6th Tackle Options?

[Andrew Walker]

Yep the way the rules are now running on the last is a far better option than a poor kick We actually do it quite a bit

[Guest]

Are we still talking about this???

After last season leading the attacking stats, backing it up again this season leading the attacking stats, we need more repeat sets???

Next we will be carrying on about lost penalty counts when we win but winning penalty counts when we lose.

I definately don't like giving 7 tackles away.

So if it comes down to it I'd rather us run it on the last near the line. Giving the opposition the ball 2 metres out from their own line is much better than giving away 7 tackles from the 20.

I guess it's just how we all view the game differently.

Yep the way the rules are now running on the last is a far better option than a poor kick We actually do it quite a bit

Agree all the above.. It's good to have variety though which we spotted a bit of yesterday.

[Burnt Rooster]

I just wonder do we ever practise this at training, for years now, we have been total crap at forcing a second set of six, for such a talented squad, not to be able to do that, is a matter I cant get my head around, when the dead beat sides in the comp, get their share of resets.

[Guest]

It would be good if the team could show that they have the ability to actually get repeat sets. Just another facet of the game that they should be utilising.

[Guest]

Yep the way the rules are now running on the last is a far better option than a poor kick We actually do it quite a bit

I noticed that Soward put the ball into touch on the last a number times in positions that you would expect a more attacking kick to come from. I'd like to see that utilised a bit more, especially when we have a lead, and should be playing safety first. Options like that 2 weeks ago could have see us with another 2 points.

[Guest]

Yep the way the rules are now running on the last is a far better option than a poor kick We actually do it quite a bit

I noticed that Soward put the ball into touch on the last a number times in positions that you would expect a more attacking kick to come from. I'd like to see that utilised a bit more, especially when we have a lead, and should be playing safety first. Options like that 2 weeks ago could have see us with another 2 points.

[Arties Pie]

It is Pearce and Maloney we are talking about here as we all know they aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, but you would think the ability to regularly get a few repeat set's wouldn't be beyond them but I could be wrong.

[TheLoneRooster]

What I'd like to see is some moves of the kind that wo-manly use (sharp changes of angle) instead of just putting up the bomb so often on the last. snake scored off one of these moves against the Roosters at brookvale for example. These moves show imagination and are quite difficult to defend.

[Guest]

What I'd like to see is some moves of the kind that wo-manly use (sharp changes of angle) instead of just putting up the bomb so often on the last. snake scored off one of these moves against the Roosters at brookvale for example. These moves show imagination and are quite difficult to defend.

And kicks in behind the opposition forwards would allow the likes of Jenko SKD Sheck SBW BBQ Aubbo Cords G unit and even Mini to run amuck and take plenty of pressure off the middle third..

[TheLoneRooster]

Yes, that would work too turk. Variations essentially, not just bomb bomb bomb.

[Guest]

Yes, that would work too turk. Variations essentially, not just bomb bomb bomb.

Yeeeh!

[Guest]

Jennings showed on numerous occasions last year that if you put a grubber through anywhere near him he'll always get very close to it and put his body on the line to get it.

[Ray Stehr]

The first kick by Maloney was terrible.

After that our kicking game was well above the usual.

The first kick by Pearce was atrocious.

[Vasco]

The first kick by Pearce was atrocious.

I said the same thing at the time.

I actually said a lot worse.

[The Rooster Oracle]

The first kick by Pearce was atrocious.

Yes, that kick was pure garbage!! Pearce seems to have developed a complex on the last tackle when on the attack, his mind just goes blank or he gets over excited or something, cause his execution is usually poor and he often takes wrong options.

A few times on the last he went out the back to Maubs which I just didn't get?? Maubs is a good player but he isn't a play maker, so what was Pearce thinking there?? For me it is because he seems to have this complex, and his confidence isn't there to make the good big play on the last.

I have said a few times, he can not put a grubber into the ingoal for a try or to force a line dropout, or kick a field goal to save his life.

Other than those 3 or 4 poor efforts on the last when on the attack, he did have a good game yesterday. But if he can just fix this important aspect of his game, it would tremendously help the team!

Thank goodness Maloney managed two good grubbers into the ingoal resulting in 1 try and one line dropout. Maloney did put in one poor bomb which resulted in 20m restart though.

One thing I noticed yesterday that left me really underwhelmed was, when we finally got our first penalty in the second half, Pearce, Friend, Maloney and SBW all came together for a meeting before kicking to the sideline, to discuss what they were going to do for the set when on the attack. I was then expecting for something special to happen in that set, some great set move that would either get us a try or at least come close. In that set was stuff all, so what ended up happening with that plan from the meeting?? Made the meeting look completely pointless!