Quote ="lefty goldblatt"I've been saying on here for years....
STATS, STATS, STATS
Coaches live by them, set plays by them, and therefore (90% of the time, see, there's a stat) drain every bit of entertainment out of the game. There are very few mavericks in our game. Scarce "off the cuff" play. Just formulaic play, as was "shown" in our predictable second half display v Cas, where Smith thought he'd seen a weakness down Cas' left, but they shored it up all night. The moment we move it left, we score. This tactic would've been drawn out from endless stats.
=#FF0040We are now a non risk taking sport.
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there was a set in the Cup final today when Hull KR were bringing the ball out of their own twenty and the compact Leeds defence was compact and I mean Really compact literally all bar two players must have been in the camera shot on the Rovers play the ball.
I was thinking that, it was just asking for someone to lift their head up pick out a hull kr wide player, and it would have been, if not a try, a serious 50-60 metre break up field....... but no .....the robotic set play out of ones own half was on cruise control.... dummy half, short ball, crash, ......dummy half, Short ball, crash....dummy hal.......ZZZzzzzz
hark back to When Michael monaghan caught a restart kick off and thought "Aye aye Penny on the Wing can have this .... this five drives ...." Penny promptly loved off up field and drew the full back and Put a flying Matt King in for a 60 yard canter to the line......
loving awesome rugby League.......
(Cullens Rugby League btw)
