Quote: Staffs FC "We could do with scoring a few more but as stated we should have won the other day after scoring 6 tries. I'm a firm believer that defence comes first as the most important aspect as if you defend well you have a chance to win most games. You can't expect to win too many games conceding 30 points as we have done in the last two.
Out of interest we scored an average of 4.7 points fewer than the SL champions last season and defended better than them. Leeds have proved it's about what you do at the business end of the season that counts - they've played SL a bit like a second challenge cup in recent seasons.'"
Totally Agree with that. All the top teams are very good defensively first and the good attack comes off the back of that. We didn't lose on Saturday because of our inability to attack (or goal kicks, technically yes we did...) but the loss came from us not being able to defend. Look at the Walker's (their 8 ) try he went through 2 or 3 players...really shouldn't be happening.
I don't know the actual stats and don't want to look but if you watch any NRL the top teams over there (Melbourne especially) build on a great defence. As Gentle says it is an attitude to defend...something we didn't have on Saturday but did about a month ago, which is why we were winning and were actually scoring points against better teams easier.
