2023 NRL Round 22 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks v Penrith Panthers 7:35pm Saturday 29th July @ BlueBet Stadium, Penrith

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Sir Chadley said:
Of all the things we lack in a first grade side, I would say our line speed in defence is the most worrying. It is pretty much non-existent. You can see it compared to other sides. I don't know what the reason is. Is it pure laziness, or is it the way they are coached? Either way it is alarming.

I just can't imagine Fitz going out there and saying, "Don't worry about your line speed in defence boys, let them come to you." Just cannot imagine him saying that, no matter what you think of him and his coaching methods.

I'd be happier if we could just improve on that at least by 50%. The other areas we lack I could handle - if we were much quicker, stronger and hard nosed with our defence, we'd be in many more games.

It has me absolutely bamboozled why our line speed is the way it is.

This Saturday night against the Panthers will definitely be 50+ if it is the same as before.
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No line speed but we're forever getting pinged for offside. I could wear a few more of the penalties if they were from us being a little too eager to get up & belt ****s. No one moving up but someone managed to be offside is infuriating - why you jump the start if you're only moving a metre or 2 forward anyways?
 
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I think a better match up would be the WNRL team against the panthers and the NRL team vs the womens tigers side. I think we would lose both games but less hurt on the F/A
 
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Pishposh46 said:
C'mon, don't be so pessimist. We'll get one from a bomb to Ronnie.
We need that black cat to be let loose on the ground again. Probably the last time we won there.
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I heard it’ll be at Oppenheimer
 
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Sir Chadley said:
Of all the things we lack in a first grade side, I would say our line speed in defence is the most worrying. It is pretty much non-existent. You can see it compared to other sides. I don't know what the reason is. Is it pure laziness, or is it the way they are coached? Either way it is alarming.

I just can't imagine Fitz going out there and saying, "Don't worry about your line speed in defence boys, let them come to you." Just cannot imagine him saying that, no matter what you think of him and his coaching methods.

I'd be happier if we could just improve on that at least by 50%. The other areas we lack I could handle - if we were much quicker, stronger and hard nosed with our defence, we'd be in many more games.

It has me absolutely bamboozled why our line speed is the way it is.

This Saturday night against the Panthers will definitely be 50+ if it is the same as before.
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I agree with your comments on line speed - wtf happened - we used to be better. I could also say kick chase, ruck attack, even Nichos adhd decision making was better.

I don’t know the solution to effort fixing, but it’s clear that if you change our attack shape where trindall leads with Nicho in support that this will limit his decision opportunities. In short, Nicho to his god given gift as a 5/8 and Trindal as a traditional half. Maybe even Kennedy to 5/8 and Nicho to fb.
 
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