WEBVTT - Round 7 Takeaways 0:00:01.560 --> 0:00:03.320 Cooper, I'm not going to ask you the question. Was 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:04.000 the right. 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:07.640 Decision from the Dragons to part ways with Shane Flanagan 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.960 Flanna's decision that say this is the best option because 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:13.880 without a doubt years the team were just deteriorating. 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:15.160 Every single day. 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.439 There seems to be something new, whether someone wanting out 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:21.360 and the other one. The seven losses are and all 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:23.280 that noise is the primary, but I tear the other 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.079 one that might have just pushed him a bit, the 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:26.800 Jade and Seweer situation on the weekend. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:31.040 Jaden like that was their best player, is their best player. 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:32.920 Decided to leave and then in a game that was 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:36.519 in the balance, it was reckless yep, Like, it's not 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:41.839 a choice but frustration, a sign of your best player 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.120 sort of plane on the edge and just wanted to 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:46.960 take some anger around on something. 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:50.680 And then you a vow who is an elite big 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:54.400 game player and something like twelve misses. That's when you go, okay, 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:55.960 the rot has set in. 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:00.080 And I think from from a Cajun perspective, if you 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.640 look at Shane when he had success at the Sharks, 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:08.200 he had this big, strong, aggressive forward pack and then 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:11.360 he had some you know, some call it risk verse 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:15.840 reward type flamboyant, Ben Barber, James Maloney in the decision 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:20.920 making positions, and the Dragons like the game is different, 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:25.440 Like big players with that lack of mobility are not 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:27.640 going to be effective for long periods of time in 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:31.720 today's game with the six against the spailing play and 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.120 the fatigue that kicks in. So I think, you know, 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.440 in terms of their defensive system, they've got some issues 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.600 with the athleticism of their forwards, and then in the 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:44.720 halves and the creativity, there's there's no one that's really 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.400 dynamic and risk verse reward that says, you know what, 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:48.840 I'm going to do this, I'm going to come up 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:52.720 with this. There's some solid players, right, but no one 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.120 that's really going to turn the dial of like I'm 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:56.840 going to go after this game and dominate. 0:01:57.120 --> 0:02:01.520 And it's the other thing too, decision from Flannet's point 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:06.280 of view health vice like we've seen I've seen watched 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:10.480 Flanno this year and he's just looked more and more 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.800 strung out by the week, and so I think for 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.160 a number of reasons, this is the right decision. 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:18.480 The question is ker. 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.720 Who comes in next? If you're that next guy in line, 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.320 do you take the job? I mean, because let's have 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.480 a look. Since Wayne Bennett left the club, they've had 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.960 six coaches and fifteen years right now. A couple of 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.200 those have been short like Ryan Carr coming into an 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.800 interim did a good job. But it's been six people 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.680 in charge in fifteen years. That's a lot of instability. 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:45.600 And like the Warriors have had in you know the 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:47.480 history of the Warriors, this is one of the few 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:51.280 periods where they've had constant stability because they've had a 0:02:51.360 --> 0:02:54.000 coach who's been embedded for a number of years compared 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.480 to just turning guys over all the time. 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.280 One back the clock, Jason Rolls almost had the job 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:02.240 right and he said no, and really knows why. I 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.600 think no, and Jason a little bit. He's probably unearthed 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:08.960 things or tried to do things that he wanted embedded 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.120 into the club and probably didn't get it and then 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.359 put pull the eject cord. So look, who is next? 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:19.799 Do you believe in boomerang coaches? Right now? 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:22.120 What I mean by that he's looking back looking back now, 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:24.560 tell you what Paul McGregor was doing a good job. 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.919 Must be sitting there going Jesus books like hey, I'm here. 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.080 Yeah, and like it's hard for us to sort of say, 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.800 you know, what's next, what top of coach they should have. 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.280 But sometimes just because you played for the club or 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.720 played the game full stop doesn't necessarily make you the 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:46.360 best person, right, Like I just have to look at 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:49.880 Andrew Websuit the Warriors, Cameron Surrounded. Yeah, he was a 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.480 solid player, but the Dogs went after that. So it's 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.280 a big job for you know, the decision makers to 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.840 look looked a little bit further than the. 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:03.760 So it's a very very hard job for a rookie 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:05.000 coach to come in and say control. 