Familiar times. Poor pre-season showing and we'll reach for the cope of "its just pre-season".

I have a bad feeling about 2024. Average squad and a coaching appointment which I was sceptical about from the start. I'm hoping for mid table stability with us being in the playoff conversation but fear we might have one of those turbulent years scrapping around the bottom.

one thing i did notice, nearly every single hit up, instantaneous turning for the offload, so it seemed, the offloads didn't occur but it was noticeable of the body twisting.

Hopefully with the intention that the offload is an option if it's definitely on. What we don't want is giving away cheap possession, which Burgess has implicitly stated he doesn't want to do. Williams and Walker are always hanging round to take advantage and create though, and I think Burgess has a plan for that.

Would you say the twisting effort reduced the go-forward in the tackle? Maybe we're still perfecting it and that's why we appeared to lose the collision.

Maybe didnt want to give too much await in pre season and it’s all part of the master plan.*


*CH has just got back from a lovely holiday,is jet lagged and in one of his overly optimistic moods.

Makes sense with Dufty, Williams, walker etc always waiting for an offload to be looking for it. But yeah i just hope it doesn't end up like Kasiano who ended up forcing an offload every play.

Perhaps this highlights that a top coach should be in charge of Academy teams ,throughout RL, to ensure Academy products really are the future of the game & the players can hit the ground running when they get to the top flight.