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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3123794, member: 1847"] Should this be mutually exclusive? For mine, no. You can choose to be both. Jake Friend showed exactly that last night, and it is that what separated him from Turpin on their respective performances last night. Friend attacks the line at every opportunity and makes a shitload of tackles. I don't think this is simply Turpin's fault so much as the passive style of play the entire team fell into, as others have pointed out. That passive style of play is like a wet blanket thrown over the whole team. When faced with say, an avalanche of attack, we retreat into this defensive shell, both structurally and mentally. It locks us into playing negative football. This then puts huge pressure on the defence generally, and on individual defensive performances - especially those of less experienced players which were clearly exposed last night: Staggs and Arthers for example. At least it shows the coaching staff that their defensive reads need a lot of hard work. Our attack reverted to one out running. We waited for opportunities instead of making them happen. Aside from the passive attitude we adopted, there was also a failure of leadership amongst our key playmakers. Milford was disappointing for me. When the going got tough, he didn't get going, or get the team going. Croft tried which was good to see, but one player leading is not enough in an inexperienced side like we have. We really need Milf to stand up and do it NOW. His combination with Croft is critical to our success. As for Turps, I want to see him start running a whole lot more than simply pass and tackle. Again , I know that is hard for him to do when the whole side is so ... well ... passive. I am being hard on this inexperienced team I know. I guess I was just disappointed that we were just so negative. It also really shows how much we rely on our stand out opportunists like Fifita and Tevita. Trouble is, a premiership winning team cannot rely on 2 players. [/QUOTE]

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