- Apr 12, 2014
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Wanted to post about a couple things in general I've noticed this year, but couldn't find an appropriate thread. Figured maybe a thread for topics that aren't exactly worth a thread on their own would be a good idea, if the mods disagree please delete.
Our tackling really sucks, most of our list doesn't even use the correct technique when attempting it. Watts was probably the prime example on Saturday night, a couple of really good chase down efforts but he doesn't go for the hips or get low enough, and he definitely isn't the only one.
Viney I think is having the same issues that Jones did early on in his career, he has no issue winning the ball but he needs to learn when to give it off and when to take players on, just think sometimes he tries to do too much (Especially evident on the weekend).
Also I think when it comes to selection people need to calm down a bit, I've been seeing stuff like 'drop M Jones/Terlich/Bail/Pedersen' (Although the pedersen hate has calmed down a bit), everyone needs to realize that whilst we are improving at a fairly rapid rate, there are still a lot of holes in our list and side, and you can't just drop players because you know they probably won't be playing in our next final. M Jones and Bail are pretty poor skill-wise but they provide run (And in Bails case good tackling) and there isn't much outside the team to replace them with. Sure, Toumpas is developing and Blease will probably be back in the side in the next couple weeks but they aren't sure bets to do a better job than the current players in the team.
Our tackling really sucks, most of our list doesn't even use the correct technique when attempting it. Watts was probably the prime example on Saturday night, a couple of really good chase down efforts but he doesn't go for the hips or get low enough, and he definitely isn't the only one.
Viney I think is having the same issues that Jones did early on in his career, he has no issue winning the ball but he needs to learn when to give it off and when to take players on, just think sometimes he tries to do too much (Especially evident on the weekend).
Also I think when it comes to selection people need to calm down a bit, I've been seeing stuff like 'drop M Jones/Terlich/Bail/Pedersen' (Although the pedersen hate has calmed down a bit), everyone needs to realize that whilst we are improving at a fairly rapid rate, there are still a lot of holes in our list and side, and you can't just drop players because you know they probably won't be playing in our next final. M Jones and Bail are pretty poor skill-wise but they provide run (And in Bails case good tackling) and there isn't much outside the team to replace them with. Sure, Toumpas is developing and Blease will probably be back in the side in the next couple weeks but they aren't sure bets to do a better job than the current players in the team.