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Is just not good enough, half the boys would struggle to tackle a toothpick, pushed off too easy, dont understand the notion of knocking the ball out of hands, we give away alot of free kicks from our poor tackles, dont know who the tackling coach is but he is doing a very poor job
Theres a reason why in the 2 games he has played Priddis has ended the game with the most number of tackles, that is a larger indication of the team in general rather then his greatness.
All i want is someone to learn how to tackle, you got 10 weeks to sort it out guys.
sydney eagle
18 Jun 2006, 00:41
On today's performance I would say that you are right. Even people who normally tackle quite well were missing them.
Is just not good enough, half the boys would struggle to tackle a toothpick, pushed off too easy, dont understand the notion of knocking the ball out of hands, we give away alot of free kicks from our poor tackles, dont know who the tackling coach is but he is doing a very poor job
Theres a reason why in the 2 games he has played Priddis has ended the game with the most number of tackles, that is a larger indication of the team in general rather then his greatness.
All i want is someone to learn how to tackle, you got 10 weeks to sort it out guys.
We are a very tired bunch....The break will do wonders....
bassmanx
18 Jun 2006, 02:32
We are a very tired bunch....The break will do wonders....
Let's hope so.
I know we've had a couple of tough games lately but the tackling was embarrassing today.
Definite room for improvement but I've no doubt we will bounce back after the break.
94_Eagles
18 Jun 2006, 05:22
No worse than our delivery into the 50.
Thrawn666
18 Jun 2006, 13:43
No worse than our delivery into the 50.
Agreed. Watching our last 3 games this has clearly been our problem. None of our midfielders are exempt, from Cousins through to Fletcher. To me it points to a very tired midfield. Week off will do good. The most frustrating thing is watching and knowing that when guys like Lynch and Staker get good delivery they are taking good grabs. Hopefully they will get more good delivery after the break than they are now.
On the tackling side of things, I thought our tackling was strong in the first quarter then tapered off badly. Once again, a sign of how tired our midfield is.