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| There's always going to be robust debate when the team is playing badly. This forum is a very good indicator of how we're going - doing well and all's quiet, doing badly and its Piccadilly Circus.
I don't think there are Smith cultists - more optimists. I just think there's very little evidence that we're going to do anything other than meander to another nothing season, and the performances are going the wrong way. Smith has been in the job for two years now, and this year brought in some big money players, and yet it all feels a lot like last year, with so many of the same problems, which are utterly fundamental.
Its that basic nature of our problems which gives me little hope. League is at heart a simple game - possession, position, taking chances. If we lose the yardage game by a long way, make a huge number of poor errors, and our kicking game and attack are toothless, then we're going to lose more than we win. Those things have to change.
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IT AIN'T WHERE YOUR FROM, ITS WHERE YOUR AT.
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| You need to underpin that brand of "eyes up / play what you see / off the cuff" rugby league with some actual structure.
You cant just lob the ball around like a grenade with zero respect for your position on the field and before earning the right to play, its moronic.
Without structure when the chips are down you can fall back onto good line speed, hard tackling and even the 5 drives and a kick to clear your lines, we dont want to do any of that, we dont want to move up and tackle, we dont want to string together sets, we just want to chuck the ball around regardless of field position real dumb rugby.
When it inevitably fails like it has done multiple times over two seasons weve nothing solid to fall back on, players get frustrated, lose concentration and start making more and more basic mistakes or even wilder risker plays to make up the shortfall. I agree theres certainly a player issue that weve had to deal with constant squad injuries and disruption that also havent helped, but the coach sets the tone and the players take the lead.
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| Surely the coach should be able to coach the players to do the basics under pressure and ensure the players are fit and have the right attitude. It seems on all these fronts Smith has failed.
I agree injuries are disruptive but why do we get so many are the players fit enough to withstand the rigours of elite football? Players should be able to tackle, pass and catch - Roberts drops the high ball more than he catches it - that is a core skill coaching issue. Short drop outs - again who suggested this?
Attacking structure and attacking plays - surely that is a coaching issues - allowing the attackers to come to you - again that is a coaching decision. Yes the players should do better but the coach needs to provide a platform for that to happen.
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| Quote: Shabino "There are glimpses of how Rohan wants to play, and it’s exciting. However the current bunch are not good enough to implement it. Needs at least 3 quality signings imho…..'"
Wigan's team would struggle with this God awful system Rohan 'coaches' cos it's destined to fail.
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| Wigan's team might feel under more pressure if their own fans started chanting "get out of our club" and booing the players on the field?
People here who seem to think bollocking people is the way forward and getting on their back, have you seen players like Roberts and Frawley respond to this from you all?
Bevan French would probably love RS - then again Wigan have a pack who can lay a platform unlike ours at the minute.
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| Quote: KaeruJim "
It shouldn't matter which back position u play in, catching a ball is a basic skill that it taught at U7 level.. these guys are prodessional sports people... if u can;t catch then u practice until u can.. simple.. a bit like kicking a ball, u practice until it;s second nature.
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