HaroldBishop
Megalodon
There is no defence for our defence.
Our defence
- Thread starter Flanno
- Start date
Western Sharkie
Jaws
vicsharkfan
Jaws
Pretty much we need our best post covid defensive game just to be competitive, we hung in there against parra in crap conditions other than that been a shambles, with a young team it needs to be drilled in to them games (especially finals) are influenced by defence as much as they are attack. We all know what the top teams can do with momentum, just hope when we arrive at the gun fight we are packing more than fire crackers.
Can anyone please explain to me why we are constantly retreating in Defence? They play the ball and we all stand back and wait and starting moving backwards as they run towards us. Opposition teams make 60-70m a set. Watching all the other top 8 teams their line speed is 10x ours
Wiz
Jaws
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2016
- Messages
- 5,906
- Reaction score
- 1,514
Coaching. Or lack of coaching it out of them
Yeah **** me dead it’s bad. It’s like all opposition teams have COVID
Soon I Hope
Bronze Whaler
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2009
- Messages
- 167
- Reaction score
- 53
704 missed tackles, worst in comp, even behind dogs.
Disgrace.....
Disgrace.....
Capital_Shark
Kitty Master
- Joined
- May 7, 2006
- Messages
- 17,788
- Reaction score
- 2,471
Our passive D gives the opposition time & space to play. When we do engage the attack first attempt is usually a miss or ineffective & allows 2nd phase play. We retreat because we're constantly having to try and readjust our line.
Gards
Jaws
because we are unfit and under fatigue from mistakes and why would you push up when you don't trust your outside men to come with you/
also Cronulla....
that's unfair, that gate looks pretty solid, is painted and everything!
The weird thing is that last season while we had defensive issues we were not THIS bad. did Gallen and josh morris make that much of a difference? also pre-covid we hung in with souths and melbourne and didnt **** the bed defensively. but since the post covid resumption we have been horrid, are the new rules effecting us that much? it certainty wasn't prior who struggled all year. we can't just give away the penalty and reset like we used to with the set restarts, that's part of it but not all of it
attitude adjustment isn't enough, we are still gunna be caught out of position and under fatigue and miss tackles or create overlaps for the opposition with bad reads
call out all the adversity and challenges you want the coaching staff have failed miserably, Morris has played league most of his life surely he can muster up a structure that's better than this or tell sandmycock to **** off out of this club. Morris is still stuck in the under 20's system and some of his 'help' is doing more damage than good
canberra were never this bad surely. plus now they can attack AND defend
that year was real adversity but we still had a crack and pulled off some epic gutsy wins
seems the players are just trying to get through to the end of the season and will occasionally step up to put on the odd highlight in attack but no killer instinct or grit to stay the course and go further than week 1. they don't like the hard stuff, prefer the quick and easy options
they are young and have time on their side but also need to relise finals are not a sure thing every season and a footy players career is still relatively short, particularly their peak years
our opposition have adopted the Oz Tag mantra of ran at spaces not at faces
sharkboy18
Jaws
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/lea...qPr-yx5np3bX0Ej4h5ePVLEbOm6OJE0u8K93-Nf2fFOhs Looks like Gallen agrees, said the same thing.
I mean Helen Keller could see the issues with our side but glad Gal is telling it how it is.
MMsharks
Great White
Steve price, we miss him. he value added for sure.
sharkboy18
Jaws
I would like to hope all fans see the problem but it is good to see club legends agree I'll say that.
Agree. Let’s hope the club takes action cause we are a ****ing joke.
MMsharks
Great White
the fans see it
club legends see it
just HOPE coaching unit sees it
but I'm sure they do, just need to commit more to it.
Ive seen teams over the years pull it back and kick the defence into gear. wish something would snap this week tho
sharkboy18
Jaws
The defence has been a joke all season, don't know what the club has done this year. If you want to win there is no reason to play a beautiful style as such, better to win & play ugly then not at all imo.
sharkboy18
Jaws
I doubt we are goingto change our game in 1 week. This will probably be our last week of the season but who knows, anything can happen.
Wiz
Jaws
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2016
- Messages
- 5,906
- Reaction score
- 1,514
Glad he’s calling it out... Said it for while that it’s pretty clear Morris might not be ready for the big time just yet
BurgoShark
Super Moderator
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2008
- Messages
- 12,868
- Reaction score
- 4,097
Rugby League 101. Win the go forward battle (win the ruck) and you will have the opposition defence on the back foot. The thing is that we haven’t seen much of it in the NRL for a while because of the ju-jitsu that was allowed in the play the ball.
The retreating defensive line is not the problem; it’s just a symptom of a bigger issue. The best two examples this season imo are Souths big wins v Manly and the Roosters. The highlights show swags of tries scored down edges against retreating defensive lines; watch the whole set of six and you’ll see them bend or break the line in the middle third first.
With the rule change, faster ruck = more fatigue in the middle = softer middle third defence = more retreating edge defences = more points. That is exactly what the NRL wanted.