hammo
4th June 2007, 03:38 PM
By Worsfold approach I mean playing one on one across the ground - even if it means playing extra men in attack. It's been blatantly obvious to me in the St Kilda and Essendon losses at least that our midfielders and forwards lack the intelligence to combat teams playing an extra man (or men) in defence.
On the weekend Hall was murdered by Mal Michael while Fletcher picked up possessions at will.
We should be smart enough not to kick to Hall when he's double teamed but our midfielders continuously do it. It was interesting that in Hall's column on Friday he referred to this issue and said for the good of the team when he is double teamed he works further up the ground... I didn't see much evidence of this on Saturday.
After the game Mark McVeigh was almost boasting the fact that the Bombers had flooded Sydney all night and beaten them at their own game. All our losses this year can be traced back to the fact we are being super flooded. Our skills no longer stand up to the patient, accurate delivery required of our game plan. By playing one on one in the forward line it would at least give our much-vaunted forward line (which by recent evidence is on reputation only) a 50/50 chance - probably much better.
By playing extra numbers forward of course, it will lead to a more open forward line for the opposition. A big risk, but is it time to back our players one on one? Roos is always on about it but this year at least seems to rarely put it into practice.
This comes back to the whole game plan issue. It frustrated me all night that Fletcher was roaming free, yet Roos did nothing to combat it. At the very least the midfielders need a rocket for continuously kicking to Hall.
On the weekend Hall was murdered by Mal Michael while Fletcher picked up possessions at will.
We should be smart enough not to kick to Hall when he's double teamed but our midfielders continuously do it. It was interesting that in Hall's column on Friday he referred to this issue and said for the good of the team when he is double teamed he works further up the ground... I didn't see much evidence of this on Saturday.
After the game Mark McVeigh was almost boasting the fact that the Bombers had flooded Sydney all night and beaten them at their own game. All our losses this year can be traced back to the fact we are being super flooded. Our skills no longer stand up to the patient, accurate delivery required of our game plan. By playing one on one in the forward line it would at least give our much-vaunted forward line (which by recent evidence is on reputation only) a 50/50 chance - probably much better.
By playing extra numbers forward of course, it will lead to a more open forward line for the opposition. A big risk, but is it time to back our players one on one? Roos is always on about it but this year at least seems to rarely put it into practice.
This comes back to the whole game plan issue. It frustrated me all night that Fletcher was roaming free, yet Roos did nothing to combat it. At the very least the midfielders need a rocket for continuously kicking to Hall.