ok, as well as having some attacking problems this season i think our main concern is our defensive line speed, we seem to wait for the opposition rather that get out the blocks and meet them with good solid two or three man tackles, also because we are so slow off the line it only takes a few quick passes to the wings and are scrambling accross and leaving gaps in our line, meeting the opposition quicker would make it alot easier to control the ruck and stop teams getting a roll on against us, i dont know how many times ive seen the opposition gain 70 or 80 metres in a set of six leaving our under sized pack having to get out of our own 20 then having to rely on a weak sh@tty kick. rant over before i start swearing....

In a word NO!!

A good defensive line speed is more easily achievable if the players in that defensive line actually give a fvck.

the first 5/6 games we looked like we had finally started to understand the importance of line speed in defence, then we stopped bothering

Or the other teams got up to speed and we really werent that quick in the first place!?

Bingo.

As someone else said, defence is 90% attitude.