I tend to disagree, we went man-on-man in the last quarter against the Bummers whereas for the first three qtrs Fletcher was allowed to play as a loose man in the last qtr ADL (I think) manned up on Fletcher and so that Fletcher's contribution became negligle as he had a man to worry about

Same thing happened against the Eagles in Harry Potter Final

We are playing a lot more defensively since the wizard cup and consequently we will struggle to get good service from the key forwards (imho the pagan style relies on attacking midfield etc) - we cant afford to do this atm because there is little faith in our backline (particularly talls) given the injuries to thornton/livingston - prior to that I think our midfield was more comfortable with running/carrying/pushing forward in waves as we could feel reasonably confident of a solid contest down back if a turn over ensued. This is no longer the case as norman/morell havent been able to manage the key defensive posts adequately since the injuries. We will be better when thornton resumes and improve offensively again when livingston is back.

no need to panic yet

Blue Mark posted this in another thread today.


I think this proves what I'm trying to get across. Our structure (particularly the way our forwards line up) has been worked out. It's not just an accuracy issue at all (while that doesn't bloody help! )

As I've said, I love Pagan and he's the man to take the club forward, but why (WHY!) did it take him 3 games to work this out when it was clear after the roos game.

By the way - ThePrez said:



Mate, obviously I don't mean our full strength backline! Take my comments in context - I mean that our backline, as it has been since the injuries HAS been CRAP.

It is not bad luck that Ess scored 17.4 and Coll scored 15.1 against us - it is because our backline (as it lines up currently with injuries Prez) is crap and doesn't force pressure shots or rush long shots through (how frustrating are the long shots that we don't rush).

Bottom line - game plan needs some slight tinkering and I think Dennis knows it.

Go Blues

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I disagree with this, there were an enormous amount of fluke goals and goals that really were through no fault of our own and teams would normally kick maybe 20% of them in a game, all going through