belmore_utd
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We dont have the cattle required to implement and all encompassing game plan. With the current rules we dont have to. The boys have proved this by making the gf last year. Des has built a team which is based on forward dominance. Pretty sure we all know that. But....the rules are ever changing.
Obviously our biggest weakness right now is we lack any sort of direction in the kicking department. Kicking is up to the player not the coach. Des is doing the best he can with what we have. It must be hard to come up with revolutionary game play when the rules are ever changing.
2012 we had the best shoulder charge exponents in the comp. Probably still do. It was something that work well for us, it put fear in the opposition and was a good pump up play for the boys and at the time the dogs could arrest the opponents momentum with this style of defense and force turn overs. Then it got banned.
2012 we also utilised well constructed set plays with block runners. The dogs were so good at executing these plays that they were putting them on from kick offs, in our own half, at the halfway line as well as scrums and the opp 20 and at any time during a set. Then they adjusted the rules before the finals.
2013-2015 with the impending departure of Barbarass, Hodkinson taking over at halfback and a few suttle rule changes Des' dogs had changed to a more controlled style of play which was mostly based on field position obtained through superior size and power in the forwards. Hence the rules are changing to limit the impact these big forwards can have.
2015 we have focused on starting well and getting on top early, abandoning the energy conserving style of play that saw us run down alot of teams in 2014. Hence we get hammered in the second 20 mostly by stupidity and penalties.
Im not stating that it is a conspiracy theory. I am stating that these are just a few examples of the challenges Des and the boys are facing in the ever changing landscape of the National Rabbitohs League.
With the interchanges set to be reduced in 2016 there are more challenges ahead and the team, and gameplan are going to have to be adjusted for evermore.
The lesson here is trust in Des. Trust that he has a vision to stay one step ahead of the opposition. He is fighting an uphill battle and appears to have been thwarted at every turn.
In regards to the Tits game, it is pretty hard to implement a power game when the other team has a speed advantage and the refs keep them 12 metres apart. That is something that happens to us alot against speedsters and smaller packs and we just have to get used to it.
Obviously our biggest weakness right now is we lack any sort of direction in the kicking department. Kicking is up to the player not the coach. Des is doing the best he can with what we have. It must be hard to come up with revolutionary game play when the rules are ever changing.
2012 we had the best shoulder charge exponents in the comp. Probably still do. It was something that work well for us, it put fear in the opposition and was a good pump up play for the boys and at the time the dogs could arrest the opponents momentum with this style of defense and force turn overs. Then it got banned.
2012 we also utilised well constructed set plays with block runners. The dogs were so good at executing these plays that they were putting them on from kick offs, in our own half, at the halfway line as well as scrums and the opp 20 and at any time during a set. Then they adjusted the rules before the finals.
2013-2015 with the impending departure of Barbarass, Hodkinson taking over at halfback and a few suttle rule changes Des' dogs had changed to a more controlled style of play which was mostly based on field position obtained through superior size and power in the forwards. Hence the rules are changing to limit the impact these big forwards can have.
2015 we have focused on starting well and getting on top early, abandoning the energy conserving style of play that saw us run down alot of teams in 2014. Hence we get hammered in the second 20 mostly by stupidity and penalties.
Im not stating that it is a conspiracy theory. I am stating that these are just a few examples of the challenges Des and the boys are facing in the ever changing landscape of the National Rabbitohs League.
With the interchanges set to be reduced in 2016 there are more challenges ahead and the team, and gameplan are going to have to be adjusted for evermore.
The lesson here is trust in Des. Trust that he has a vision to stay one step ahead of the opposition. He is fighting an uphill battle and appears to have been thwarted at every turn.
In regards to the Tits game, it is pretty hard to implement a power game when the other team has a speed advantage and the refs keep them 12 metres apart. That is something that happens to us alot against speedsters and smaller packs and we just have to get used to it.
