Gards
Jaws
What I will say that over the last season and a bit is that the game plan looks to be first half keep it tight, play conservative.
What I would usually see is that this does not work. Leaking soft points, poor ball handling, poor decision making in attack. We don't look switched on.
By half time we are typically chasing our tales on the scoreboard despite the low risk approach.
We come out second half and with the coaches permission throw a bit of caution to the wind knowing we have to score.
Amazingly, passes tend to stick, players back up for offloads, we run harder and hit in defense with more rigour.
The mindset of the team switches and it feeds into a performance that looks much more of a team trying to win a game of football. We look more natural.
I know it's early in the season and we did show "some" good signs yesterday but we did that last year to. Does anyone else already getting a here we go again feeling if the game plan isn't amended?
I just don't think our game plan works with this team. We are not Sharks 2008 anymore...we don't look keen on defending set after set, keeping it tight around the ruck in attack, we don't look comfortable or natural.
We have a talented playing roster, this can't be an excuse anymore (bar needing a better defending winger and FB) I think we just need to utilise this team in a different way and play to it's strengths which become more apparant the more I see them being allowed to play to them within a more flambouent structure. It's not about being reckless or becoming the West Tigers but perhaps just about better faciliating what this team can be.
Maybe there has to be a compromise due to fatigue factor, discipline ect and I more than trust Flanno is better qualified than me on how he wants this team to operate but what I will say is that Ricky has long left the building and even the 40 minute grind doesn't look to be doing us any favours.
What I would usually see is that this does not work. Leaking soft points, poor ball handling, poor decision making in attack. We don't look switched on.
By half time we are typically chasing our tales on the scoreboard despite the low risk approach.
We come out second half and with the coaches permission throw a bit of caution to the wind knowing we have to score.
Amazingly, passes tend to stick, players back up for offloads, we run harder and hit in defense with more rigour.
The mindset of the team switches and it feeds into a performance that looks much more of a team trying to win a game of football. We look more natural.
I know it's early in the season and we did show "some" good signs yesterday but we did that last year to. Does anyone else already getting a here we go again feeling if the game plan isn't amended?
I just don't think our game plan works with this team. We are not Sharks 2008 anymore...we don't look keen on defending set after set, keeping it tight around the ruck in attack, we don't look comfortable or natural.
We have a talented playing roster, this can't be an excuse anymore (bar needing a better defending winger and FB) I think we just need to utilise this team in a different way and play to it's strengths which become more apparant the more I see them being allowed to play to them within a more flambouent structure. It's not about being reckless or becoming the West Tigers but perhaps just about better faciliating what this team can be.
Maybe there has to be a compromise due to fatigue factor, discipline ect and I more than trust Flanno is better qualified than me on how he wants this team to operate but what I will say is that Ricky has long left the building and even the 40 minute grind doesn't look to be doing us any favours.
