because you're so reliant on that mode of play. This has been highlighted by many and the fact, yes fact our red zone attack is too often just clueless rubbish. Additionally you ignore my particular criticisms, repeating same mistakes/errors/discipline, again most on here say all that every match thread, that's the coaches inability to coach that out for whatever reason.
My other criticism was regarding the youth, I've pointed out and explained fully what I believe are his failings on that as I have everything else. I give plenty of praise but you like others don't want to acknowledge I've said good stuff about Radford. Time and again people on here say Radford needs an attack coach, time and again posters say he need to address mistakes/errors/discipline, but he doesn't, he won't acknowledge his weaknesses and that's holding us back. As for the losing two semis, if Radford hadn't punched Bailey we could have been in the GF, if Shaul outpaces Charnley in'13 we'd likely have won the CC wíth a team half full of rookies, we got massively gortunate with injurues in '16, if we hadn't we would't likely have won the CC. It's all ifs and buts,
ATEOTD I want more, everyone said we need to 'kick on' from 2016, we haven't, many say we've gone backwards, Radford in my honest opinion will not take us forward as things stand. Either a change here and there and better understanding of the issues holding us back that he can control or he gets help to do that, currently it's neither.
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Jake the Peg wrote:We do score a lot of tries from kicks but it's our defence that's the problem, not the attack (at least when we have a fit squad). saints and wigan are miles ahead of us defensively and I reckon they'll be the ones fighting it out at season's end
Our defence has certainly been poorer this season, our scramble and goal line defence still seems ok and about the same as last year. Think we are definitely softer on the edges (how many times have the wingers jumped out/come in for no reason?) but we also have been allowing teams easy metres as we tend wait once the opposition has ptb instead of moving up as soon as they play it.
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