(08-11-2020, 05:05 AM)cookie2 date Wrote:I think we have both a mental and physical issue at the moment. We appear to run out of legs a bit after our initial onslaught in games and this causes a loss of concentration and focus due to that fatigue.The media put that very question to Teague a few weeks back and he said outright that fitness wasn't an issue at all and we had plenty of fitness to run games out. In effect he was adamant it was a mindset issue.
(08-11-2020, 05:05 AM)cookie2 date Wrote:May reflect a lack of on field nous/leadership which we have discussed before. If we could control the pace of games better I think we would generally perform better.I agree about his, the inability to control the pace, but I'm not convinced it is fitness / fatigue related due to the reasons given above.
We do have an issue with leg-speed, we aren't demonstrating that we are fast enough to chase down, and we aren't big or strong enough to lock in. Maybe the MC has a part to play in this regard to get the balance right.
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