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.600 Yeah it is, and you probably have a little bit, 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:12.240 But I like the idea of finding out who that 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:16.839 next new young coach is. Sometimes we recycle coaches, like 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.640 for example, Shane Flannigan, Right, he was recycled with respect, 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:26.279 but his strategy or tactics didn't really evolve with the games. 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:27.920 And that's why I got so much respect for someone 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:29.880 like Wayne Bennett who's done it for generations. 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.120 Yeah, that's right, just back on something you said before 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.680 they could you spoke about your Shane Flannagan. We had 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.880 that Cronulla side that did so well, if you're sitting 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.520 around and you had the like, let's say, for instance, 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:44.360 you know you're a coach, is sought after by two 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:46.960 or three clubs. At the start of this season, it 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:49.479 was pretty clear that there could have been two, three, 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.520 maybe four jobs grabs. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:52.080 Or every year. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.359 One of the real good things, one of the things 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.400 that I would do if I was being sought after 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.560 my number of clubs, I'd sit there and go, Okay, 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:03.080 which of these sides that if I just didn't. 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.240 Turn up for a month, could look after himselves? 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.360 If that makes sense, Because when you think about that 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:10.400 Croneli side, you've got blakesl Like, You've got Blakes like 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.400 Luke Lewis, You've got James Maloney, and so a lot 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.520 of hardened, experienced guys. I mean, look at Penrith, Like 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.080 if I Evan just said listen, I'm going to go 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:19.599 off to Ibotha for for me. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.760 A sabbatical halfway through in summer, I don't. 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.120 Think they missed birth the things that he's put in place. 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:28.120 You've got Isaiah, you got Nathan, those guys. I think 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.400 the very best teams are things that are put in 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.840 place who have got players that can pick up the slack, and. 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.520 I think that's part of leadership. The leadership is to 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.440 teach those below you and mentor them and coach them 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:42.640 and then ultimately, when they're good enough to stand on 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:44.120 their own two feet, get out of the road and 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.080 let them shine. And some clubs don't have that at 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.880 the moment. Some clubs don't have that succession plan, which 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.760 is part of the issue that the Dragons are in 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:53.280 right now. 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:53.880 Now. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.799 We had a lot of things that talk about here 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:01.160 times of the essence, a lot of things we won't 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.520 get through it because you know, we've had big story 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.080 today it was Flanno, but a couple of games to 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.400 talk about Raiders Storm. 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:09.800 I want to ask you, Storm lost five in a row. 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:11.640 Are they. 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:17.320 Do you still consider them in this competition an elite 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:18.120 team that. 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:21.280 Very the very top. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:25.080 There's a question. I think they can still play finals. 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.840 I think maybe top fours out of it, but they 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:33.760 can play finals. The thing about the Melbourne Storm is 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:36.640 the more I think about it, I think they're the 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.520 Panthers two point zero from last year. Like I'm trying 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:42.120 to work out what's going wrong with them, and like 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.719 all the ingredients that make a good team, they tick 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.120 most of it. It's not as if they've forgotten how 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.760 to play. It's almost like they're stressed into trying to 0:06:51.920 --> 0:06:54.159 be something more than their night and not focused on 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.440 the things at work. And there was signs of life 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.520 against Canberra. I'm telling like, take the scoreboard out of it, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.159 the things that said, you know, they're not too far 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:07.280 away from a victory. And most people, probably including us 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:11.040 last year with Panthers, after eleven rounds, I at last 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.320 and thinking, okay, what is the answer here? Well, great, 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:17.880 good coach, good players. There's something there. 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:20.080 That I think Cooper's in two Grand finals in a row. 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.600 I think he's put a pretty heavy dent in their motivation, 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.440 maybe a bit of pressure on top, and a bit 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.320 of the hit their belief a little bit as well. 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:31.440 And I think the responsibility needs to fall on Hugh's 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.680 grant Monster because if we look at the left edge 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:38.040 defensively against Camber, the months have missed a couple of 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.760 tackles that led to tries, but he's got Cooper Clark 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.720 inside in wait on the outside. It's up to months 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:47.760 to fast track their development. Otherwise teams are just going 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.960 to go to that edge all the time, so they 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:54.200 need to get over the mental scarring of what's happened 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:56.680 the last two years. But there is good players and 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.080 a good coach and if they can fast track some 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:02.120 of the because the moment, teams are attacking their inexperience. Yep, 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.800 they're running to and putting under pressure those guys that 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:08.320 haven't got the one hundred and fifty games in light 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.400 the camera monthsters of the world. So I think it's 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:12.200 up to the sea of players to fast track that 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:13.000 development too. 