KaeruJim wrote:
Let me give you some reason Tad…
Bentley, strips the ball off their player in a 2 man tackle right on Saints line. Not on the back foot.
Newman concedes by flopping on a player already being taken into touch with good play from Mom. Not on the back foot.
Frawley passes into Mik’s body around the half way line as we’re attacking, losing possession. Not on the back foot.
Penalties for offside conceded in the opposition 30 several times. Not on the back foot.
You see my trend and there were plenty of other instances I could point to. Miller failing to make the 10 on a tee kick - like he kicked out on the full the previous game. You could argue a couple of his other errors were based on pushing it too hard.
Without these kinds of errors we don’t lose possession and territory. They put us on the back foot. In the general collision, Walmsley aside, we were comparable to Saints I would say.
Really poor field kicking too - at this level of opposition you’ll get punished for sloppy play and we have been.
Before you say it (again) I do agree we look too passive in D especially in our half at times. I suspect RS is trying to save energy but it clearly doesn’t work at times.
I admire your optimism,and you make some valid points, sadly you gloss over the facts we never really troubled the Saints defence, they however made easy yardage against our defence. The big question is are we a good team playing poorly or just an average/poor team.
