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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:52 am  
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I get your point DHM, and certainly wouldn't argue about the need for a second row with oomph a bit wider, but frankly any decent defence would not worry at all about either Peacock or Leuluai running at them either, no matter how close to the line. That means they don't need to pack the defence up the middle quite as much.

That issue is probably compounded by the fact that Aiton's no threat from acting half either - he played 20 games for not a single try.

Personally, and I know it would be unpopular for any number of reasons, but I'd love to see Hock at Leeds, as he'd provide the sort of punch we lack (not to mention threads a gazillion pages long).

In the end it comes down to structure as well as personnel, and its really odd that a team with anything up to five playmakers on the field at times is unable to fashion a set of 6 near the opponents' line that causes them real trouble. If anything I think it speaks of too many chiefs.

In any event the consensus seems to be that the era of Burrow as sub/ hooker should be over regardless. If he's not breaking games open from the bench its a waste of a bench place.


You're right, there is little threat up the middle (made the point about McShane's ability to crash over from close in earlier). I actually think a big problem with that is the offload game we now don't play anymore. If the forwards up the middle could pop a few offloads it would draw in defenders and create the space out wide. I reckon a big reason we don't offload much is because McGuire isn't the support player he was and we don't have Webb in there lurking either. The outside backs don't roam either. If you could get Watkins or Moon taking offloads up the middle of the pitch for example it would massively increase the threat of any front row. Like I said, you can deal with one guy running no matter how big and strong if you know that's all he's going to do.

Agree about Burrow also. He must now play 7, McGuire, as great as he has been, must be retired.
Get a top class hooker, use Aiton as a relief hooker for him (he does have the strength to defend in the middle).
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:56 am  
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You're right, there is little threat up the middle (made the point about McShane's ability to crash over from close in earlier). I actually think a big problem with that is the offload game we now don't play anymore. If the forwards up the middle could pop a few offloads it would draw in defenders and create the space out wide. I reckon a big reason we don't offload much is because McGuire isn't the support player he was and we don't have Webb in there lurking either. The outside backs don't roam either. If you could get Watkins or Moon taking offloads up the middle of the pitch for example it would massively increase the threat of any front row. Like I said, you can deal with one guy running no matter how big and strong if you know that's all he's going to do.

Agree about Burrow also. He must now play 7, McGuire, as great as he has been, must be retired.
Get a top class hooker, use Aiton as a relief hooker for him (he does have the strength to defend in the middle).

I think the lack of offloads is more to do with lack of impact the forwards have on the defensive line. If they don't win the collission, its hard to offload. Most of our forwards hit the line slowly, and use leg drive to gain extra metres. We have a lot of grafters in our pack, and that works well in defense, but there is no-one really who threatens the line. Lets hope Cuthbertson adds this element
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:05 am  
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I think the lack of offloads is more to do with lack of impact the forwards have on the defensive line. If they don't win the collission, its hard to offload. Most of our forwards hit the line slowly, and use leg drive to gain extra metres. We have a lot of grafters in our pack, and that works well in defense, but there is no-one really who threatens the line. Lets hope Cuthbertson adds this element


Totally agree. We need someone who'll hit the line with impact - that's what we're desperately lacking in both the forwards and the halves.

Anthony Tupou is out if contract at the Sharks - now he has had his injury issues, but when he is fit, he runs great lines, hits the ball up at a million miles an hour and has a fantastic offload game. He'd be a great addition to our pack and would give us something we've lacked since Ali left. He'd be a gamble due to his injuries, but he'd be relatively cheap at this stage of his career and the potential positives he'd bring would be massive.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:05 am  
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I think the lack of offloads is more to do with lack of impact the forwards have on the defensive line. If they don't win the collission, its hard to offload. Most of our forwards hit the line slowly, and use leg drive to gain extra metres. We have a lot of grafters in our pack, and that works well in defense, but there is no-one really who threatens the line. Lets hope Cuthbertson adds this element


I thought we won most collisions against Cas in the cup final - certainly in the fist half - and barely offloaded once. But I agree, the likes of Stevie Ward never win a collision on attack and I think if he did he would have the sort of skills that would show a great offloading game. Then again Delaney hits the line at a hundred miles an hour, has great leg drive, gets his body beyond the defender often but the ball is glued in his arms.
But offloads need support players and the culture that goes with it. We don't have either anymore.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 10:35 am  
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Personally, and I know it would be unpopular for any number of reasons, but I'd love to see Hock at Leeds, as he'd provide the sort of punch we lack (not to mention threads a gazillion pages long).


Gets my backing. He's a very obvious answer to what we're very obviously lacking. But as DHM points out, there need to be a culture of backing up instilled as well.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:05 am  
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For me the decision by Hardaker to get the ball over the try line rather than grounding it and taking time over a drop out, kicking it 50/60m down field is the bigger fault. We didn't need the points, we needed field position and time.


Not for me.

Sinfield cant drop out to 60m. From a drop out Catalans would have been on the attack.

We just needed to play the ball away and kick.

People don't mind declaring when individual brilliance wins you a game. In this case an unforgiveable error costed us the game.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 11:53 am  
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Not for me.

Sinfield cant drop out to 60m. From a drop out Catalans would have been on the attack.

We just needed to play the ball away and kick.

People don't mind declaring when individual brilliance wins you a game. In this case an unforgiveable error costed us the game.


Not just the game, the season.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:32 pm  
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For me the decision by Hardaker to get the ball over the try line rather than grounding it and taking time over a drop out, kicking it 50/60m down field is the bigger fault. We didn't need the points, we needed field position and time. Briscoe knocking on is unfortunate and even if he had caught it would have been forced back over the line anyway due to the entire defence being 5+ yards offside - how it wasn't picked up by the video ref is beyond me! Maybe we should start a Twitbook group and harangue the RFL into investigating it!


I don't agree with that, I cant see any situation in rl where dropping out is favourable to having a full set, if kicking the ball as far down field as you can is the aim then surely that should be done in play after five drives.

It was an unfortunate massive cock up, bad pass bad catch, it's over with now lets look forward to next year.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:02 pm  
Not convinced it was that bad a pass to be honest. Briscoe was just too busy worrying about getting smashed to catch it. Took his eyes off the ball, which is unforgivable.

Mind, given some of the service he's had from Watkins in the second half of the season he probably didn't recognise what a ball aimed at his chest looked like.
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Re: Briscoe - Gotcha's main man : Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:28 pm  
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Mind, given some of the service he's had from Watkins in the second half of the season he probably didn't recognise what a ball aimed at his chest looked like.


Don't disagree in general but I also think Briscoe's positional sense in attack is very poor. He stands too narrow and flat a lot of the time, for example Watkins passed the ball into touch in the first half with Briscoe too far in field, had he been stood where he should have been, he'd have been sent clear down the flank.
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