Quote: St pete "It certainly crazy tactic kicking down the throat of a back three like leeds have unless you find touch and if you don't there back three will burn you.
Tactically I don't think KC is up there yet. He might learn in time but this is the first time he's coached any time at all so it's to be expected.
Nathan Brown was very good tactically. The way he got us to adapt to all the injuries we had and change the way we played in short period of time was real top class coaching. What that guy did last year with the injuries we had was notning short of worldclass coaching. No halves avsilable to him and with flash and Wello our halves in the grand final it's a miracle we won.
Brown got a lot of stick on here but he was a good coach and the players loved his coaching. He built us back into a title winning team with his tactics and very smart recruitment and retention.'"
You won't hear a bad thing from me about Brown. I fully agree that he put the club back on course.
The manner in which he won us the league was built on aggression. He recognised following Wigan butchering us at home last year that we were far too passive. The result was an ultra aggressive defensive style that rattled teams, all teams, and we prospered from it. He also enforced the conservative rugby, through no fault of his own, as he had no other options following the loss of every pivot we had.
My worry is that Cunningham is maintaining the extreme conservatism regardless of us having pivots and also without the aggression. I posted all preseason that I felt we'd stroll the title again this year as with fit pivots and the aggressive style of forward play we have, I didn't see anybody living with us. However, we simply aren't following the remit Brown left us with. Teams have also found a way to play us, nobody takes us on without 5 props anymore for instance. Ultimately though, we should be doing better.
