Quote: GIANT DAZ "Got to also factor in stuff like confidence, when the players are playing well stuff comes off, players are not as cautious, a few of us were saying on Friday the players looked scared - not just of the opposition but of each other and themselves, scared of making mistakes which inevitably leads to more being made.
Saying that i cannot nor will try and defend some of the pathetic attempts at tackling i saw, science will tell you that if someone has 10-15 metres to run in they will pick up speed meaning they are going to be faster than you when you are stood still waiting for them and then have the speed and power to get past you when all you do to try and stop them is to try and grab a hold of their shirt, you will simply not stop anyone doing that,as it proves time and again.
Attack wise we're not too far off with the amount of points we are scoring, Cas apart most teams are around 100-150 points scored (we're on 124, there's 3 worse than us) but defensively we are terrible, surely every professional rugby league player knows how to tackle it's a basic of the game, so why are they not doing it? they know they HAVE to do it so i don't accept this is a coaching problem as players shouldn't need telling they have to tackle.
Why are we so soft in defence? that is our downfall in my eyes, sort that out and confidence will rise leading to players playing with less tension and hopefully an all round improvement in performance.'"
A lot of sense in that DAZ, the problem is what is going to change it, we waited all last season for things to change and they just never did, The strange thing is 3/4 games last year we played like a top of the league side then just went straight back to rubbish.
It's surprising how many people you talk to who say, They need relegating so they can start afresh, I'm inclined to that view myself. When you look where us and Leeds were last year and then look at Leeds now, while we are still bumping along.
As some body has said Hetherington told them straight, you have a month or face the consequences, There is a whole world of difference in the clubs and it's not just about them having more money. Warrington are poor at the moment, but you can put money on them doing whatever it takes to sort it, They wont just sit around wringing their hands and whinging about injuries