I hark on about improving our defence every year before the season starts. With Madge in charge we are going backwards but our defensive structure looked better against the Roosters in the last trial.
A caveat to that is it was pouring rain and our goal line defense, especially early, was terrible. Have the new assistants been able to improve our defense? Time will tell.
I voted 13th but as Garry, Declan and Steve say on the pod, will it be a good 13th or a poor 13th? Haha
Assistant Cayless I hope you are our best buy of 2022
From what a saw we are still prone to panic when defending our line and this leads to bad decisions. Overall I thought our defence was much better against the Roosters, better line speed, better 1st contact and stiffer through the middle. This allowed our middle to stay intact and not collapse allowing the outside back to stay in position, stay on their man and keeping them from having to make rushed decisions. We need to see if this holds up over the 1st month of the competition before I'll start to believe there are improvements being made.
That wasn't a great Roosters side ...the bloke who organizes their defence was out along with 2 of their other spineless ...the tries they did score were so simple
We will get a better picture late Sunday afternoon
I agree, but we did hold up much better in the middle. Although it means absolute nothing if we don't stand up this weekend.
And the week after that, and the week after that, and the week after that......
This is still a very young team missing some quality, so I still expect there will be some games where they drop the ball
But overall I'm expecting a consistent effort in defence this year. By the sounds of it Cayless has made the defensive structures very simple for each player, and each player will be held accountable for their defensive job
Top 8 2023
I hark on about improving our defence every year before the season starts. With Madge in charge we are going backwards but our defensive structure looked better against the Roosters in the last trial.
A caveat to that is it was pouring rain and our goal line defense, especially early, was terrible. Have the new assistants been able to improve our defense? Time will tell.
I voted 13th but as Garry, Declan and Steve say on the pod, will it be a good 13th or a poor 13th? Haha
Assistant Cayless I hope you are our best buy of 2022
From what a saw we are still prone to panic when defending our line and this leads to bad decisions. Overall I thought our defence was much better against the Roosters, better line speed, better 1st contact and stiffer through the middle. This allowed our middle to stay intact and not collapse allowing the outside back to stay in position, stay on their man and keeping them from having to make rushed decisions. We need to see if this holds up over the 1st month of the competition before I'll start to believe there are improvements being made.
That wasn't a great Roosters side ...the bloke who organizes their defence was out along with 2 of their other spineless ...the tries they did score were so simple
We will get a better picture late Sunday afternoon
I agree, but we did hold up much better in the middle. Although it means absolute nothing if we don't stand up this weekend.
And the week after that, and the week after that, and the week after that......
This is still a very young team missing some quality, so I still expect there will be some games where they drop the ball
But overall I'm expecting a consistent effort in defence this year. By the sounds of it Cayless has made the defensive structures very simple for each player, and each player will be held accountable for their defensive job
We need to improve in our collective decision making as well, having a group of players all reacting together and not just doing their own individual thing.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
I hark on about improving our defence every year before the season starts. With Madge in charge we are going backwards but our defensive structure looked better against the Roosters in the last trial.
A caveat to that is it was pouring rain and our goal line defense, especially early, was terrible. Have the new assistants been able to improve our defense? Time will tell.
I voted 13th but as Garry, Declan and Steve say on the pod, will it be a good 13th or a poor 13th? Haha
Assistant Cayless I hope you are our best buy of 2022
From what a saw we are still prone to panic when defending our line and this leads to bad decisions. Overall I thought our defence was much better against the Roosters, better line speed, better 1st contact and stiffer through the middle. This allowed our middle to stay intact and not collapse allowing the outside back to stay in position, stay on their man and keeping them from having to make rushed decisions. We need to see if this holds up over the 1st month of the competition before I'll start to believe there are improvements being made.
That wasn't a great Roosters side ...the bloke who organizes their defence was out along with 2 of their other spineless ...the tries they did score were so simple
We will get a better picture late Sunday afternoon
I agree, but we did hold up much better in the middle. Although it means absolute nothing if we don't stand up this weekend.
