Quote: dann_salford "[sizeHopefully our attack and ball retention will be better this year[/size, meaning we won't need to make as many tackles.'"
If has to be because if you look at the stats Salford have made more tackles than any club in Superleague over the last two years. 2010 was however a slight improvement on 2009 when the team made 8827 tackles.
Here are the tackle numbers for 2010:-
Salford - 8749
Huddersfield - 8629
Catalans - 8595
Quins - 8534
Hull KR - 8457
Crusaders - 8397
Hull - 8275
Wakey - 8165
Bradford - 8048
Leeds - 7934
Wigan - 7933
Castleford - 7868
Warrington - 7828
St Helens - 7767
This equates to having to tackle for 6 more sets per game than Saints!
Another area that needs improving is metres per carry. In 2009 the team averaged 6.3 and in 2010 they only managed 5.5!