Re: The Semi Final Thread : Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:48 am
McClennan wrote:
Not for me. The problem is that Wigoon are much more effective at tackling the player and turning him onto his back. If we could do that to them or alternatively improve our own ability to speed up the PTB then we can build on that. If we let them control the ruck (because we are significantly less effective at turning the player on his back and have been for a few years now) like they did in the last match, and have been doing against most teams recently, we're going to be up against it.
Having Leon playing should help us to get on the front foot a bit more often as would having some pace at full back when returning kicks.
Having Leon playing should help us to get on the front foot a bit more often as would having some pace at full back when returning kicks.
I didn't mean specifically against Wigan, I feel its noticable how our performance over the 80 minutes tends to go up and down of late. Clough's return should help this.
Wigan control the ruck well. On top of that, they've have a more urgent line speed. When they can couple the two together the oppo can't get any movement going without seriously taking the ball to them going forward. We are capable of giving to to them with the ball, but we've got to turn up with a big game mentality and take the oppotunity to punish them in the tackle when its our turn. Steel in defence and balls in attack is what we need to remeber to take with us (or what we forgot last time).
