Quote: Twentyman "
This is obviously just an opinion and I accept that it could be wrong, but the weak tackling is a symptom of a lack of commitment. The reasons for that I just don't know. And looking at KC's interview on the St.Helens Star website, he doesn't know either.'"
Our weak tackling is probably the most easiest aspect of our game to fix and I find it unbelievable that they can't show some technique and effort and will to improve the situation. We all see it in almost every game over the last 3 seasons, our approach is a sliding defence which means in most cases we tackle the upper body first, the opposition can still drive to make metres and we lose control of the ruck, our players work very hard to try and stop momentum but we rarely tackle around the lower body and follow up with wrapping up the ball. If Sean Long is in charge of our defence then KC has to take a lot of responsilbity for this.
We only have 3 players who can tackle around the legs in Lomax, Swift and Roby, the majority of the rest are "tackle grabbers" who can't bend there backs, our emphasis on a sliding defence needs to be replaced with good line speed and tackle impact to control the ruck area. The last time I checked we are the worse team in super league for mis-tackles which means we have lots of minutes when we are not in control of the game.