These boring structures & flat attack may be the modern approach, but give me deep, hard running attack & unpredictability any day.
The best attacking teams Cows, Raiders & Penrith play with vision & flair & it's no coincidence - they have plenty of depth to provide options to test any defensive structure & often shift wide early - have support in numbers & make effort plays like "run a rounds" which teams struggle to defend.
This Dogs & Bronco attack (till Milford/Hunt actually decided to run) are driven by completions & stats...
The Dogs massive forwards must have opposition teams laughing, standing still & passing to the next big body...also a mushroom. Only Kasiano & T.Williams obviously playing for a new contract run hard & direct & add life to a team lacking ideas....
Yes Storm are structured, but do it to perfection & have an uncanny ability to push the wrestle/ off side/ walking off the mark & every little advantage to the edge...but will still be potentially blown away if the refs call a quick, clean game....
As for stats - goal kicking is important but this completion stuff can stifle attacking opportunities & often this style of team, when (suprisingly) don't score....cop a hiding.
The important stats to me are effort plays, blokes pushing up to support the ball...dominant tackles built on tough initial contact....communication in defence...heads up & recovery after an error....now Manly are gone I really think these unstructured teams are the ones to beat & at least their good to watch...
The best attacking teams Cows, Raiders & Penrith play with vision & flair & it's no coincidence - they have plenty of depth to provide options to test any defensive structure & often shift wide early - have support in numbers & make effort plays like "run a rounds" which teams struggle to defend.
This Dogs & Bronco attack (till Milford/Hunt actually decided to run) are driven by completions & stats...
The Dogs massive forwards must have opposition teams laughing, standing still & passing to the next big body...also a mushroom. Only Kasiano & T.Williams obviously playing for a new contract run hard & direct & add life to a team lacking ideas....
Yes Storm are structured, but do it to perfection & have an uncanny ability to push the wrestle/ off side/ walking off the mark & every little advantage to the edge...but will still be potentially blown away if the refs call a quick, clean game....
As for stats - goal kicking is important but this completion stuff can stifle attacking opportunities & often this style of team, when (suprisingly) don't score....cop a hiding.
The important stats to me are effort plays, blokes pushing up to support the ball...dominant tackles built on tough initial contact....communication in defence...heads up & recovery after an error....now Manly are gone I really think these unstructured teams are the ones to beat & at least their good to watch...