Defensive structure : Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:27 am  

At the start of the season our defence was pretty robust
As the season went on our structure began to fail especially at Salford. Then we slowly got it back together resulting in outstanding defence over the last 6 weeks or so and optimised with Milkys last ditch tackle on Friday night.

Having looked at how we operate it appears to me we were reliant on the middles pushing out quickly this was negated two ways firstly by fast ball movement outside by the opposition and secondly slowing us in the middle by dragging players into tackles in the middle.

The players have really got grips with this at the back end and the structure and execution has been very good. Hopefully with the right players coming in and the players coming through the club we will build good structures.

Re: Defensive structure : Sun Sep 04, 2022 10:48 am  

Think it could be down to the new forwards that have been signed by W P

Re: Defensive structure : Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:28 am  

I think it’s a universal truth that if you can get your defensive structure correct you are 95% there.

The greatest benefit of a great defence is to the attacking game. If your confident that your defence will stand up you become more confident in attack, knowing that if yo make mistakes you can limit the damage.

In nearly all the last 8 games there have been loads of moments that could have flipped the game. But nearly every time we sniffed out any danger.