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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2440558, member: 1847"] I dunno, I was taught that any code of football has 2 cardinal rules: you have to create space to create opportunities, and it's about the ball doing the work. And ok, the spectacle of big hits etc. too. All this talk of a flat attack is well and good, but what is not mentioned is that we seem to go flat AND one out too often. Hasler's flat attack for example involves short quick passing so that there is always movement and it is constant movement that tests a defense's structure, especially with support players running behind the line, ready to capitalise on a slow defender, or a bad read. In Hasler's plan, Barba is always just behind the line, and that's where Hoff should be a lot more often. One out running is in my view generally an utter a waste of time. It asks no questions of the defense, unless there is an offload and unless there is a player moving in support. Consistent support play is also an issue for this team. I have seen Thaiday get the ball and run out soooo many times with no one within cooee of taking an offload. As for depth, it isn't about players standing deep and flat footed, it is about being on the move, supporting the ball carrier, and the support player having another runner in support, moving the ball around and looking for the gap. However I do agree with CF above where he says Norman and Wallace too often have problems deciding where to stand during an attacking play. When they do it right, we have scored some fantastic tries. Lockyer's loss is being felt not only in Norman's relative inexperience, but the effect it has on Wallace as well, who constantly amazes me how one game he can be outstanding in attack, the next almost MIA. And again I ask, where are those terrific outside-inside plays e.g. when Macca executed some perfect ones using Gillett and T'eo, or Norman's long cut-out passes, especially some to Glenn, or Thaiday hitting and spinning and offloading to a running support. Wasn't much of that v the Warriors. The repertoire is there. Lots of variety. There's just not enough of it. And that is what worries me. Hope it shows on Friday. [/QUOTE]

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