I'm not sure how many times we have to lose to the same teams in the same fashion before anything changes, because I think it's pretty simple....
I know Roosy doesn't want to have to change the team's formula, but it's just blatently obvious that we fall down against these sides because we don't move the ball forward quickly enough.
Time and time again, we chipped sideways, backwards, then eventually slowly chipped forward..... By this time the opposition have flooded our forward line, meaning the only place to lead to is the boundry line, hence 17 behinds.
Answer - It's not that we have to play on at all costs, we just need to move the ball a little quicker and more directly.
The one time I saw ths happen last night, was towards to end of the match when Rok was able to lead directly up the ground (because, surprise surprise, there was space), and mark directly in front 40m out.
The fact that we have replayed the same scenario time and time again against the crows over the last few years without trying anything different, annoys me to no end!
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