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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 3014082, member: 8215"] Boyd was poor, but the "passes over the sidelines" were on Oates, and his poor positioning. Those passes were perfect, and hit the exact spot where Oates should have been to score the tries. I love Corey, and his hard running is crucial for us, but the last couple of weeks he and Isaako have put is under too much unearned pressure. On the "errors & competions" thing, obviously it's not just a matter of cuddling the ball, dropping to the ground and conceding a tackle (and yes, I see how people could read that and go "that's Boyd every kick return!!!"). Most "errors" have to be earned, and it's not just errors with the ball in hand, it's also mistakes defensively. The whole point of the game is to force the opposition in to error, if no team makes an error, it's a 0-0 scoreline. Hence why the old "run hard, tackle hard" mantra always runs true, because doing so puts the other team under more pressure, causes more fatigue, and leads to mistakes on both sides of the ball. Also why things such as pressure on kickers, kick chase, etc are so vital. Defensively, most errors are passive, as in caused by fatigue, either the defender is physically incapable of getting their body in a position to affect a proper tackle, or mentally as they make the wrong choice. It's very rare that a fresh player just ***** up and misses their opposite number, especially in first grade. In attack, it's much harder to "earn" an error. It takes a lot more fatigue to cause someone to **** up a pass or drop a ball. Hence why our dropped balls on Thursday night were so damaging for the team. If it were tennis, most of them would be unforced errors, dropping the fucking ball cold under bombs, or with the line wide open. It's conceding errors without the opposition having to properly earn it. Put simply, Oates and Isaako don't drop those balls, the game would have played out extremely differently It's also why I don't think major changes, at least in terms of bringing in inexperienced players is the answer. The reason Seibold does his training at a higher speed & intensity is literally to reduce errors. It's the equivalent of altitude training for runners, exposing them to much tougher conditions so that when the big day arrives, the real conditions seem a lot easier. But it's not an overnight thing. The players are likely still adapting to it, so bringing in new players or wholesale shuffling of players in to positions they haven't trained in properly would be like starting your pre-season again and throwing the work done out the window. Keep the faith and two things will happen. Either the players will start to get used to it, they'll improve as the season goes on, and the work will start to pay off and we will indeed be less error-prone on both sides of the ball. Or, we'll find out that our players and their skill-sets just aren't suited to that kind of playing style, and Seibold will either have to adapt his coaching style to suit the squad, or start bringing in players that do suit. I'm hoping on the former being true. [/QUOTE]

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