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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2766033, member: 8440"] This was by no means a polished performance, but it is exactly the sort of win that will instil some much needed confidence within the playing group. I think we took a positive step in the right direction. Our attack is not where it needs to be, and neither is our defence, but we were working hard for each other, which is the most pleasing thing. The win against South Sydney a few weeks back was exactly the sort of win we did not need at the time. An easy win like that provides a false sense of security and we suffered the consequences following that. However an ugly win like tonight, in terrible conditions can kick-start our run into the finals from here on out. The fact that we had to defend our way to victory in the final stages will no doubt build the trust the players have for each other, and I believe we'll see some of the desperation and attitude of turning up for each other, return once again. It was so refreshing to see our players standing a little deeper and charging onto the ball with some vigour, and our halves digging deep into the line at speed with support pushing up with them in the sweep plays. In recent weeks our set plays have looked rehearsed, a little cumbersome and a fair way away from the defence. Our success in attack wasn't necessarily going around teams, but it was playing through teams, which stood us apart from a lot of the other teams. I think in recent times we've resorted almost exclusively to the general sweep plays way too much, but we haven't executed them very well, so it hasn't been very effective. Our strength last season was the interchange of short passing between our spine, and more specifically between our halves. We've went away from that, but its time to go back to that. Hunt and Milford need to play to each other more by running it straighter to the line, and forcing the opposition to make a decision for us, that way we can get Milford or Hunt one on one, where they can use their running games to break through the line. [/QUOTE]

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