I understand if BA does not want to swtich Dylan Brown and Gutho. Dylan Brown has only ever played 2 games at fullback in his life and he lost both those game. So surely it is time for Dylan and Moses to go back to their original sides. The idea of them swapping sides for Dylan to kick more is a blatant cover up for fixing our edge defence. Like honestly, how often do you see Dylan kick the ball? With Moses kicking 90% of the time, you would want him to kick on his stronger side.
Attack:
If you watch Dylan's first season in the NRL, you would be amazed how good he was at 18. His attack was so potent on the left hand side with Lane, Jenko and Sivo. I believe he can now create a deadly combo on the left with Niukore, Penisini and Sivo. Dylan has shown great ability of playing direct, squaring up the defence and drawing the defence onto him in order to create space for the players on his outside. However, that has disappeared when he shifted to the right. I remeber against the roosters this year (rd 9), he went on the left and tried to throw a pass to Gutho except it went onto the ground and Ikavlu scored. But if you actually observe Dylans role in that play, he create space for Gutho really well. If he just executed the pass beter, Gutho would of put Sivo away down the touchline. I have no idea why this has not happened more this year. Just because one little mistake, have they thrown that play out the window?
Defence:
Hear me out on this. I believe our right edge defence will be stronger with Moses there instead of Dylan Brown. Dylan is no doubt the best tackling half in the NRL. He rarely misses a tackle and he is capable of tackling big men like Kikau, 1 on 1. However, Dylan is not the best at defensive reads and he is also not very good at communicating with his outside defenders on when to slide. So regardless of him being able to tackle, our defence is still exposed on his outside due to our compressed defence. Constrastingly, Moses defence has been getting better by the year. Just look how good his defence was during origin, espicially consdering he had a back injury. One thing Moses does very well in comparison to Dylan Brown, is communicate with his outside men. If you observe closely, Moses will slide quickly to cover any gap on his centres inside and mark his opposite number. As soon as he does that slide, he will yell at his centre and winger to slide to cover the space on the outside. This is something we desperately need with our compressed defensive systems.
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A good assessment. Worth some further exploration
Absolutely agree get him back to the left hand side
Sliding to cover on a simple spread is something Dylan does very well. But when decoys are used, Dylan is not the best reader. I may be a bit harsh but we could really use Moses communication on that edge. Plus attack is the biggest reason why the switch needs to be made
lol wouldn't suprise me if you start randomly defending BA while your dunk as MC. Just joking. The only similarity I see between eels and you tomorrow is that your both getting smashed😂😭
You are correct with Dylan's lack of communication with his out side men. He reads the man his tackling well he just forgets to talk.
It's worth a shot. Dylan is floundering on the right.
Its quite obvious as in ROCKY II
ROCKY Fights right handed throughout the bout towards the end of the fight ROCKY switches back to his natural side- southpaw
Dylan will go back to his natural side when our oppenents least expect it
He will be an attacking dynamo come finals time
all part of the BA master plan !
Im willing to try anything!
Agree switch them back, at this moment the club is in freefall, we need a change in lineup and a freshening up of structure and tactics. Bring back our confidence with some freedom and head into the finals..
Good Analysis mate.
He was an absolute natural on the left. He also had a great combination with Lane and Jenko (such a huge loss).
He hasn't been able to make the same connection on the right with Matto.
When I saw Lane listed in the second row I thought it may be because Dylan is moving back to the left. They have a natural combination together. We shall see what happens Saturday night.
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