Guys firstly dont want to be negative after lastights performance BUT 1 problem that is getting more and more obvious within the team is the high bomb...
We are very vulnerable under a high bomb that is directed at our wingers/rest of the team excluding hayne.
There is no urgency to attempt the catch and that was found out with the roosters game, titans game also last night with the first bomb that was between inu n reddy which was not taken by either player and resulted in a penalty regarding the off-side, im very dissapointed as of late regarding joel reddys performance under the high ball, he was 1 of the safest leapers/catchers last year under the bomb but this season he has not taken many but rather wait for the ball to bounce same with burt and occasionaly inu.
You noticed after the first high bomb attempt towards inu/reddys side the broncos continually aimed at the pair as they bombed the bomb earlier on putting pressure on them and still failed to take ownership between themselves to take the catch during the rest of the game....
Inu showed us last week v titans that he can leap real high and take a bomb very well but that was not evident last night, they did not seem confident..
We need better communication between the players and they need to show urgency and 100% commitment to the bomb as we concede way to many points of opposing teams kicks,
Other than that I loved the way we played last night and hopefully continue to do so....
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They both seem to want to go for the high ball at the same time, but then because neither is sure which one is going to jump, neither of them end up going for it, and it makes us all have a heart attack while we watch which way the ball will bounce.
Inu and Reddy either don't trust each other or simply do not communicate.
Again last night Reddy goes up for the ball and Inu comes in from behind him to try and take it from him.
Result - opposition regain ball.
When the only guys constantly contesting a bomb are both on the same team then you you most likely are going to spill it.
Henjack obviously noticed this - otherwise their kicks would not have been going to Inu who is as good as Folau under the high ball.
Not one kick went to Burt and Wright.
The Broncos kept kicking to our left side Reddy/Inu waiting for a misread. They also got the better of Inu for their first try. But Broncos 2nd half seem to keep deliberately trying to breaking our right side of Burt/Wright/Horo that was stacked with Parker/Wallace/Gillett/Teo/Hoffman chiming in. Tahu's return might help us a little on this issue.
They other thing is Hayne tends to stay central so whilst he has diffused breaks that occur up the central corridor, but doesn't give himself a chance to defuse the breaks that happen out wide - like the Hoffman try. This issue was raised against the Titans first half where it seemed Hayne altered his positional play by following the play whilst Burt stayed more central.
It would be interesting if someone did a study of where we leaked the most points this year. Off kicks and out wide would be at least 75% at a guess.
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