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Storm definitely set up for it perfectly... I think Coates comes from so wide out and the storm centre stays really far infield to prevent Staggs from getting over there to block (still has to stay on his man).Two things .
#1 Mariner didn`t jump and let Coates launch early .Then use him as a step ladder . If he jumped Coates would have found it a lot harder to catch the ball .
#2 Staggs strolled across and watched Coates leap , then tried to stop him grounding the ball . He should have been there contesting or impeding Coates run . 1% er type shit ...
The Storm set that up perfectly though . They isolated Mariner . But I do think Staggs could have done more .
Staggs isn't the greatest blocker as it is, but there looked to be acres of space for Coates to run into, so I can only put it down to that.
Mariner definitely should've been jumping... misjudged the contact point or something and Coates is so high up so early that he wasn't able to get into a contest with him.
I think that's where teams will have to go to defend it though... opposing winger just has to get in there and make it physical on Coates to try and disrupt him... he had free reign on Thursday