Quote: REDWHITEANDBLUE "Same problem as last season the middle is tackling but they are not dominating the ruck hence they are too compressed leaving the flanks exposed. It's ok praising the middle but they are exposing the flanks.'"
Not in this case. Read my more detailed post further on. I spent a good 45 minutes at least slowing down/pausing every try and analysing where the issues were. The issues are very much the edges and not middles (more specifically the centres). It’s different to last season but still a very real issue all the same.
I’m praising the middle for the fact they aren’t conceding tries or breaks. But I’m not praising them for their yard gains etc. I’m not quite sure what we expect though when we are constantly coming out from deep and kicking on the 30/40.
The middle aren’t too compressed imho and the highlights prove that no forward is at fault for any of those tries vs Wigan. Almost every Wigan try we had enough players to deal with the attack because the middles and second rows had done their jobs but for poor decision making from the centres to leave the wingers facing 2/3 on 1 situations.