Best team lost today, from a Wakey fan.

Sorry mate, I quoted the wrong post.

I meant to quote this:







My point still stands.

Bang on mate - that's what we should be concerned with rather than nitpicking about whether the markers were perfectly square.



I feel the root cause of the problem is our inaccurate passing which is shown up time and again in games and something that Phil Clarke (unusually for him

) correctly pointed out a few weeks ago as one of the things that separates the top teams from the also rans.



Had Rangi been confident in our passing ability he could have stood a lot further to the right (or left as you look at the picture) of the ruck putting him much further away from the markers. Thus he would have been allowed a half second extra to settle himself and get a better kick away.

has anyone got the screenshot of Danny Orr stood offside when sir kev attempted his drop goal?



thought not

He could have, yes, but in all honesty the onus is not on the attacking team to stand deeper, it is on the defending team to stay on-side.

SL PTBs are generally indisciplined from both sides. Half the time the tackled player doesn't even stand up and face the opposition squarely.



If the markers aren't square, the smart thing to do is deliberately run at them. That way you force them to be involved and force the ref to give a penalty. If you just pass the ball away you can't show that they've interfered.