DocSherrin wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
Its easy to pick isolated actions out of every match and King is the master of it. Unfortunately its his only real value IMO.
If he has a look at the game holistically instead of picking isolated actions.
The fact is we won the game. Had we continued the defensive mindset of the first 40 minutes where we allowed Port to dominate the uncontested ball, our players would be sitting around now nursing hangovers.
Suck shit King.
It begs the question BV...should we play a more attacking brand of footy against the Tigers? I'm not advocating a shootout, but not far from it, because I don't believe these players of ours have a clue how to play the style of defensive gameplan MM wants them to play.
The results clearly demonstrate Doc that if we play a defensive game, Richmond will eat us. Look at Round 1. Once we carried the ball and played the corridor option when it was available, we were back in the game. Unpredictability!
It doesnt mean we play a totally offensive game. It means we assess our options as they present. If we're unpredictable, it makes it harder for the opposition to zone us. Play the boundary all the time, they can set up easily. If we also take a good option in the corridor, it forces them to also defend there. Spreading their zone = more space.
Playing around the boundary and kicking to contests suits Chaplin, Rance, Deledio and Ellis beautifully. Lets see how Chaplin goes on a leading forward who runs him up and back toward goal. Same with Ellis.
Lets hope the coaches back us in. Look at the first round. Richmond kicked 9.14 to 4.6 in the first half. Second time around they kicked 8.2 to 3.2 in the first quarter. We cant play overly defensive footy and expect to claw our way back into the match again.
We have to match them in the uncontested footy early.
The key will be clearances. Looking at the previous games, the balance and totals between contested and uncontested ball at the final siren have been very close. Its the clearances that were the difference.
Tuck has been good in both games and we cant underestimate his ability to get the ball out to their runners. Jackson has been good of late and we have to be mindful of how we want him played. If Judd plays, hopefully he'll go to him. If not, Murphy.
Either way I would play Jacksons opponent as a high half forward away from the stoppages but running past to receive the cleared ball. Gibbs has to play as a ball winner. With Murphy down and Carrazzo/McLean/Judd probably missing or being underprepared, Gibbs will have to step up as a clearance player.
Curnow on Cotchin.
Riewoldt will drag Jamo away from deep defence to isolate a lesser opponent on Vickery/Edwards. We have to be smart and make Jamo our deep defender. If Riewoldt goes up field, the defenders have to roll off their opponents to allow Jamo to stay deep.
I'd play Walker or Tuohy on Edwards. Exploit Edwards poor accountability.
The difference for us is our pace and the ability of our forwards to run back into space. Jeffy and Yarran are very good at it, as is Henderson. The key is smart decision making when we have the ball. We cant bomb it to no one. We have to run, carry and share the ball Geelong style. That requires players to run offensively. Yes David King will pick some instances where we've rolled the dice but thats how we will win the game.
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