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.320 Spoke last week about that battle of that extra meter. 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.560 You know, when you've got the football, that extra meter 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.640 pushing through or being just pushed back to make at 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:24.240 the start of a set basically dictates what happens on 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:27.680 tackle four, five, six, And I just wanted to show 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.040 an example for this, and actually it's a storm tribe. 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.480 Before we talk about their shortcomings, this is an example 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.640 Will Warbrick and if you put in slow mo o 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.800 there what here you see where Hudson is in a 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.120 position to control the tackle on top coop And you've 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:42.560 been a part of this, but Will just ducks under 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.240 him there, just simply ducks under that left arm and 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.800 just takes an extra half or meter gets him which 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:50.520 means you can accelerate the play of the ball and 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:52.520 then what you see, what happens after it, just that 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:53.920 little subtle. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.839 Thing makes all the difference to the next set. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:59.720 McDonald makes good meters, gets up, then all of a sudden, 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:03.719 Harry gets out with triggers Hues, which in turn then 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:05.400 triggers monster. 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.680 You know, and the rest in the way they go. 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:10.920 So that all stemmed. 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.440 All of that stem from the fact that Hudson didn't 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:14.640 quite control the tackle. 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:19.439 So teams now when you think of sort of wrestling techniques, 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.000 think about defensively, but teams for years have been practicing 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.560 how to gain advantage with the ball in hand and 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.520 using wrestling techniques, right, So that little duck underneath to 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.520 find the front was definitely a technique that's being trained. 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.600 And to give the insight to your point, if the 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.000 first run is a five meter advantage, but it's a 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.679 quicker play the ball, the next run is eight meters 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.000 and the next one is twelve, and then you've got 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:45.760 the try off the back of the spot on. That's 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:46.760 what they're talking about. 0:09:46.920 --> 0:09:51.000 And for you too, prevention, we're defending really great playmakers. 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.559 Prevention is better than the cure. So if well, if 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:57.280 we'll if you're playing half back in that game, and 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.520 I ConTroll will Wardbrick, then what that does slow play 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.760 the ball you just go no, no, take me another 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.880 one forward, whereas all of a sudden you see him 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:05.440 po through. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.160 All of a sudden, we're dealing with you on the 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:07.520 next time. 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.520 All vice versa. That the play the ball speed looks slow, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.880 there's a quicksh playball. I go from being out the 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.280 back of the middle forward to standing up in front 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.440 and also determining where the ball is going to go. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:20.199 And I think one of the keys to while we're 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.960 on the play the ball speed of the storm, I 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.960 think one of the keys is getting Harry Grant out. 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.240 We saw that, right, So I think, what is it? 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.480 No Nelson, no Twoy at the moment, no car teller. 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.680 I think the play the bull speed is less and 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:39.080 less like there's sat the other night on Friday night 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.440 before they played. Every time Harry Grant runs more than 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:44.200 five times a game, he wins seventy percent of those games. 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:47.160 When he runs below he loses. Right, So I think 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:51.040 Josh King, Alec McDonald those type of fords instead of 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.440 being one out trying to generate because they're not Nelson, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:55.839 they're not Twoy. I think they need to be a 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.240 bit more creative in their ballplayer. It'll short pass, isolate one, 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:01.800 one quick play the bable that gives Grant the first 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:03.960 look at something. Whereas I think at the moment they're 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:07.280 just a little bit small, more mobile, but they're not 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.920 actually generating that difference into play the wally. 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.240 I think the artist is a little bit too simplistic. 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.800 They just need to dress up a few little subtleies 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:17.280 in there too. As you said, they don't have that 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:18.920 size of the moment just to get them punched. Them 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.560 through a couple of always want to talk about coops, 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:23.360 which is. 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.080 Unlike Melbourne Melbourne. 