First game without fogarty and they are getting pumped at home.
A halfback with a long kicking game is so important to where u start to defend a set after a kick. Also, impacts your 5th tackle play. They have just lost 40-0 at home.
look what the roosters did to dragons with walker back.
this is not a defend BA blog, he still should be sacked imo. However, we are a different team with Moses in the team.
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Actually you remind me of the Judge in the Bruce Lehrmann case, you were doing ok untill you went back for your hat.
Ah! more facts !! why would Woolys employ an executive to pack shelves when they have people like you available Chiefy?
Hop in the ring with Fongy when you figure that out and then come back with your answer......
Thanks for your support Michael, if you are over 65 you can obtain membership of the nursing home brigade.....Sluggy is the President and you will note that they don't go after him.
Fongy has something to do with Real Esate in the Cabramatta area. Are you based in Sydney Michael, I understand that Cabramatta is the drug capital of Sydney, but Fongy sure has some contacts, you would have thought with his connections he would be on the Parra board by now?
You are going to be a special person if you can psychoanalyse Fongy, Michael, good luck with his "devon dillema" it seems you must have been lurking for a while to see that one. I think his current problem is he thinks everyone is a "dope".
Look forward to seeing you around the site, I have noticed you don't seem to tolerate fools on here...... good luck with that one! Lol
I have a sudden craving for a Devon sandwich with tomato sauce
Well said, NOS. The Panthers have the best-cultured structures (along with the Storm) & have out-and-out halfback cover for Cleary (O'Sullivan, Coggar, Falls, Schneider).
Go watch R5 Storm v Broncos.
Compare the 1st half (low possession to the Broncos) with Reynolds to the 2nd without Reynolds (higher possession to the Broncos).
The Broncos were a completely different team without Reynolds. Headless clunky chooks. And their attack and eventually defence suffered as a consequence due to the pressure the Storm built through their structures that Broncos missed in the 2nd half.
The Eels' despite being known for their power "Chasing the Collison" game and being highly-structured "grinders" are only part-time grinders.
They often switch on and off week to week or half to half susceptible to blowout losses on an off day. They're been like that for many, many years.
So, no, we're not always well structured or execute the fundamentals well. The DNA is as part timers. So, without Moses or a genuine half to dominate or manage the structures by the scruff of the neck - and kick out way our of trouble - they're really in the crap house. Both in attack and defence.
Because if you're not structured well or doing the fundamentals well consistently enough - chasing hard off a good kicking game, running hard, tackling hard with your body (not flapping hands), staying aware off the ball, keeping the defensive shape and adapting (not lazy inside men compressing the ruck defence), the back three making metres on return taking pressure off the forwards and so on - you can't really build pressure on the opposition or open opportunities and vulnerabilities for unstructured attack, second phase and eyes-up footy. That is assuming you have the footy nous to take advantage of it. Another issue. Losing Moses loses 60% plus of the footy IQ in the team.
PS: You can see the difference Sanders made on Friday night. Because he's got some footy IQ. Far more than Talagi. It helped a bit even if he's still raw and will make mistakes. It'll take years in his development.
Exactly, HOE.
Completely agree with all of it.
The Panthers (and Storms as you mentioned) are merticulous with their systems & structures, professionalism, fundementals & attention to detail, incomparable to the Eels.
Their processes are so well drilled that they replace one brick with a like-for-like other - the wall isn't as strong, but doesnt come crashing down, either.
Moses was always going to hurt, but again I think he's simply a talented mask covering the real issues.
Brown does need to earn his keep, and for me just like Paulo, Lane, Matterson etc. who have been on v good coin for a while. I think Brown is not used to 'thinking' during the game and being tacital;he has been more or less a free type player coming in and out matches; defence has always been decent, but building a game is harder.
Two things, Melbourne play tough and defend well consistenly and Bellamy has a proven record in developing halves i.e. Cronk and now Hughes.
Brisbane will always have talent up there with or without a decent coach...
Brown apparently being overrated isn't actually the problem, and our problems exist without Moses.
Our tactics are stuck back in 2020. We keep the ball in the middle of the field and ask our forwards to both run the ball and defend. We are heavily reliant on Moses' long kicking game, which is the best in the competition. Our entire game plan revolves around generating ruck speed through our forward pack and then promoting offloads to attack the edges.
The reason sides like Brisbane and Penrith can operate without their halfbacks to a better standard is because they have far more repeatable processes. They shift the ball out of their own end, attacking the opposition half and generating ruck speed. They rarely keep the ball in the middle for more than 2 tackles. It's their backs that do all of the work here. Their forwards don't do those carries. Neither Leota or JFH average more than 100 metres this season.
This keeps them fresh to defend ferociously up the other end of the field. Penrith get off their line faster than anyone and concede few post contact metres than anyone. It's hard to get at their edges when you have no time and space.
Penrith and Brisbane aren't as reliant on clearing kicks as we are as they pin their opponents deeper in defence.
We also heavily rely on having more than 52% of possession so our forwards don't get gassed being asked to do everything in both attack and defence.
Our attack structures aren't repeatable. We rely far too much on either jumping down a short side or playing off offloads. We don't strip sides for numbers by working over specific defenders or causing indecision, nor do we utilise changes in angles to cause defenders to constantly make effort on effort, or exploit those tired defenders.
If anything I'd say Brad's tactics are a major issue in Brown being able to play to the level he has in the past and the way he played in New Zealand's Pacific Championship win. He tore the Kangaroos to shreds in that game, and it was because they went at Australia's edge defenders.
All good poins here Super, particualrly the Penrith forwards; i watched their game and from a kick, their fullback, wingers and then often the centre takes a run off a half / 5/8 play in the middle of the field. By then you only need one prop and then either a shift wide or a forwards again before Clearys (block play kick) kick.
Its not rocket science. Easts and Melbourne also good to watch here.
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