Roosters completion rate must have been sub 70 % .....
I hark on about improving our defence every year before the season starts. With Madge in charge we are going backwards but our defensive structure looked better against the Roosters in the last trial.
A caveat to that is it was pouring rain and our goal line defense, especially early, was terrible. Have the new assistants been able to improve our defense? Time will tell.
I voted 13th but as Garry, Declan and Steve say on the pod, will it be a good 13th or a poor 13th? Haha
Assistant Cayless I hope you are our best buy of 2022
From what a saw we are still prone to panic when defending our line and this leads to bad decisions. Overall I thought our defence was much better against the Roosters, better line speed, better 1st contact and stiffer through the middle. This allowed our middle to stay intact and not collapse allowing the outside back to stay in position, stay on their man and keeping them from having to make rushed decisions. We need to see if this holds up over the 1st month of the competition before I'll start to believe there are improvements being made.
That wasn't a great Roosters side ...the bloke who organizes their defence was out along with 2 of their other spineless ...the tries they did score were so simple
We will get a better picture late Sunday afternoon
I agree, but we did hold up much better in the middle. Although it means absolute nothing if we don't stand up this weekend.
Roosters completion rate must have been sub 70 % .....
The chicken or the egg mate?
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
I hark on about improving our defence every year before the season starts. With Madge in charge we are going backwards but our defensive structure looked better against the Roosters in the last trial.
A caveat to that is it was pouring rain and our goal line defense, especially early, was terrible. Have the new assistants been able to improve our defense? Time will tell.
I voted 13th but as Garry, Declan and Steve say on the pod, will it be a good 13th or a poor 13th? Haha
Assistant Cayless I hope you are our best buy of 2022
From what a saw we are still prone to panic when defending our line and this leads to bad decisions. Overall I thought our defence was much better against the Roosters, better line speed, better 1st contact and stiffer through the middle. This allowed our middle to stay intact and not collapse allowing the outside back to stay in position, stay on their man and keeping them from having to make rushed decisions. We need to see if this holds up over the 1st month of the competition before I'll start to believe there are improvements being made.
That wasn't a great Roosters side ...the bloke who organizes their defence was out along with 2 of their other spineless ...the tries they did score were so simple
We will get a better picture late Sunday afternoon
I agree, but we did hold up much better in the middle. Although it means absolute nothing if we don't stand up this weekend.
Roosters completion rate must have been sub 70 % .....
The chicken or the egg mate?
Egg ....Lizard hatched from egg ..grew feathers ...
Everyone is blowing smoke up the Dragons butts ......talking Top 8 .....can't be serious ....they are around our level at best
At this time of year I’m usually optimistic about our chances, but for some reason, I’m not feeling it this year. Could be a good sign.
At this time of year I’m usually optimistic about our chances, but for some reason, I’m not feeling it this year. Could be a good sign.
On paper the only clubs I think we are a chance of finishing above are Cowboys and at a pinch Knights
At this time of year I’m usually optimistic about our chances, but for some reason, I’m not feeling it this year. Could be a good sign.
On paper the only clubs I think we are a chance of finishing above are Cowboys and at a pinch Knights
Im still not convinced about the Dragons, dogs and Broncos as well.
In memory of Geoff Chisholm (1965-2022)
I think that we will be lucky to avoid the spoon. Limited depth already being called upon due to injuries, not a great amount of skill in key positions & a complete lack of explosiveness.
I think we've moved on dead wood and replaced it with better options eg Peachy and positive changes in the coaches. So I've gone for a slight improvement, 10th.
But it will depend on how our 2nd half of season goes when all troops are on deck (hopefully) and positions are settled. Things might get ugly in the 1st half of season so hopefully team morale hasn't been broken before we can be at our best.
Head Vote : 11th to 15th
Heart Vote : 8th....
I can't see us getting to the 8 with this squad, we have had much stronger squads that didnt make it.
Im getting sad thinking about it lol.
