What I loved the most about the game today was that they backed each other in a lot of 1v1s unless it was a quick high kick into the 50 at either end.
Smalls were rolling in and sitting off waiting to scoop the ball up. It kept happening, and happening instead of the silly 3v1 situations that other teams gleefully feasted upon. Put a smile on my face.
kennyhunter wrote:
Tackling, tackling, tackling
Nothing was more infuriating this year than our insipid tackling. Ferocious today.
Our team tackling efficiency was at 70% for the match late in the game.
I believe you're considered an elite tackler if you're tackling over 65% regularly, today we had a whole team doing it. Ridiculous number of smothers too.
The Rhino wrote:
How do we feel about Yarran's game?
Got that lucky HTB decision/chasedown, otherwise, thought he was pretty poor.
21 possessions so did plenty with and to receive the footy, with Port's quicker players regularly hunting him if he got a touch.
I think today shows we need to get Yarran and Buckley out of defence, because while they stick to their man and do a job, they do not cut off much of the footy when it's their turn because they don't have a read. That and their regular opponents kicked 6 goals and had 32 possessions for the day.
Our team defence was much better but we get chopped up by small forwards who work hard up to the wing and work their opponents back; we either have a bloke who can't go with them, or an attacking type we've converted into a defender who loses them after trying to get into the play.
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