Quote: Big Dave T "Exactly. I dont understand how people can think that 17 players go out there every week and choose not to put the plays on and choose not to move up in defence etc.
How is Agar becoming free from blame here? Surely if he worked on the attacking patterns with them in training they would then put them on in a game, and if they dont he should have the balls to drop them for underperforming. I dont get how this is the players fault?'"
Agar is not free from blame at all because he does control tactics, interchanges and selections etc, which have me baffled most weeks!
However the closenes of super league means that mistakes get punished and off the top of my head at Wakey in the first half we had Berro kick out on the full then knock on a risky Thackray offload - both in our half. Tickle and Radders giving away penalties on the 4th and 5th tackles - invite Wakey into our 40. Result 18v0 down and mountain to climb.
I want the senior players to stand up when things go against us not wait for the next man to grab the game by the scruff of the neck.