Mil Hanna wrote:
Braithy wrote:
Blue Vain wrote:
Midfielders playing man on man. Faster ball movement. 5th in the AFL for long kicks down to 15th. That's the difference. Run to receive the ball in the space and be rewarded by receiving the ball.
That's what we've all been asking for and it's finally clicking.
just not sure why voss and Co moved away from this structure & waited until the season was virtually over before bringing it back? it's what got us to 0.6% of finals last season.
i still believe our list and our play is top 4 standard when we're hunting the ball like this.
I think the changes started to be implemented a few weeks before our round 14 breakthrough win, but we just couldn't execute properly.
I have a theory that early this year he was trying to implement a game plan that was more sustainable and less taxing on the players to avoid the fadeouts we suffered in early games last year and then ultimately, the season.
It will interesting to see if we essentially do a reverse of 2022 and finish the season strongly off the back of the shift in game plan. Surely this would be enough evidence to convince Voss and Co. that we need to focus on our strengths and hone it for 2024?
Whatever happens over the remainder of the season, all I hope is that we stick with it as it is enjoyable to watch compared to the stifled debacle we had to endure for 6-7 weeks.
I agree with this also.
Last season we were playing more like the Pies (chaos football), but without the durabilty or speed that they have and as a result we got smacked with injuries.
The start of this season we were playing more like Geelong (controlled football) but without the skills, experience or footy IQ.
We have added back the Pies style of football again but it comes at a cost to our durabilty (Kennedy, McGovern etc).
Clearly neither style for our current playing group is either durable or finals winning footy.
We need to add speed, skills and durabilty and unfortuantly we need to move on some current key players in order to get this balance right.
If we can control the play like Geelong but also move the ball forward like the Pies we will not only be finals bound but actual premiership contenders.
I think Voss and co know this and you can see we have played a more evenly balanced game between the two styles in the last few games.
What we have been missing in team balance with the return of some of the annually injured has been pretty obvious over the last couple of weeks.
It'll be interesting to see what we do at the trade table at the end of the year to see how invested the coaching group is at getting the right balance of skill, speed and durabilty in the playing group.
This week has the potential to both really expose what we are lacking and what we are strong in.
Either way, I still have faith in Voss as head coach.
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