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Bombed Out wrote:
Spot on Dave.
Man for man I wasn't overly worried and didn't think they were head and shoulders above us (MDJ aside who was defensively awful). We held them out for the 1st 20 mins but neither did we trouble them offensively.
The difference for me was in the coaching and style of play.
Saints are fast when that ball goes through the hands, look to support the ball carrier and have a scrum half who took the line on, engaged defenders and created gaps for the support.
We on the other hand looked like we picked up from where we left the last season. Wingers scooting from within our own 20, 1 man drives, last play an up and under or kick to the corner and slow passing.
Now it might not be all doom and gloom and I won't approach the season with that attitude just yet but with even our personnel employing a Saints/Wigan style of play we'd improve immeasurably in my opinion.
I also for 1 will be disgusted if MDJ starts ahead of Miloudi in the 1st game. Miloudi always gives 100% and you always expect the unexpected when he's on the ball and I like that.
Its not just Saints who play this style.
You will also see the ball moved fast accross the backline or a long ball to the full back rather than just one man taking the ball up like we do.This also takes a lot of work away from the forwards so they are a lot fresher.
Castleford were the masters of this,Warrington do it well and Wigan with their new coach and Hardaker now at full back will also adopt this type of play using the speed of their backs.
Powell apart give me an Australian coach any day.We are desperate for a change of style and for me now its obvious Radford cannot deliver that.
We have a major player clear out for season 2020 and need an Australian coach in place to attract some top overseas players to the club.
Its so disappointing to see just how far away we are from the top clubs.
Its even more embarrassing to have the coach big up a very average player like Matty Dawson so fans are not surprised to see him in the first team at HKR.
We have seen far more both in defence and attack from a rookie in Ratu, and Miloudi when played on the left wing has always been a handful.
No point looking good in training when you cant produce it in a competitive game.
The Saints fans were laughing at us signing Dawson
Statistics: Posted by bonaire — Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:04 pm — Replies 45 — Views 3292