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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2440503, member: 1992"] There is a no-mans land when a teams attacking. A deep backline can affect the speed of the defensive line but its best effect is to bend or stretch the line. A flat in your face approach makes it so much simpler for the defense. Straight up straight forward straight back. Each play concedes 7-10 metres get the ball back from the kick. Most of the time our 6 and 7 are spending too long in that zone. It seems to be that Norman and Wallace do not have the instant understanding required to either be flat and at the defensive line or angled away(deeper) and coming at speed. I agree with Coxy and others that depth is needed at times but it more easily concedes ground. When sides are kept apart gaining ground is relatively simple with 4 or 5 one pass hitups. The coaches want that ground made but they want more too. They are expecting high completions and control of the ball, both hard to achieve when employing riskier tactics. If a coach accepts the risks to create a team with great variety and not primarily one great attribute then he has an adaptable team. One that handles whatever comes on matchday. We probably cannot expect Norman and Wallace to deliver to much as our coaches philosophy is more defensively based. I'm not saying it is Hooks call solely just that it is hard for our playmakers to serve two masters. [/QUOTE]

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