Oh When the Saints wrote:When there are a lot of behinds scored, the ball doesn't return to the centre often.
This means that there are a lot of kick-outs from respective backlines.
This leads to zoning and teams able to push numbers back very easily.
Hence the crap game we saw.
Had we kicked 12-13 goals from our 21 shots, the ball would have returned to the centre more often ... hence less opportunity for flooding ... hence a better game to watch.
Inaccurate kicking actually affects the style of play.
Do you think that bad kicking is often a result of physical exhaustion?
When your forwards are expected to sprint 150m constantly for 30 mins, throwing in a set shot every few minutes isn't really that easy.
I said this in another post, but our new game plan appears to rely solely on our best players being super fit and healthy.
This is an issue. For obvious reasons.
Sydney were pathetic until they got their best 22 fit for 10 straight weeks. Even then, they required other teams to succumb to heavy injuries in order to win a flag.
I'm still clinging to the hope that Lyon doesn't think what Sydney did was due to good practice, as opposed to unprecedented luck.