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We don't have the 2nd least offloads this year, because the whole squad suddenly forgot how to. I have seen players throughout the season cock the arm in good positioning and then pull it back in for fear or kearney nostrils. Such a strange tactic to want to achieve, when every team successfully uses the offload to get a staggered defensive line.Lol you guys really exaggerate the no offload thing like SK rubs his hands with glee when he sees a low offload stat
We don't have the 2nd least offloads this year, because the whole squad suddenly forgot how to. I have seen players throughout the season cock the arm in good positioning and then pull it back in for fear or kearney nostrils. Such a strange tactic to want to achieve, when every team successfully uses the offload to get a staggered defensive line.
We don't have the 2nd least offloads this year, because the whole squad suddenly forgot how to. I have seen players throughout the season cock the arm in good positioning and then pull it back in for fear or kearney nostrils. Such a strange tactic to want to achieve, when every team successfully uses the offload to get a staggered defensive line.
RIP the offload...
The Vodafone ProcessorsThat is just soul destroying to watch, who even are we anymore??
Offload King TheoryWe had a player in Felatio Mateo who literally lead the comp in offloads.
I EXPECT NOTHING LESS.
We had 2nd phase in 2016, in 2017 we didn't simple as that. In 2017 Kearney tried to implement a new style of play, it clearly involved safety first football as you say. If Kearney didn't use the words "don't offload", then somewhere along the line the players decided thats what he meant. Because on countless occasions in games, players who would normally create some 2nd phase decided that wasn't the go anymore. You don't have to beat a team pillar to post for 80minutes to get the right to play some footy, thats like almost saying we were never in the oppositions half..momentum ebs and flows throughout a game. The chance of someone looking to offload became so slim, that everyone was just running one out with no support and when someone made a half break noone was there in support(possibly because of the whole festering no offload scenario). So either the coaching staff told the squad, shelve the offload. Or the players have very little footy IQ and took the game plan a little too seriously, and couldn't think on the fly if they should take opportunities or not.
Chances are it's abit of both. But if you think the coaching staff had nothing to do with it, then we will just have to agree to disagree.
Offload King Theory
Ali Lauitiiti = 2002 Grand Final
Feleti Mateo = 2011 Grand Final
Coincidence???
Not mention some great back up players like Stacey Jones and Lance Hohaia or James Maloney and Kevin Locke. Players that were always sniffing around the offload specialist...I posted something similar in a different thread, but I think it's more than just offloading. It's the threat it poses to the defence that forces them to adjust and creates space on the outside.
I don't think it's a coincidence our successful teams had a good balance in the backrow.
11. Ali
12. Guttenbeil
13. Campion
11. Mateo
12. Mannering
13. Luck
Not mention some great back up players like Stacey Jones and Lance Hohaia or James Maloney and Kevin Locke. Players that were always sniffing around the offload specialist...
A very basic, fundamental RL skill that all players should have. Either standing up in a tackle to offload or putting a player through a gap when a defender commits to the ball carrier. My Dad taught me the latter before I was 10, draw the man then half turn your body so you are balanced and release the ball just in front of your oncoming colleague, pretty simple to do if you've got half an aptitude for ball games. WTF do players practice nowadays?Off loads and players backing up. That was good to watch
The HakaA very basic, fundamental RL skill that all players should have. Either standing up in a tackle to offload or putting a player through a gap when a defender commits to the ball carrier. My Dad taught me the latter before I was 10, draw the man then half turn your body so you are balanced and release the ball just in front of your oncoming colleague, pretty simple to do if you've got half an aptitude for ball games. WTF do players practice nowadays?