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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3447793, member: 1899"] I like the way the Raiders attacked Melbourne, and would like to see teams employ a similar tactic against the Panthers. It's up tempo, early shift then come back through the middle with numbers and try to attack that corridor between the half and second row. Teams try to play around the Panthers too often when they've been fairly vulnerable up the middle. Unfortunately teams really don't know how to attack that middle third since everything is about short-side raids so Penrith will often use the sideline as their best defender. I just wonder if teams have to go the Brian Smith route and take the back three out of it for Penrith? Kick for the sideline as much as possible so you maintain a cohesive line and you dominate from tackle 1 & 2. Teams also have to try to take Cleary out of the game as much as possible. Maybe you go the Gus Gould route and have one player be Cleary's defensive minder. Wherever Cleary goes, he goes and everyone has the same job to limit Cleary's time with the football. Parramatta made some strides, but where they failed was kick defusal and having forwards try to play over the advantage line. Paulo is just too slow at this level of footy and you really need your halves on good ball taking the line on. Forwards have to merely worry about winning the contact first and then looking for an offload. [/QUOTE]

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