what do you think about the fact that 2 saints said this week they did not do any extra preseason work on tackling?
so how come the change this year?
tactics suddenly coming together?
playing only the medicre teams?
no tackling over summer???
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Pressure for spots means players have to do more and according to montagna, RL told them that to be a good team they needed to stop hoping a Cousins type would come in and make them competitive- they needed to lift their workrate on an individual level.
Hopefully the penny has dropped and they have gone to the next level.
Hopefully the penny has dropped and they have gone to the next level.
i think it may be just the tactics coming together over the preseason. Maybe over the last year or two there was a general confusion over what the individual roles were, but now its 'clicked' and they all know exactly where to be and when, and this tough tackling footy is the result.
I certainly hope it lasts all year, cos its great to watch
I certainly hope it lasts all year, cos its great to watch
Re: no tackling over summer???
saintly wrote:what do you think about the fact that 2 saints said this week they did not do any extra preseason work on tackling?
so how come the change this year?
it's not the tackling technique that makes the difference. it's the attitude.
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But it is not just this year - we are infact 12/16 inc finals 11/13 in the H&A since Round 13 last year
So we have been travelling quite well since mid year last year!
We have only dropped 2 H&A games since June 20 2008 - being WCE - who we should have beaten and Collingwood which we all expected to win.
True there has been a marked improvement this year - but it has been on the cards for a while!
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So we have been travelling quite well since mid year last year!
We have only dropped 2 H&A games since June 20 2008 - being WCE - who we should have beaten and Collingwood which we all expected to win.
True there has been a marked improvement this year - but it has been on the cards for a while!
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Good point..Sainter_Dad wrote:But it is not just this year - we are infact 12/16 inc finals 11/13 in the H&A since Round 13 last year
So we have been travelling quite well since mid year last year!
and a point that RL has been making...though few seem to be listening.
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Re: no tackling over summer???
Spot onbergholt wrote:saintly wrote:what do you think about the fact that 2 saints said this week they did not do any extra preseason work on tackling?
so how come the change this year?
it's not the tackling technique that makes the difference. it's the attitude.