Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:17 am  

Can any one help me and decipher this ...... they will mould us, WTF. Our fringe defence was non existent, our line speed snail like, Drinkwater, Slyney, Krasniqi and Farrar were passengers, Moore's brain farts led to the game changer, and I have no idea what was going on tactically, and neither, apparently, did the players.

Coach Tony Rea remained defiant.

He said: "Score lines against us like this will not break us, they will mould us.

"I know people will be down on us after this, but we are not down on ourselves.

"We will be okay - we just need to harden up a bit. We gave them a significant number of their points today through handling errors and mistakes and if you take that away it would be very different."

Re: Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:14 am  

I think they need to aim up.

Re: Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:01 am  

Not sure I agree about Farrar. Looked pretty assured at full back, one of our better players yesterday. Caton-Brown looks to have taken tackling tips from Drinkwater.

Re: Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:19 pm  

Caton-Brown looks to have taken tackling tips from Drinkwater.

Worryingly both stood next to each other in defence hence the first 2 tries.

We need to get the players in the right positions.

Re: Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:48 pm  

PC Plum wrote:

"We will be okay - we just need to harden up a bit. We gave them a significant number of their points today through handling errors and mistakes and if you take that away it would be very different."

I could be a concert pianist if only I could play the piano and wasn't tone deaf!

Re: Help Required : Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:27 pm  

Dally wrote:

I could be a concert pianist if only I could play the piano and wasn't tone deaf!

kind of like Gus and sports administration then.

Re: Help Required : Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:45 am  

wire quin wrote:

Worryingly both stood next to each other in defence hence the first 2 tries.

We need to get the players in the right positions.

This seems to be Rea's trademark - pairing up two soft defenders.

I'd move Foster to left centre (where he's played before). He doesn't hit the ball up as a forward and so he's just a defensive plug for us at the moment. He may as well be a defensive plug where we need it most. MCB could then defend on the wing and play centre when we have possession. Drinkwater ought then to be protected by a second-row to his right and Foster to his left. Or even move Drinkwater out to the wing in defence.

I imagine Agar needed only watch the SLTV highlights as prep for last Saturday.

And what's wrong with Slyney? He looks knackered and half of his tackles involve no more than stretching out an arm. Is this someone returning to fitness (I hope) or is he a defensive dud? With Moore being a poor defender, whenever Slyney and Moore are 2 of the 4 middle unit defence, I worry as they get exposed by any change in the direction of play.

Re: Help Required : Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:28 am  

Puzzles me why he messes with HB's each week. How can they get use to who play makers are (or playing together) if he's moving them in and out of position each week.
I don't know why he had Solomona on the wing, when Storm fans rave about him when at FB. If defence is a problem in the centres then move Farrar there.
The other thing about Saturday squad, why did he drop Griffin,as he's our fourth best tackler, I take it he wasn't injured