A lot of us on here are disillusioned with the football department , the way we're playing our footy verse the way we want to play our footy and that type of footballs effectiveness in the modern game.
Who at the club is recognising the trends that creep into the game . The ones that prove successful that eventually all clubs try to emulate .
The Storm with the wrestle , the way players revolutionise their positions , block plays , sweep plays ect ect
The clubs which we aren't one of who are at the forefront of these innovations win premierships while the rest play catch up.
Rugby leagues a simple game and the basics remain , gain momentum and play off the back of it.
The days of traditional front rowers seem to be coming to an end with the speed of the game continually accelerated by the powers that be and the ball in play longer than it's been in decades the front rowers role is about to change.
Unless your big and mobile like a Payne Haas who for a big man has good acceleration the plodding front rower with limited lateral movement is becoming a thing of the past.
Forwards who just do hitups will be gone , ball skills will be paramount for your middles.
Clubs will start opting for smaller middles in your Rueben Cotter , Jake Trbojevic , Hopgood type mould where your bigger forwards will be your edge backrowers .
Backrowers who are damaging but aren't required to do as much work in the middle, Fifita , Olakalatu, Crichton and Kikau.
The emphasis will be on ball movement , moving defences around not allowing rushing defence or gang tackles resulting in more fatigue through the middle .
Theres talk of getting rid of the kickoff, why does a front rower have to run into the teeth of the defence , what if you went two passes wider and Brian To'o took the hit up.
Which scenario statistically would give your more momentum.
The onus will be on defence in the new era as it is now but it'll be seen as easier to defend your line then anywhere else.
Its harder to promote the ball quickly from 5 metres out and teams with strong defences will recognise it and linespeed off your line will be far quicker and stifling.
The game is getting more and more like touch and players are recognising if they can get it wider then the shooters out of the line you gain momentum.
Its all about speed, the habit of running into a solid defensive line of large forwards is changing , teams are looking at getting at the smaller halves on the first tackle inside their own 20 or going around condensed defences and getting the results.
Youll start to see more trick plays especially with impromptu kicks early in sets even straight off a kick off with teams attempting 20/40's which hasn't caught on yet but will.
The Walker brothers were ahead of their time, with the NRL seeing themselves as being in the entertainment industry this type of football sells the game with endless highlight reels so they'll look to promote it.
Momentum based statistics will takeover , what part of the defensive line of the opposition leaks the most metres and points , regardless if it's tackle one that's where you attack.
Warren Ryan's conservative brand of football no chip kicks in your own half is long gone, pressure creates momentum and the tackle number or field position is becoming irrelevant.
Rugby League as you used to know it has already changed and the Parramatta Eels haven't yet caught on.
So what are we going to do to innovate and be proactive in shaping the way the games to be played in the next decade or are we waiting to see what everyone else does and stay a few years behind because we're playing pre 2020 successful football at the moment and it's obsolete.
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Just watching Dolphins Fuller score his try.Made me think that Bevan French would fit into today's footy style so much better
Bevan would be outstanding the way the game is currently played, the Eels destroyed his confidence
He would be. He's a great kid and I'm so happy for him. He has landed at a club that appreciates his talents with a coach that understands that there is more to a football program than bash and barge up the middle.
He's just signed for another 4 years. Great move.
He's been outstanding
We had blokes on here who rubbished Beven and the game I watched live he scored three beautiful tries, just bamboosled the opposition, but I agree with you Bup the coach ruin his career , the reason he got ragdolled was Brad had hi team running across the field and poor Beven had only the sideline,his best move was going to England away from his destroyer,the coach .
There's a couple of hundred scouts , recruitment guys , coaches , assistants , club bosses and the like , all which have televisions and Fox sports no doubt .
And yet , only the eggsoerts on 1EE have been smart enough to see that Bevan French would be a good option for an NRL squad . Go figure , please won't someone let our guys know they they need to check French out before one of the other teams snap him up ....
obviously Bennett has lost his marbles , he was building a team from scratch and opted to dig guys out of QLD cup when he had the great Bevan French as an option .
I detect a slight hint of Sarcasm.
Never...... Bevan French has seriously flown under the radar and we'd be silly if we didn't try to beat all the other clubs that are obviously not aware of his superhero like performances. We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to snap him up thanks to the keen eyes on 1EE 😜.
FMD , when will people realise that you could send Sivo or Simmo over there and they'd be Men Of Steel. French and his management obviously would be be letting the world know he's available if he thought he could replicate his talents in the NRL.
But they ain't, and no cunts chasing him , not even the shitcunt desperate clubs ( including us ). If you sent one of the ellite outside backs in the NRL over there it'd be like bringing Primed Messi to play in the A League .
I think you're completely off the mark here Bup... we define innovation, agility, proactivity, outside the box thinking and mobility.
Bash the middle / forwards do everything / chase the collision / effort... derp. See, brilliant stuff.
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