05-29-2017, 12:35 AM
North's ability to link up in waves and run from defence really hurt us, even if many of their players do not have huge leg speed. A number of teams have done similar things to us this year: Gold Coast comes to mind, although they DO have real leg speed on each line.
At the moment it is hard to find a specific reason for this, but our mids and forwards do not seem to be able to break the chain all that well, leading to an easy out too often. To some extent that problem is youth; guys like Jack Silvagni, Charlie Curnow and Pickett, in particular, do not always stick their tackles and are often caught out one man short in the ring a ring a rosy. When we break the chain we tend to do it with guys like Simpson and Docherty, who read the play well and whose tackles tend to really stick. Alex Silvagni is another who often breaks the chain with a really solid tackle or smother.
One of the other things about North is that they do have some less experienced players, but most of them have been around for a few years and have more developed bodies then our kids.
At the moment it is hard to find a specific reason for this, but our mids and forwards do not seem to be able to break the chain all that well, leading to an easy out too often. To some extent that problem is youth; guys like Jack Silvagni, Charlie Curnow and Pickett, in particular, do not always stick their tackles and are often caught out one man short in the ring a ring a rosy. When we break the chain we tend to do it with guys like Simpson and Docherty, who read the play well and whose tackles tend to really stick. Alex Silvagni is another who often breaks the chain with a really solid tackle or smother.
One of the other things about North is that they do have some less experienced players, but most of them have been around for a few years and have more developed bodies then our kids.
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