I'm not sure if Seibs can afford to chuck in a two gamer into a spine position and then replace his million dollar man for a 19 yo who hasn't played first grade for over a year.
It might seem like it's moving forward when you drop a couple of struggling veterans but it's actually digging yourself deeper. The results won't change automatically and the deeper the Broncos fall in the standings, the sooner the coach will have to find a new line of work.
Id like to see him respond in point to each of the deficiencies shown in the the last three games.
We can excuse a lack of coordination in a side riddled with injury, and that our younger players will sometimes err. But what really concerned me was the shear lack of application to the basics of the game.
That second try, with one man beating three defenders on the try line was not of lack of experience or skill but pure indifference to the desperation expected in such circumstances and iconic of everything we have done in the last 3 games.
Its one thing to be caught out wide in an overlap. It's another to allow an overlap for 3 tackles until an opposition finally takes advantage. What does the winger think is going to happen? He should be screaming like murder for help.
We have forwards that struggle to make yards despite being immensely talented and strong. It's not just that defenders are awaiting enmasse our predictable hit ups (though they are) but that the forwards making them do so without any consideration of the success of the next play. Sometimes a five metre gain with a quick play-the-ball is more important than a slow waltz with defenders for eight, followed by an even slower play-the-ball.
I think our coach and players have been caught out at the impact of the six-again rule. But that should have been rectified after one loss. We have suffered three.
I seriously don't know if it would matter if we sack one player or the lot if our core strategies seem so inept.
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