06-18-2021, 08:36 AM
(06-18-2021, 07:31 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Our defence in 2016 and 2017 was pretty reasonable. Once Teague came on board in 2018, the focus shifted and the coherence from those 2 years just evaporated. I'm not sure what's up, and I have no interest in starting yet another slanging match, but his coaching history with us clearly shows a struggle / lack of interest in modern, sophisticated defensive setups. We are lucky that neither Weitering nor Jones have been out long term, because we would be stuffed. Teague's reliance on these two is excessive IMO.
Causation or correlation.
Think you'll find the 6-6-6 rule came into being about the same time.
Our defence was better because we were playing 8 blokes in it. Not allowed to do that anymore.
Our defenders are better than they were a few years ago, they are just no longer getting the extra help they were getting previously.