Technical Coach
Bencher
Manly would have been more potent with their sweep plays if we had more punch and explosiveness through the middle and straight running punch lines on the edges.
Too often a lack of setting up for the play a few tackles before the sweep was evident, just going through the 2nd man plays as if the average NRL defensive line structures and reads were as poor as 2007-2009.
Stewart's safe angled running lines (which were good enough to create opportunities with pace against said poor defensive structures back in the day) heading towards the post and not straightening up were already starting to show their age in 2009, variations with Glenn, Lyon and DCE on the right side gave it an extra lease of life in 2011 and onwards.
Combine the above with Glenn Stewart not being a hole running backrower threat with the ball left Manly with too much finesse but not enough strong hole running substance to threaten composed defensive lines, especially with a lack of punch up the middle to create space and numbers out wide.
The left side was pretty much left all for Foran to deal with (surrounded by less skillfull players) and people wonder why there was a lack of variation on the left when the ball playing numbers on the right were double the number, yet statistically the output was pretty even on both sides most years.
Too often a lack of setting up for the play a few tackles before the sweep was evident, just going through the 2nd man plays as if the average NRL defensive line structures and reads were as poor as 2007-2009.
Stewart's safe angled running lines (which were good enough to create opportunities with pace against said poor defensive structures back in the day) heading towards the post and not straightening up were already starting to show their age in 2009, variations with Glenn, Lyon and DCE on the right side gave it an extra lease of life in 2011 and onwards.
Combine the above with Glenn Stewart not being a hole running backrower threat with the ball left Manly with too much finesse but not enough strong hole running substance to threaten composed defensive lines, especially with a lack of punch up the middle to create space and numbers out wide.
The left side was pretty much left all for Foran to deal with (surrounded by less skillfull players) and people wonder why there was a lack of variation on the left when the ball playing numbers on the right were double the number, yet statistically the output was pretty even on both sides most years.
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