Essential viewing

[ricardo]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/video/...k=e1c887ac2bb75fbbb456fb4481aa3b13-1536185048

The best 6 minutes of footy theory I've seen for a while. Matty Johns showing why the Storm sends their halves to him every year ...

 

[Mals]

Yep and I think it shows why we were much better last year with the Cherry / Green halves pairing.

 

[The Who]

That's all very well . . .
but can we afford a tape measure?

 

[Pablo]

That's all very well . . .
but can we afford a tape measure?

I think that was one of the things on Trent's list

 

[simon64]

Now I see where our problem is.

Matty says we need to get a foot in the door.....and Walker put his fist through it.

 

[MadMarcus]

I bet Trent took a lot out of that. He’d never heard of the M7 before.

 

[Chip and Chase]

That's why those dead end unders play to a flat footed forward kill us every week. It's our default red zone go to play when the halves have no idea and it just stops everything dead in its track.

 

[Paw93]

That's why those dead end unders play to a flat footed forward kill us every week. It's our default red zone go to play when the halves have no idea and it just stops everything dead in its track.

I put that down as a coaching issue. Playing with depth is so important in the red zone, yet we consistently give ourselves just 10-15 metres to work with. Lead runners have no depth to run on to the ball, there's no room for our backline to make an angled run and the opposition defence gets on to our halves far too quickly.

 

[wombatgc]

Can someone send that to Kane.
Loved all the mixed metaphors from Matty. Love his passion.

 

[ricardo]

It's interesting watching the game last night after this video. Thinking 2-3 hitups, a ball to an edge then throw it wide on the 4th (aimes at third man in, a half probably flanked by a centre and 2rf on the backfoot) really is the standard play these days.

Not a ground breaking observation but the way teams do it differs hugely.

Storm stop the roll on by lying all over the player so their defence is set, but Souths just have superior forwards rolling through the middle who can get up and back into it so fast.

By far the biggest improvement to a side is the time they hold up a play the ball.

What does this mean for Manly?

Manly couldn't do it this year at all, sides could get down and up too quickly. I have seen virtually surrender tackles where the player almost goes to ground intentionally so he can get back up quicker, giving the next ball runner the opportunity to run at retreating defenders.

We need to be better at the wrestle.

We also need to get back the JuJitsu guy as Scam Smith is the best at it in the business (blackbelt). If he's not putting pressure on necks or twisting knees he is tearing rotator cuffs. All legally. You hold onto an arm there's a chance that your team mate hits at an angle that destroys a rib (Vunivalu on GI) or twists an arm out of its socket (Bromwich on GI). Sorry, didnt mean it mate. Clap em off while your defence gets set.

 

[Captain Moondog]

Matty Johns theory of existentialism.

 

[mozgrame]

Which is handy, because we are in an existential crisis!

lol.

 

[brad]

Cant wait for Johns to coach wow . Maybe he and his brother can do a tandem. Coach assistant, assistant coach whatever.