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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3161660, member: 1847"] Those sort of stats are important. They need to be part of training and fitness strategy. Also, what you say about the changed game having an impact on players puts into sharper focus the key point of getting "... the players you want". Lodge I think is a case in point. Body shapes, body types, resilience and adaptability to the type of training and fitness routines required to cope with a faster game, and as you say, one where there is simply more football, more contact, possibly more aggressive, and the absolute need to form and reform structures so much more quickly. Now, how much you can bench press is no longer as relevant as it was once was. Lean and mean is better, which is not Lodge, nor maybe Offa. It certainly wasn't Flegler although he looks to have adapted well which is a good sign. I think our slowness to form and reform in attack and defence is a major failure. It largely accounts for why we don't score much and let in so many points. We are just too slow as a team. Related to this, to the speed and intensity of the game, simply more football, the need for clever kicking is never more important, to constantly build pressure, maintain momentum, keep the opposition on the back foot, simply, to tire them out. That's what the Storm in particular are so good at doing and it makes possible good results without their stars. Our kicking game needs to improve big time. That's one area Dearden and Croft need to focus - strategic kicking rather than just kicking it anywhere, because that's what you do on the 5th tackle. [/QUOTE]

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