toddkurnski wrote:
Roughly, from what I saw
Curnow stopped the hard tag on Neale
The centre square starting comprising combos like Dow, Fisher and Martin Vs Neale, Zorko and Berry.
Cripps was sent for periods at FF and spent more time on the bench.
Murphy, I'm not even sure where he went but not used in the centre much at all
The intensity also dropped right off.
We used 2 less rotations off the bench for the entire match. What happened after 3/4 time was predicted, by me, because fatigue in comparison to the Lions was setting in, which is why the intensity also dropped in my opinion.
We gave our second string guys a go in the middle, against Brisbane's best and they could no compete. They have a lot of work to do.
Correct. The first half was our best team in their preferred positions.
After that we gave opportunities, dropped tags, rested players etc.
As for new things we tried, one I noticed was pushing Simmo to start defensive side of the wing and run Fish in off the back of the square at a centre bounce. Simmo then ran to put the block on and then resumed the half back role.
Yes there was a drop in intensity and we fell away badly in the last 5 minutes but if the players understand what we were trying too achieve and retain confidence in our best footy, I'm still quietly confident about Thursday week.