Re: Defensive line speed : Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:35 pm  

The defence has been poor all year. In fact it's been terrible for good few seasons now.

The old successful saints team wasn't great in defence but when those big important games came around we defended for our lives and all worked for each other.

I'm not sure getting to the grand final is the right time this year. I fear for a record score on us if we got there with this lots defence.

Some of the defence for the Warrington scores was totally embarrassing and school boy stuff.

Re: Defensive line speed : Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:06 pm  

I,ve just been reading the book "As Good As IT Gets" to where Anderson has just come to the club and within days of being here put in a defensive structure.
The response and results to attitude and work ethic was immediate, if you remember one particular season we had a couple of games where the opposition where making ZERO METRES on some of there sets.
We still have enough ex and current players in Scully, Cunningham, Wilkin, Gardener, Roby and Wellens who know how this defence plan was implemented, surely these experienced would be better creating a "workshop" with Brown + co to adopt some defence system, if Anderson can do it in days, then why can't we do it in similar timescales.

It really is that simple to win the collision, wrestle, turn them on there backs to control the ruck area.............do we have the players who want to do it is the question.

Re: Defensive line speed : Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:44 am  

We haven't had a consistently decent line speed since Mick Potter left (like him or loathe him).