Quote The_Enforcer="The_Enforcer"No need to be so surly.
You seem to want to over complicate the matter again.
Just because most teams have adopted this boring 'stick to the script' approach does not mean it is now the only way all teams must play. Its junk thinking and narrow minded. What confused players years ago will still confuse them today. If there are 4 players running at you all at different angles and each one is in a position to receive the ball then it is still as confusing as it was 30 years ago. You seem to think that todays players are all AI controlled and can think faster than they did 30 years ago.
To move the game on you have to break from the mould. Good coaches are not afraid to try something different and evolve. Saints did it last year and played much looser and more like a 90's team under Holbrook and they had a superb season bar the CC final in which they just had an off day. Indeed, under Madge, we too played more like a 90's team and ran set plays when the time was right. Im not saying throw the whole modern game out of the window and play entirely like a team from 30 years ago, im saying merge the best bits from 30 years ago with todays game.
You growl at the prospect of bringing Andy Gregory in to help but last year, how many times were we camped in the opposition 20 unable to score and not looking likely to score? We were crying out for a set play and didnt have one.'"
Over complicated, daft and now surly.
I'll let you crack on, go and get Greg and I'm sure adrian Lam will love having him involved. We can always go and get Gary Schofield as well?
PS
If you think Madges rugby was off the cuff then I suspect you may be trying to shoehorn something into fit into your argument.
Madges team were so good because they were far more organised, structured, stronger, fitter etc. They then used those advantageous and played off the back of it.
If you think they sat down and watched a few videos of the old days and then just copied then then your in a stranger world than I thought. There were "Moves", and tactics Madge employed allowed Roberts/Tomkins to play off the back of it when the time was right.
If they werent so dominant in the other areas of the game they wouldn't have been able to do that.
That's what this team is missing, the dominance and structure in lots of other areas in the game to demoralised the opposition.
The attacking part of the game.will improve off the back of that.
But if you dont tackle well, defend well, kick well, hold onto the ball well, run harder and stronger than the opposition then you'll find trying to play rugby under the backdrop of that is far far harder.
