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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 3129977, member: 1847"] I agree with most of what you say. My reply is that first, as an example, our 2015 side didn't lose the collision as you put it, there were always 2 or 3 defenders in, [B]wrestled the attacker while he was upright[/B] and not on the ground (much) [B]before putting them on their back,[/B] which stopped any momentum. That was the key. Hold up (literally) the play the ball and stop the offload. As for weak points, there weren't any. And that's the key - that side, as you rightly point out, was coached to defensive perfection (almost) whereas we are using the structure without being trained and drilled to do it any sort of justice. Without that coaching, and as you again rightly say - desperation, the "wait for it"defence is a turnstile. What you said about the scoring potential of then and now is of course 100% - a 100% tragedy that hopefully will improve when we get our best side on the park, which itself becomes difficult with the Staggs injury. Dammit, we can't take a trick. I have posted this link about our 2015 a few times now, sorry for being repetitive. I just get a blast from watching how good we were back then. [URL]https://www.nrl.com/news/2015/06/24/the-breakdown-with-matt-elliott-broncos-defence/[/URL] And, it is a credit to Bennett for giving the players the self belief and attitude needed to defend like that, as a group, and individually. I keep wondering if Seibold's analytic style lacks that key element of building self belief and team spirit. [/QUOTE]

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