Quote Father Ted="Father Ted"The Wakey fan there "UptheCats" outlines something that Chester identified as a problem namely their pack being too small and getting bullied. He went out and signed some big men and the size of their pack is now formidable.
We identified the same problem after the Roosters game in 2014 but we've not gone out and recruited that many big men. FPN was big and that didn't work out but overall we do need to bring in bigger players into the pack when opportunity arises.
If Bateman and Sutton were to leave as rumoured the that will be an opportunity to bring in bigger men into their positions. That is as long as they are good enough.
Meantime on Sunday we'll see how the Wigan and Wakefield forwards handle each other and their tactics to beat their respective opponents.'"
Agree 100%.
I think a smaller pack can come on top against a much bigger pack (moreso in SL) but it requires a very crafty hooker to tire their forwards out... and we don't have one. Without that we can't spread to the ball to our backs and create space with any success and games either turn into an arm wrestle or their forwards steamroller ours and we get hammered.
Has Wane ever been asked re: his comments after the Roosters game in 2014 and why he hasn't stuck to that plan? We really do seem to be a team that doesn't learn from its mistakes on the field (aside from moving Tommy to 9 after last year).
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