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Message: [QUOTE="Hamm.0, post: 2118002, member: 1852"] Guys, this hasn't been brought up by a heap of footy shows, it has been brought up by a circle of half-witted monkeys, known collectivly as the Channel 9 commentry team, the Footy show (both the real Sunday one and that excuse for entertainment on Thursday) and The Sunday roast. So basically, that's about 6-7 "commentators" in total. Unfortunatly, we all know who they are. Firstly, IMHO, this has been brought up because QLD and the Storm (soon to be the Broncos) have massive wingers and are on the verge of pwning League for the next 5 seasons. The sad little Sydney Boys Club can't compete and they know this. Secondly, how is it boring? Grubbers and Bombs are as old as the hills, it is far from a new concept. The only thing that has changed is clubs producing bigger wingers. NSW won 04,05 SoO by using their (at the time) massive backs. Queensland learnt and started to select bigger outside men. Then the NRL en masse realised the potential for big (tall) outside backs. The "problem" of predictablity isn't with the kicks, it is with the coaches not having caught up yet. Within a season or two, coaches will know how to combat said attacking kicks and soon a new way of scoring will emerge. The ebb and flow of football. If I was a coach? I would have my outside backs being trained by a special coach, brought up from VFL (and AFL if affordable) clubs, teaching players how to mark a ball. Billy Slater, Israel Falou and Greg Inglis actually "speccy" the defensive wingers and fullbacks, thereby pushing them out of the way and gaining higher altitude. Once the defensive backs learn to time their jumps better, they will be quite ineffective. Also, my defensive players would be trained, that if they can't catch a bomb, hit it out. Seriously, bat the ball dead....you give away a drop out, but soon the attack will get fustrated and try a different way to score. In summary, have you noticed that Inu, Falou, Inglis, Slater NEVER (at least never I can remember) get "speccied" the way they do to their opposition? It's called training and coaching. The Sydney Boys Club should give up whinging and start earning their keep, because quite obviously, a new element of the game has them stumped. [/QUOTE]

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