Blue Vain wrote:
Not overly surprised. As I thought, Mihocek took Weitering away from the contest and we didn't adapt. Why didn't Hamill have a counter strategy?
Not a big name but I thought Cincotta was good after a long lay off.
IMHO we can't structure our team on the stoppage game and expect to be consistent because it relies on one player too much. Last year Cripps has 27+ possessions, we win 9 out of 10 games. He has 26 or less, we win 5 out of 14. Collingwood did what Brisbane did last year, put a bigger bodied mid on Cripps and he struggles to have the desired impact. We need more speed and adaptability around the contest. Collingwood stood outside us around the contest and knocked it into space. (Richmond 2019) and they were off. If we won it, they closed in and shut us down. They were more disciplined and went in with a better plan.
Defensive 50 stoppages were a huge issue for us. Too many easy goals. The coaches have a lot of work to do in that regard.
It will be interesting to see what the coaches come up with for next week. We started the season far more system based. We've regressed to previous years football where we're relying on 3 or 4 stars to win us games. Selfish, dumb decisions being made again where players think they'll do it all themselves. That doesn't win premierships.
That is true.
Then again, they won in the end on the back of Nick Daicos’ individual brilliance from a difficult spot out wide of a stoppage when we did the disciplined thing by blocking his ability to get goal side.
I thought Voss press conference was spot on b/c he was much happier with our defensive structures this week.
I am sure he will still hammer the team about effort (esp tackle pressure) and about nailing our opportunities up the field and in front of goal.
I reckon we have a lot of upside on the back of that performance.
We had several passengers, missed opportunities, and still were in a position to win with 3mins to go.
Last week was much worse b/c it was too easy for them to score.
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