davey41 wrote:
Is that the best “moan” you can come up with?
Not sure how much influence he would have under Smith because presumably if Smith said I want us to play a certain way (eg off the cuff) then Grix had to carry out those instructions.
But the most important thing to sort out when taking over was the attitude in defence and that is heaps better. Stopped conceding 50 points for now.
As for attack? I know it is still clunky but last week we actually saw a couple of blindside moves when players seemed to know they were coming and got in position. Not seen that for years at FC?
Also, yesterday we actually scored a try from a scrum by creating a man overlap?
Signs of improvement for me.
Whilst I think Grix has at times been a little overly cautious in his team selection overall I think he has improved us since he was appointed interim head coach.
For me he’s been given a somewhat poisoned chalice with a very poor and inadequate squad. Under Smith’s apparent lax tenure I imagine Grix carried out instructions given to him by Smith in regards to training, of which we seemingly had little or no structures in place.
He’s also had to deal with a number of exits and new players coming in since Smiths departure and without 4 quota players and a team with a lot of green and inexperienced young players.
Our defence was no existent so I can only imagine he and the coaching staff have made that the first priority to sort out. Hopefully now the defence is showing much more resolve and team effort they can now work on the attack.
I don’t think we can underestimate the job in hand in turning this team around.
Yes we are still making poor decisions, drop off in concentration at times but we are in truth years away from where we were and have been under Smith. We look to at last to be playing to some kind of defensive and attacking king structure which isn’t going to be a quick process.
I can only hope that Grix sees the benefit in playing Balmforth even in 20 min spells as he had been a revelation in his last two games and has been our only genuine game breaker.