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.240 One of the primary things about Melbourn's attacks, they're always 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.400 perfectly synchronized. Like when you call the play, all you 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:32.560 had to worry about we should target defender because you 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.280 know that players will be in the slots. The plagu's 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:36.760 sitting the right half of the whole right. 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:37.840 As you get there. 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:40.959 Billy on the perfect sweek line, not rushing you too much, 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.240 all those things. We'll see a few examples here and 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:46.240 one is pushing up and there's a break here, and 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.080 you have look at all the holes here, and I understand 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:53.600 it's a break, but Munster takes the ball coops. There 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.040 is no one with the urgency to follow that break, 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.080 and if there's someone in his pocket, he just rolls 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.800 through and score. Now this is this is a points split. 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.560 Someone pushes up, he goes straight into that hole. He's 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.680 under the post instead, Simmy Sosagi gets he in a set. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.280 And this is some of the other ones where you 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:11.719 know Harry's jumping out. 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:12.319 There was one. 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.679 There was one in the first half too, Harry jumped like. 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.240 There's an example, like everyone is so deep on the ball, 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:20.320 standing on the back. 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.880 Like as soon as someone runs, the immediate response should 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:26.760 be to move forward like that the first one with 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.720 that line break. That is, don't worry about the play. 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:31.840 That is, I'm not a ball player anymore, I'm a 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.640 ball runner. As soon as there is a break in play, 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.640 it's accelerate into some hole and make sure that monster 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.400 picks up the right hole. He was drifting across because 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.079 he had no one to come, so he's trying to 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:45.320 buy time for someone and just throw the ball. And 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:46.560 that's where Sonia took it. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:47.480 Ethan strange. 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.360 We said about him well wastually before we talk about that, 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.319 just defensively with Melbourne, there was one on the weekend 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:56.679 Jed Stuart School in the corner it was declared no try. 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:58.600 But on the other side of the corner you see 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:02.560 Melbourne there on an edge, just disconnected. You know, there 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:04.600 were guys sliding, there were guys that were coming up 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:09.400 out of the line. It's just it was unlike Melbourne. 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:12.000 It was one that happened a little later in the game. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.320 There's an example too where they're just you know, they're 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:18.120 surrendering territory here and you'll see it just here. Now 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.000 I understand there's a bit of scrambling going on. A 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:23.840 guy's getting back, but still Melbourne are usually able to 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.839 get back and hold shape a little bit. 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.320 And you just have a look at out. Why you know, King, 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:29.200 he's not going up. 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.600 There's other guys sitting on their heels, others are rushing in, 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.920 everyone trying to solve the problem by themselves. 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.800 I think number one rule when you get a line 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.640 break against you is just get the lines straight. If 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.480 you're on the trial and you're in trouble, but you've 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.560 got to get a straight line. When white dirty come 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.800 up Josh King's defending where months is meant to be. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.840 As soon as you get triangles in defense, you're in trouble. 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.360 You want straight lines in defense to solve any type 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:59.040 of play that's coming at you. There's a few things 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:00.040 they need to sort out. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.440 Before we talk about the Penerith gaming yourself there and 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.520 Nathan Ethan Strange said about him last week we saw, 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:08.720 you know, they move on to the right started. 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:10.359 It's been a little bit of controversy. 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:13.319 We showed last week the previous couple of performances where 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.200 he's getting used to the right. You know he's checking 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.040 off his right foot and going straight through. Last week 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.840 he did a left foot away and set one up. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.040 It was evidence again this week. You know he was 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:24.800 on the right hand side of the paddock. He's coming 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:26.760 off his left foot and going and setting up tries. 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:30.600 Other times where he's trying to set play up. Here's 0:14:30.640 --> 0:14:33.320 one now that's an area there, but you see the 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.040 awareness there. And this is another one here which I 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.040 really like in the fact that he switching to the 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.040 other side left foot in the move to the right 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.280 has been difficult for Ethan in the first month, but 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:46.040 I see what it's going to make him a far 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:47.000 more dangerous football. 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:51.280 Here's one here, little just cruise and using his left 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:51.920 foot a little bit. