It was a massive win last night under the circumstances but Cronulla lacked intensity in defence and it helped us generate some quick play-the-balls. Unfortunately, against quality opposition, we won't be able to play off the back of ruck speed alone. A game that is too simple can come unstuck as it did against the Warriors across the ditch. They slowed us down and we had nothing.
We are very clunky in attack and if you watch the Chooks, they do everything so smoothly and they throw a ton of shape at the opposition. I think we need to really work hard on attack in the off-season if we are going to threaten the tops teams for a premiership.
A lot of the clunkiness happens down Parker's edge as well. He catches the ball like he is nervous to drop it and he moves laterally like a semi-trailer. I'm not trying to bag the bloke but I just don't see how our backline can compete with the best teams. Suli is big and Tom and Tom but that is about all we have.