Or you post yourself on one side of field and still look like a disorganised mess?
The guy is really struggling there is no doubt. He is completely turning his back on the basics and trying way too hard when he should just keep it simple. Manly have had ball in the opposition 20 and he has come up with a duck egg time and time again. This idea that we have to punch holes all the time for the halves to do something is rubbish...maybe to consistently win games and be effective for the duration of a match, yes, but when the opportunities do present (as they do in most games of football), he comes up with rubbish.
Punching holes is not just all about "actual punching holes" but the likelihood of the structures creating or punching holes to put doubt into the defence or just sheer power that attracts defence.
You have to set running lines, structures ,"ask more straight running questions" to the defence along with setting up plays in the previous tackles, setting up your most dynamic powerful runners at the right times during a tackle count and either take advantage of the next play or use them as the next play.
It is not the be all and end all but in the early stages of basically a new team/coach you are not going to have all the above set in place, it is way too much to ask early on. (Foran supplied and was the foundation of most of our structure along with Ballin---DCE did bugger all in this department)
The way fans were going on about more sharpness from dummy half and DCE "floating around" like they are some kind of wonder drug to attack is getting way ahead of themselves---it's more important right now to compete and gain power in the forwards then at least our simple attacking spreads have a fighting chance, Parcell can take advantage---the overall confidence will improve, the offloads and ball playing interchange even with the forwards will improve and it will flow on into the backs.
Melb rely on structure and well rehearsed running lines with Bellamy stressing the emphasis on asking questions and straightness with those questions---everyone knows their roles----we are nowhere near that stage yet.
70% of sharp long sweeping wide effective spreads with the best running lines and decoys is right to left---left to right spreads are weak in comparison and mostly embarrassing to watch. That in itself shows you can get away with posting players on one side---it shouldn't be the case but it mostly is and shows the lack of professionalism in players being able to pass on both sides and coaching.
(This is not saying 70% of tries are on that side as the right side can be set up after a dangerous left side sweep along with isolating the right side for a kick)
Left to right spreads tend to be short shifts in comparison to right to left with weaker, less crisp, floating or end over end passing.
As i said at the start of the year most of our tries in the early stages will be simple show and goes or of a very basic attacking nature, so if we don't compete in the forwards or offer any danger in this department we will struggle in attack.
I even stated last year that DCE would have a terrible year if the forwards don't aim up---without all the ball-playing structures/options of Foran and G.Stewart from the past covering our forward weaknessess and also allowing DCE to play off structures.
I see DCE performances improving year 2 and 3(in our squad build up and maturity) and being able to float around more, hopefully some good signs back end of this year also.
