Quote ="Dave T"
Moving on, I don't doubt that the inside players are lazy to cover etc. but on that phot, there is one Wire defender within a couple of metres of every Saints player.
You can see the man with the ball looks like he is due to step inside. There is no reason for King to come so far in and get involved. There are plenty of defenders there to cover.
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I agree Ive watched it over and over and the first thing that springs to my mind is "we're ok weve got numbers" and thats where the problem starts. why if we are ok for numbers does Matt king leave Penny and come for Flannery when he appears to be well covered.
and i think plain and simple Matt king isnt a bright cookie and is easily sucked in by a saints set play.
what follows is a lazy two man tackle by Harrison and Monaghan and the ball is offloaded with ease and pryce comes the opposite way to the way our defence is sliding and goodnight vienna.
Penny could be criticised for reacting first to the offload and coming for it but the damage has already been done by then. and had he stayed out he'd still be facing a 2 on 1 anyway
