Jake the Peg wrote:
Actually, the real issue is who has the most of the ball at given times in the game. We've seen more this season than ever before that games can swing dramatically when teams get a run of posession. Maybe the reduced interchanges is affetcing things and defences are struggling to hold teams for multiple sets. Refs do seem to get caught up in things and amplify the effect by penalising defending teams when the attacking team gets on top. Certainly at the etihad, rovers had overwhelming posession in the 2nd half and it told in the end
You didn't listen to the game last night then?
Latus drops a ball near own line under no pressure and Saints score. Horne drops ball under no real pressure when on attack, Saints go upfield and score on tackle one. Saints kick on the last near our try line Green for some bizarre reason keeps the ball in play and Saints score. Latus gets across to make a tackle near the corner but gets swatted off like a fly in a tackle a four year old should make, Saints score.
Saints had no right to score these tries and we shouldn't have gone 26-0 down. Possession had nothing to do with it. It was concentration which we lacked for 25 minutes.