Jason Taylor has defended his team’s attack ahead of the Wests Tigers showdown with South Sydney.

The Tigers have been hammered on social media in recent weeks lacking spark offensively.

“We work on our attack every week and have done since the start of the year but there’s no doubt it’s taken a bit of a downturn in recent weeks,” Taylor said.

“We did step up what we wanted to defensively because we had some weeks which were really poor.

“It probably dulled our attack a little bit. Not consciously, it wasn’t like we practised that way.

“We’re working hard on our defence, we want to improve and it’s number one for us but it doesn’t mean we aren’t practising our attack.

“It’s just a matter of getting the two things to work well in tandem.”