club29 wrote:
Siegfried wrote:
I have posted my thoughts on our 'method' going into forward 50 previously (bomb and hope), and I saw nothing different last night again, albeit in a difficult game. I still believe that that approach will struggle against the best teams, the better organised defences and the pressure of finals.
In finals you would think the long bomb in is the way to go. Get it in deep and make a contest. Set the press up behind the ball and force a repeat 50 if we dont score on the first bomb. The repeat 50 should get us some lose options. That would stand up in finals you would think because of the pressure that will be on the kicker going forward. Saw Scotland go a bit shallow to a lead inside 50 in the last and the spoil then rebounded quickly to their 50.
I guess our tactics with the press have a bit to do with the scores from inside 50 % that BV wrote about. We get our press going and have plenty of repeat 50's getting our inside 50 numbers up. If it gets over the back we are open so teams get more bang for their buck going inside 50.
As long as the game is played in our half i am happy. We have the talent and tactics to score more than the oppostion score out the back.
Freo tried what the bombers were doing and just getting it inside a vacant 50 for them to run onto but Ratts and co selected a faster backline and adjusted our structure slighlty so we had most of them attempts covered.
Not sure about all the misses costing them. The ball goes back to the middle after a goals. Unless we lose a game by bad kicking
Our record last year against the top 4 teams, and especially out lack of scoring (with the exception of the Geelong game), showed that the tactic didn't work. Good defences, well-organised defences, know when to peel off, know how to use the spare man, and are better at covering Betts and Garlett. The Essendon* game was a classic example - 10 fewer scoring shots, but 5 more inside 50s. Not getting value for money. I agree that there are times when you bomb, but we should be trying to kick to a player on the lead 3-4 times a quarter, to break up the patterns (we are very predictable, and Hird knew this), but also to have some 'easy' scoring opportunities. At the moment, we are relying on sheer brilliance, nothing more. Add some system to sheer brilliance, and variation in strategy, and we become much harder to beat.
As for the ball going back to the centre after a goal...indeed it does. Unfortunately, we got comfortably beaten in clearances last night
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