While Parra played well on Monday night our attack was still very predictable, the Sharks just couldn't defend. I'm not taking anything away from the players, they executed their plays very effectively however, I doubt that we could seriously threaten the likes of St George. We tend to play with alot of emphasis on getting the ball to Hayne and letting him do the work. The big play is the sweeping play which run on both sides of the field. The big problem with it though is that the ball, 9/10 times goes to Hayne. What I think the players should be doing is using Hayne as a decoy. Set up like Hayne is going to get the ball, but, hit a hard running forward like Horo or Smith rather than going out the back to Hayne. This move will certainly upset the defence and the next time the play is run there will probably be some indecision in the defence because it won't know if Hayne will get the ball or a forward will run onto the ball. This extra dimension to the play will begin to upset even the St George defence. Hayne should also look to put the ball in behind the defence if they come up on him. A player like Luke Burt will often know the kick is coming and be able to chase it.
Another aspect that needs some work on is the kicking game. Too often the ball is kicked straight to the FB. The halves need to work on giving the ball a more flat trajectory and preventing the FB from getting to the ball on the full. On Monday the kicking was alot better. Also it seems like we are less inclined to allow Jarryd to use his large boot to get us out of trouble. Over the past few seasons, when we camped in our own end Jarryd would kick the ball downfield and get us out there. His most dangerous kick being the bullet at the sideline which would often be a 40/20. This season it seems like Jarryd hasn't done this.
Lastly I think that Burty should start getting involved around the ruck towards the end of each half. Luke's speed and agility will allow him to turn tired forwards inside out. This would also allow our forwards more space to run onto the ball and therefore make more meters.
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