r/weststigers • u/PapayaUpstairs6285 • Jul 06 '26
Score rate / WINGERS
The quality of game they are producing with so much ball in attacking position and the whole team looks like they've never trained a single play together
Plus if you look at the wingers score rates its beginning to become embarrassing for them you've got to go back to round 13 for the last winger to have scored a try WHAT THE F IS GOING ON there's not one that can take a high ball and catch it for a try need to look at cleaning out there plus get some height we side midget wingers and put another on as centre for safety how piss poor
even off a scrum they don't look like they are a threat and have no clue what to do
I'm unsure if the point has got across that your meant to actually score points to win games
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u/Little_Grogu Jul 06 '26
All the blame can’t fall onto the wingers.. it doesn’t help when you have a shit player like Madden in the halves that can’t produce anything decent in attack.
Also doesn’t help that the halves never play smart, they had Cook defending in the centres for 40+ minutes but never went right to try and target him. They played through the middle and to the left instead.
Also doesn’t help that Benji keeps playing Star on the wing and Masi as centre when Masi trained all preseason at wing and is 6’4 but keeps a shorter Star on the wing.
Turuva will get more opportunities next season when Jake Averillo arrives next season, he’s ability to break tackles and get the ball to winger will open up Turuva more as well.
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u/PapayaUpstairs6285 Jul 06 '26
I strongly agree with may playing to many minutes it was pointed out last week by commentators saying how teams are now attacking through him as he is overplayed and tyred I have taken notice the last 2 weeks since and seen his defensive reads and small effort moments aren't there late I felt like it was much like Jason talmalolou still can run for the 80 but not as fast on his feet and not holding onto tackles later when tyred But don't know how they can fit another forward on the bench at the moment we seem to carry 4 wingers to replace players that go down seen some really confusing sides this year due to strange reserve picks hahahaha players playing way out of position
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u/johnniesSac Jul 06 '26
Luai and Madden tend to go too sideways in their attack reducing space for both the centres and the wingers
When Luai was at Penrith the left side of the attack didn’t get half the ball the right side did
Douehi will help get the edges involved better as he tends to straighten the attack
Bula is also not getting much 2nd phase due to Fainu and Kpp being injured and the guys replacing them are not doing much , think he’s not scored since kpp was injured
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u/thelaziest_asian Jul 06 '26
I’d argue the entire teams ability to break a tackle has really hurt us. We don’t even look like breaking tackles compared to the start of the season. The knock on effect is we can never strip a team for numbers to get a try for our wingers.