Flanagan has been a clear standout for worst player in our squad imo(honourable mention to s katoa). Whilst our pack hasn't been world beaters, they have on occasions provided good forward momentum and quick play the balls that flanagan has not once taken advantage of.
Furthermore flanagan definitely hinders our packs forward momentum with poor organisation and terrible pass selection. He has the knack of feeding the ball to the forward in the most densely defended part of the oppositions defensive line and will often telegraph it too the opposition..
His kicking game has been nothing short of disgusting in both yardage and attack. In yardage his kicks are so weak and in your traditional end over end style placing little to no pressure on the receiver and are always directed down the receivers throat.
His Fifth tackle options in the red zone are by far the worst of the lot.. the countless times he received the ball on the last and shit himself, only to dump the ball off outside of him, is by far the most infuriating thing and damaging thing he does.
His lack of execution in attack is a major reason why we are having record points scored against us..
If anything this new style of game that vlandys has implemented shows that attack is the best form of defense.
If you can't get a repeat set via goal line drop out or get the ball back after scoring a try, then you are by default, giving the opposition too much ball. You give the opposition too much ball in this current game, then you will be burnt.
Finally a trend I've noticed with most teams and even with ours at times (small amount of times) that tries create momentum especially in the forwards.. most forwards in the comp are full of running right after scoring a try. It would be demoralizing as a forward to continually get to the red zone time after time, only to come away with nothing.
Not defending the forwards but definitely not giving them all the blame like a lot of people on here..
P.s I think S. Katoas performances have been disgraceful and Flanagan definitely can blame some of his shitness on Katoa.. I can only imagine Trent is only running with Katoa out of necessity? But even then his use of the bench rotation has been terrible. Trent had a perfect opportunity in the dragons game to bring on Dietz when the game was in the balance 10-15 before h/t..
