Quote: Trojan Horse "That is bang on. If you want the ball in good position you have to do the tough stuff in defence and roll up sleeves! The intensity and aggression isn’t there and it needs to be. It’s not as if the players can’t do it. That second half against Fev we came out and the intensity was excellent and we completely snuffed out Fev in defence and Fev had no answer at all for it (just like we don’t).
Sometimes the best way is to just copy what others are doing right! If the defensive intensity and line moving up is causing us issues then let’s take it and put it into action and use instead of the hang off approach to defence we currently have.
Right down to every player they should want to be stronger and better than their opposite number and dominate them, that’s all about bringing in a competitive nature too.
It’s not unfixable but there’s no substitute for rolling the sleeves up and making sure the effort is directed at the actual issue.
I agree about Proctor, Pitts etc and Langi too. They were very good in defence and it must be disheartening seeing it collapse outside you. But it’s pro sport and they are adults, get it sorted.
We don’t need to try fix everything in one week but let’s fix 1/2 things at a time starting with the intensity and the edge defence. Then when we are putting ourselves in better positions we can look at improved kick chasing and ending our sets better.
Sometimes though you copy what other successful teams are doing right.'"
Really good point is that. The second half against Fev was like watching Wigan against us. Wigan constantly 3 men into the tackle, really intense. They were nothing flash, just executed against really poor defence on our edges. I’m pretty sure when they are sat in the video room it will be pretty dire watching. Worst thing for me is how knackered we look. It doesn’t look like the second game of the season, it looks like we’ve played week in week out throughout pre season. Strange.