Why. Why was our pack so dominant.
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Firstly Illawarra were flat so hard to put a true line through that performance, saying that, can only play whats in front of you....
Manly ran from deeper with more purpose than any other game in 2016 & the kicker was the fact players were pushing up to support around the ball.....
This does not ALWAYS mean there will be an offload, but at very least, takes heat of the ball carrier so he is not dominated ...which unfortunately has often been the case running 1 out in most other games.
Also enjoyed a few passages when simply shifted wide early to create a 1 on 1 out wide.....if this continues players like Walker & Turbo will continue to shine.
Manly ran from deeper with more purpose than any other game in 2016 & the kicker was the fact players were pushing up to support around the ball.....
This does not ALWAYS mean there will be an offload, but at very least, takes heat of the ball carrier so he is not dominated ...which unfortunately has often been the case running 1 out in most other games.
Also enjoyed a few passages when simply shifted wide early to create a 1 on 1 out wide.....if this continues players like Walker & Turbo will continue to shine.
Good question. The boys seemed pumped. They were strong in defence and I thought our ball movement a security were good. Hope the team stays on the field week to week. That helps.
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We should ask the silvertails brain trust! (me inc)
I thought I had you flea invested, gape toothed, spiny headed, loose lipped root eater!
Ok........now this is taking an odd turn.
There was a LOT to play for last night!!
Played a big part in the win.
Played a big part in the win.
Was not power game in attack Mark,in defence yes for sure.We have some good hitters.
We cannot with our personel play the power forward game like the top sides.Only AFB and Kapow fit the mould.
On the flip side almost all our forwards can pass well before and at the line and it suits our pack to play second phase like the Dogs a couple of seasons ago..Jake is best in NRL in my opinion in that facet of the game.
I think Trent has finally identified this and the pressure on him may have finally forced him to have us play this way. A classic example is Buhrer. In a modern power style game he is basically a passenger. He gets dominated in attack and has to hold down in defence. However give him the ball off the back of an AFB offload and his speed off the mark and natural footy skills makes him a very dangerous player.
My main gripe about our game today is that natural footy players are virtually obsolete in the modern game. Under the one out method we used for the first half of the season Jamie had zero influence.Athletes with no skill hitting the advantage line is the only way apparently and this is killing the game.
You have to play to your strengths and Trent to his credit has realized this and if a few more coaches tried to look outside the square to match their game style with their cattle we might get our game back.
We cannot with our personel play the power forward game like the top sides.Only AFB and Kapow fit the mould.
On the flip side almost all our forwards can pass well before and at the line and it suits our pack to play second phase like the Dogs a couple of seasons ago..Jake is best in NRL in my opinion in that facet of the game.
I think Trent has finally identified this and the pressure on him may have finally forced him to have us play this way. A classic example is Buhrer. In a modern power style game he is basically a passenger. He gets dominated in attack and has to hold down in defence. However give him the ball off the back of an AFB offload and his speed off the mark and natural footy skills makes him a very dangerous player.
My main gripe about our game today is that natural footy players are virtually obsolete in the modern game. Under the one out method we used for the first half of the season Jamie had zero influence.Athletes with no skill hitting the advantage line is the only way apparently and this is killing the game.
You have to play to your strengths and Trent to his credit has realized this and if a few more coaches tried to look outside the square to match their game style with their cattle we might get our game back.
agree, but it was our dominance that lead to the glut of possession.
Also as I said, on paper that is a handy merge pack. Frizzle, packer, Thompson, Au mow mow, Rein, Sims and hair-do boy?
Clay
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I thought dragons handling errors, penalties were the main factors. There completion rate was sub 60% at HT I think.
Plus every time you score you get the ball back.
Our pack was good but the dragons were just awful.
Our team is handy on paper and look at some of our performances this year
midsteyne
loyal forever
so according to some posters in here,the drag queens lost through poor performance.
the game I watched had the eagles totally dominating all facets of play after the first set,i was thinking here we go again, then the eagles forwards took control of the game,no if or buts,we smashed them all across the park,congrats to all players for bringing back the fire.
the game I watched had the eagles totally dominating all facets of play after the first set,i was thinking here we go again, then the eagles forwards took control of the game,no if or buts,we smashed them all across the park,congrats to all players for bringing back the fire.
This may not be a popular post, and certainly not to take away from the dominance shown by our forwards, but I thought we got the better of the refereeing last night, particularly around the ruck. I thought we were allowed to slow the play the ball to a far greater degree than the Dragons were. Not that I'm complaining, we were certainly due for a game where decisions went our way, but that's just the way I saw it.
| Team | P | W | L | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 12 |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 10 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 10 |
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7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 8 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | -8 | 8 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | -18 | 8 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 6 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 6 |
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6 | 2 | 4 | -31 | 6 |
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7 | 3 | 4 | -41 | 6 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | -29 | 4 |
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6 | 1 | 5 | -102 | 4 |
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6 | 0 | 6 | -90 | 2 |
