folkes submits to grapple

[belmore_utd]

i dont rate any of our players/coaches (strategy) in defence,we are one of the only teams that refuses to gang tackle and it costs us,its no secret our pack is the least mobile in the comp.the Storm and Cronulla have the most athletic packs in the comp yet they dont see any advantage in making one on one tackles,why do we persist.compounding the fact that we are missing one on one tackles our players are lacking the confidence to execute our much practiced up and in style of defence.the inside players dont push across hard enough when we get beaten on the outside.

if u practice an up and in style of defence then your wingers are going to get beaten on the outside,and because the winger has just pushed up into the face of the defence he will not be able to turn and catch the opposition,be it Hazem El Masri, be it Brett Dallas.thus the centre, 5/8 and/or halfback must push across to cover, which our players are failing to do alot lately.also,when you beat and up and in style of defence on the outside if the cover defense makes the tackle,most teams know to throw it back towards the posts and a gap will open up. there is more merit in a sliding gang tackling defence then an up and in one on one style of defence

i think that we have to move away from one on one tackles and the up and in defence. there is no advantage in it these days.we have alot of guys struggling to make/complete tackles,and it seems like most of them are one on one.even 2 one 1.the storm have 3-4 ppl in each tackle if they can just for the simple fact that it takes them longer to get out of the ruck.

when we try to work players over on the ground it looks like exactly that,we are working them over.when the better teams do it they are slowly peeling off players pulling their arms out of chicken wing holds/grabs etc.


we need to work on a sliding defence!

not having this style of defence is making players like barba sully hickey and hazem a liabilty in defence.anybody who lacks in size or lacks in mobility (which is half our team incase you havent been watching) gets targeted week in week out.and it makes it hard to gauge what these players true prospects are.

 

[Hasoon]

It kills me how the nrl is slowly becoming a game for pansy's. Every week some kind of game play is ruled out, new rules are being made to make it less physical for the players, various tactics and tackles are being outlawed, where players and coaches get fines for simply stating the truth.

THe NRL is honestly becoming more and more of a less physical intense game. Players are honestly being stopped from becoming talented superstars. These factors once made the NRL the best sport in Australia. Now it is becoming a more easier, less physical and less entertaining game. The game is breeding its players to all be the same.

Who knows, next week they might just make the game touch.

 

[belmore_utd]

unless the nrl outlawed 3 or more in the tackle,gang tackling sliding defence is key ingredient to success on the field,which is all i give a **** about

 

[Rodzilla]

we just need to get a dominant pack back, obviously some tweaks are needed but the umbrella style is good to force the opposition to do something special to beat it

but once we get a good forward pack which makes metres, which hits hard in defence, we will regain our share of possession, which will release the pressure on our defence

the problem is in tackling techniques and the overtime defensive work we actually put in

 

[pha_t0ny]

what does the thread title have to do with the thread? :P

 

[Hasoon]

RABIHA IS A MORON

bELMORE UTD FOR COACH 2009


SACKKKKKKKKKKK MOOOOOREEEEEEEEEE

 

[the_insider]

What kills us is our ruck defence because we don't slow the oppositions play the ball down enough, was evident against the tigers especially, they sliced us apart from dummy half. We're one of the only teams without a specialist wrestling coach, and its costing us badly

 

[Hasoon]

Hopefully moore will realise the need for a wrestling coach.

 

[Bluebody]

The NRL should out law 4 men in a tackle at the same time - its ridiculous. 3 is excessive anyway.

Secondly, we are allowing ourselves to be wrestled into position that slow our play the ball down - it frustrates me to know no end to be outsmarted and played every week by teams who do the following to us: -

1. Wrestle and throw us down
2. 3-4 players peeling off.
3. Twist us onto our backs so we cannot get up quick enough to play the ball
4. Bounce off our attempts to hit hard and offload creating second phase play
5. We give away silly penalties because two players on the attacker cannot effectively slow him down and end up working them too long.

We really do need a wrestling coach and new falling to the ground technique while attacking so that we can get to our feet quickly and play the ball as fast as possible.

When you add the extra metres from fast play the balls against us, slow play the balls against our opposition as well as field position lost to penalties, then you have serious problems that cause wooden spoon worthy performances!

Then as pointed out, our up and in defence is way outdated and could only be successful if we had the experienced players - and we don't!

I hope the Bulldogs reinvent themselves in the off season because it won't matter how many stars we buy and breed, we will not have the strategy to compete.