club29 wrote:
Does our inability to translate attacks into scores have something to do with our ability to defend as a team so well this year?
Poor finishing plays a big part part in our our score being so low that is for sure. If shots sailed through for goals would that apply enough scoreboard pressure to open up more scoring opportunities ?
Perhaps a review of our attacking/defense systems is not required until we see a game where our finishing is at least at an AFL average level.
Yup, absolutely to the first part. Once everyone is more composed about transitioning from attack to defence and back again, scoring opportunities will open up.
Right now we have definitely been defensively focussed, including one or two more players dropping back deeper in the zonal defence we have set up. I think our scoring efforts are suffering in part because of that level of extra effort being put in to get the same gains.
We need more counter-attacking options (i.e. match-hardened pace and skill on the wing/HF) for those situations, but we also need less let-downs, like we're seeing with Casboult in particular.
I've got no problem with them building from the back, I just wish they had more reliable set shot options up front.
Was thinking that we don't really allow too many players ahead of the ball to allow easy scores instead preferring to keep numbers behind the ball and in a good shape. As we go forward the team rolls up and maintains a width and shape that covers us if things go wrong. We look great defensively but it is coming at a cost.
We are still getting shots and opportunities but we aren't capitalising. Until we have a game where we do capitalise by nailing chances we really can't judge our attack/defense balance.
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