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.080 Yeah, I think you know. One of the things you 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.800 always tell sort of young halves is like where is 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.320 your best run? What position on the field do you 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.960 like to get the book and wherever that is? Try 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:03.840 and get to that position more often than not. And 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:07.040 obviously for Ethan it's sort of left hand side in 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.160 and around where the scrum is lined up, so why 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.840 not swing across to that side and use your left 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.440 foot at some stage. But he's adapting, he will get 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.360 He's way too good of a player, the fact that 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.840 he likes running the ball and set up all he's passing, 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:21.840 and that's the main thing he needs to worry about. 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:29.320 What do you think. 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:33.880 One thing I want to highlight here is I just 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.480 want to highlight the players of Nathan clear, particularly in 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:39.720 the first half. Like I like watching Nathan in the 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.240 first twenty minutes of a game because you almost see 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.800 the game plan he will he is like a surgeon. 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:48.320 He plays it to an absolute tea, playing short passes 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.320 through the wide field. Position of the Dolphins created space 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.200 and he was showing and going like just playing short 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:58.160 passes and everything back through the middle. So the simple 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.720 fact that they do a lot of video now that 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.600 he's playing back inside, he likes that he deals with 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.880 Ivan clear and says, you know what, first twenty minutes 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.280 a game, I'm going to work through this. And his 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.440 first half small touches were terrific. 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:16.480 They too, just watching him and Isaiah could tell it. 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:20.600 They just everything appears half speed. 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.600 And then this was the game tire and everyone thought 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.120 he was going to kick this. So just anyone at home, 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.880 any young half watching this is one of the best 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:31.000 of the game. Just missed an opportunity to win the game. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:34.600 He'll get another opportunity. And the fact is he was 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.600 rattled there under pressure. He took the time to step 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.640 off his right side, create space and reset himself for 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:45.000 the kick. So anyone that misses a big opportunity, the 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.480 next opportunity might be just a minute away. You got 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.360 to drop it and focus on what he did. I 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.040 thought that was a terrific performance. I thought he was unreal. 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.760 I want to pay you already one. I want to 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:58.280 give the Dolphins an enormous rap here. Their last performance 0:16:58.440 --> 0:17:02.160 against me was we'll get to the end of the 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.480 season and say that, yeah, that's in the grand find 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.520 one of the worst performances of the year. That was 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.840 so tough. The other night they conditions up there. I 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:10.880 was told that they were questioning whether the game should 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:11.359 go ahead. 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.000 It was so oppressive. 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:16.399 The heat you saw when the Penwrith players are being substituted, 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:17.080 they're going into. 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.280 A cool room. It was so hot. Yeat. 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.560 The Dolphins are eighteen nil down. Penwrith have had all 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:25.000 the ball, all the field position, and they get themselves 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.680 back and actually get themselves in front and nearly win 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.520 the football game. It was a mighty effort just on Penrith. 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:35.280 There an example of why they're so hard to score against. 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.639 Just having look where Cobo scores is trying the corner and. 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.159 It's not a big just a little thing here. Just 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:45.680 have a look at how many Penrith players like you 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.880 know what I mean, like the desperation to get over there. 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.280 No one of their hard to score points. 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:50.480 Again. 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:52.800 You can have a system, you can make a tacticle, 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.280 you can try and slide down, but at the end 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:57.480 of the day, the attitude of defense is just do 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:00.159 whatever it takes to stop them. Yeah, they scored, but 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:04.359 if that happens again, there's six seven Panthers jersey in 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.240 the picture. I'm pretty sure they might try and save 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.359 one one day. But to the Dolphins, I think you 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.280 got to give them a rap, you know, down by 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.639 a fair bit. At halftime they realized that Nathan was 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.480 playing through them with short passes. So Wolf in the 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:19.320 middle forwards obviously had a conversation and said, right, we 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.320 need to tighten up the middle. You know. Plath and 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.240 Gilbert were much better in the second half, playing for 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:28.160 long minutes and then the Dolphins attack shifted and put 0:18:28.160 --> 0:18:30.320 them under pressure. That's the only way to beat Penrith, 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.680 because the Bulldogs did it the other week. You gotta 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:36.120 have powerful back rollers running it blazed to Lungey and 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:38.960 Nathan Cleary and then get to the fringes and use 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.840 your speed and footwork. So any team that's set up 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:44.600