05-14-2023, 01:56 AM
Last few weeks we are starting to panic, probably feeling the pressure, too many fans listening to the media argy bargy only makes things worse.
It's bigger problem for us than the opposition because as heart rates go up the intensity spikes and our ball use becomes poor, then our slower guys not only feel under the same pressure, but they waste energy trying to keep up with players they can't catch.
We've lost the game control we showed in the first few rounds, the opposition have learnt to use a berserka game style on us, keep the pace of play high, and our skills and game style go out the door.
Also, we have no nasty, we do very little to make opponents pay a price for taking space in front of BigH or Charlie, last night the Dogs basically ran just two conventional KPPs against us, English and Lobb, take them out and the Dogs game plan falls apart. The Dogs basically ran Lobb as a wing, something I've been asking for SoJ, TDK or even Charlie to have a crack at. It's clearly an area we've become poor in managing, and are wasting a lot of run and carry by having Charlie and BigH rotate up the field from inside F50.
Cripps basically gets bare rooted, opponents turn to face him, make front on contact, rip is jumper, hit him in the head, and he gets zero protection from the umpires. It's just bizarre!
It's bigger problem for us than the opposition because as heart rates go up the intensity spikes and our ball use becomes poor, then our slower guys not only feel under the same pressure, but they waste energy trying to keep up with players they can't catch.
We've lost the game control we showed in the first few rounds, the opposition have learnt to use a berserka game style on us, keep the pace of play high, and our skills and game style go out the door.
Also, we have no nasty, we do very little to make opponents pay a price for taking space in front of BigH or Charlie, last night the Dogs basically ran just two conventional KPPs against us, English and Lobb, take them out and the Dogs game plan falls apart. The Dogs basically ran Lobb as a wing, something I've been asking for SoJ, TDK or even Charlie to have a crack at. It's clearly an area we've become poor in managing, and are wasting a lot of run and carry by having Charlie and BigH rotate up the field from inside F50.
Cripps basically gets bare rooted, opponents turn to face him, make front on contact, rip is jumper, hit him in the head, and he gets zero protection from the umpires. It's just bizarre!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"