Please can someone explain why our long kicking game is so inferior to that of our rivals in the top six of the table?
We have seen our attacking game apart from this improve markedly this season and yet while Snead, Lewis and Smith amongst others kick it high, move it in the air or create a contest we constantly kick it too low and too far to make it any sort of threat.
We even did that with the goal-line drop out on Friday, and our kick-offs are soooo predictable.
It can’t be just that Drinkwater isn’t as good as the players named above can it (although he isn’t)? Surely even he could be coached to kick it higher or shorter, or both - quite often he’s not even under that much pressure when he kicks.
It baffles me why we can’t do it better.

An excellent question. It sorely lets us down.

You mean you're not impressed by Drinkwaters, 100% every time, kick to the left of the field in the exact same spot kicking skill.....your crazy

I was going to post along these lines on the match thread. Joe Burgess had the luxury of running onto the ball a number of times and gaining many yards at the start of their set. In the kicking department, both long and short, we were dreadfully deficient during Friday's game. I totally agree that Drinkwater is a journeyman fulfilling a role, rather than being a player who has the ability to change a game. The frustrating thing being that Hayes has missed such an opportunity to gain a lot of experience at SH to the end of the season, due to injury. He already had the shirt, and could have improved so much. I hope that he fully recovers and can reset to progress with his career in 2025.

Josh Drinkwater highlights reel/tribute is being released shortly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyiJLGSIde4

Josh Drinkwater highlights reel/tribute is being released shortly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyiJLGSIde4

Dec Patton had the best long kicking game of any recent Warrington player. Maybe he's our 'wow' signing?

Very negative & too personal. Move on ... the future is bright.

How was our kicking game last week against wigan? What were the major differences

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Give over too personal. And, again, stop telling me what to do ffs. I'll post what I like, when I like within the AUP even if you don't like it. Self appointed thought police.

Do you think our kicking game is good?

None. Drinkwaters kicking was the same at Wigan. Every kick went to the wingers or fullback, Not once did we turn them around. I think our overall performance and Wigan being poor made it inconsequential in that game.

We've not had a good kicking game since 2013.

If Drinkwater is the best out a bad bunch, to take the field position kicks, more time on the training pitch is needed. He has no positional awareness of attempting to split the field. It’s all the same on every set, every game. If Burgess is overlooking this, then it shows a little coaching inexperience on his behalf. That said, if the pack aren’t making meters, Drinkwaters kicks look even poorer.

On the other hand, Williams short kicking game is decent, but looks a little rushed at times..

I think Harry Smith’s kicking game compared to Drinkwaters/Williams and Lewis/May will be the difference in the big games.