Kiwi Eagle said:How was the experience of watching from home bones ?
Kiwi Eagle said:How was the experience of watching from home bones ?
Technical Coach said:Yeah gutsy effort that is for sure. I think it was more a case of accepting the attack is not working and just grinding through in hope eventually it will all come together.
Two teams who technically have always had flaws in attack(never rated Thurston) goes missing in the big NRL games---Manly have always been comfortable with his one dimensional style.
You may think how can i say the above when both teams over the years have had some of the best attacking figures in the comp. My views are based on the little things against good defensive outfits or a defence in form that habitually pop up with both outfits.
The attack from both sides yesterday was poor---but i'm liking Foran playing more central and taking the line on. The early step pausing the outside hip defender and sucking in the inside hip defender will do wonders if he has straight running support.
DCE has to play more simple and more direct overplaying his hand---our attack around the middle needs more direct variations before we hit the edges. I'm also liking G.Stewart running more and cutting back inside---using his strength to bust through tackles not always ball playing.
Great effort but that's about all.
Technical Coach said:Yeah gutsy effort that is for sure. I think it was more a case of accepting the attack is not working and just grinding through in hope eventually it will all come together.
Two teams who technically have always had flaws in attack(never rated Thurston) goes missing in the big NRL games---Manly have always been comfortable with his one dimensional style.
You may think how can i say the above when both teams over the years have had some of the best attacking figures in the comp. My views are based on the little things against good defensive outfits or a defence in form that habitually pop up with both outfits.
The attack from both sides yesterday was poor---but i'm liking Foran playing more central and taking the line on. The early step pausing the outside hip defender and sucking in the inside hip defender will do wonders if he has straight running support.
DCE has to play more simple and more direct overplaying his hand---our attack around the middle needs more direct variations before we hit the edges. I'm also liking G.Stewart running more and cutting back inside---using his strength to bust through tackles not always ball playing.
Great effort but that's about all.
Team | P | W | D | L | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Bulldogs | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 16 |
2 | Raiders | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 14 |
3 | Warriors | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
4 | Storm | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 12 |
5 | Broncos | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 10 |
6 | Sharks | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 10 |
7 | Sea Eagles | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 10 |
8 | Tigers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 10 |
9 | Cowboys | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
10 | Roosters | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -42 | 10 |
11 | Dolphins | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
12 | Dragons | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 8 |
13 | Knights | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | -48 | 8 |
14 | Rabbitohs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -70 | 8 |
15 | Panthers | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 6 |
16 | Titans | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -88 | 6 |
17 | Eels | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -121 | 6 |