Schunter wrote:
I don't think I can ever remember a set (that didnt include a mistake) where on the 5th tackle the team was kicking from within their own 10 after having made literally 0 metres. Throughout the game I watched as we perpetually had the backs bringing the ball out on the first 3/4 tackles and routinely getting nowhere, only to not change tack when it was obvious it wasn't working (even more obvious than usual). It's no wonder we can't score when we spend 90% of the game in our own 30/40. Absolute madness.
Only 2 with any go forward were Westy and Tanginoa, rest of the team were completely dominated in the collision, meaning Leeds were allowed that extra few seconds to slow the play of the ball down, although I think Hicks got a few key calls wrong last night, I thought he reffed the ruck to the flow of the game. I saw some comments on Lino, I thought he made some errors but his performance was desperate and I`m not sure what we can expect from him in terms of a kicking game when we give him the ball on the last tackle, on the back foot on our own 20.
On Leeds, I don`t think I have ever seen a team play as bad as that and come away with a win, seriously, they dominated possession, field position but looked as clueless as we have done this season with ball in hand, almost every time they picked the wrong option (Which is out of the ordinary for Gale) and were full of errors forcing play and whenever we got within 30 of there line we looked like scoring, outside backs looked to have zero confidence in there inside man.
