Analysis on leeds being poop (watch in the comments, that's where the text is)

So 1st clip. You have George williams taking it to the line and getting cuthbo to bite. Some would argue he doesn’t have to bite on him there, but as soon as he does that lilley HAS to follow him in and take that lead line that willie isa runs. There is 0 communication or structure in this defence here. Cuthbertson doesn’t need to bite but when he makes the error lilley has to follow him but instead he is looking for Tomkins out the back and consequently, isa goes straight through. Watch it a few times.

The 2nd clip with mcguire. It is clear that there is nothing on. Why not work back to the middle of the field. There seems to be a real lack of direction from the halves in the leeds team. They need to get to a point on the pitch and attack from there. No direction. This will become clear in the coming clips also.

The 3rd clip. Leeds have got to the right stick and look to shift left. One of the few times they actually did it this half. Crap pass, ball to ground. Set over.

The 4th clip. What the hell are they doing here? Lilley goes blind (just missed the clip when recording) when there is nothing on, going into touch he lobs the ball backwards and stupid offloading ensues. Instead of just taking the tackles and getting back to the structures and shape (not even sure if leeds have any atm) cuthbo lobs the ball out of his arse and they knock the ball on. On the halfway. Givs wigan field position.

The 5th clip. I would first like to question why leeds are shifting the ball from the sideline. Unlikely to break wigan down because they have at least 9 men in their line here. Lilley does okay and gives the ball to mcguire and then Christ if this doesn’t make you despair then I don’t know what will. He has absolutely nothing outside of him. There should be a second row running a line off him with hardaker around the back but there is no shape. Mcguire makes a little half break but really this is easy for wigan. Freeze the play at 1:03. 3rd tackle, nothing on, do any of those players look in good positions to have a shift or put a play on or even settle towards that left hand stick to then have a shot out wide? Instead JJB goes for the line and doesn’t score. But my point here is that leeds are not working any structures or shape, they are just lobbing the ball around for the fun of it. No thought is put into why they are doing stuff.

The 6th clip. This is the same as the 4th. No direction. Mcguire wastes 2 plays on the left and then when they do come back right on the 4th after wasting another tackle the play is okay but again pretty easy for wigan. Then instead of going and putting a kick in and working for a try or repeat set, watkins has a go when he was never gonna score.

In summary, no direction in attack or communication in defence and it shows.

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