Excellent analysis - can I also add:After re-watching last season we need to change a lot.
1. We need to rid ourselves of our little sleepy lapses where we simply play like U 14's for a quarter or two.
2. We need to improve our disposal incredibly. Our disposal efficiency was one of the worst in the AFL from clearances. Only 30% of our clearances even reached a Swans player and then only 40% of them were to advantage. We were wasteful out of defence too.
3. Stop the panic under pressure. If a player can't hack the pressure then drop him.
4. Our goal kicking wasn't the best, especially from our specialists. Tip, Bud and Reid accounted for a fair whack of our misses and our small forwards/resting mids were also wasteful.
5. Our mids need to deliver better, especially to the forward line, and kick goals on the run. The spray factor from these each game could have kept the ground wet for a week.
6. Our smalls have got to stop spoiling our KF by contesting against them. We all love to see Parks, Deano, BJ, Hannas etc take a specky but there is a time and place and running with the flight of the ball into a pack isn't one of them. Parks wasn't the only one to commit this sin. All those mentioned spoiled their taller teammates at some stage of the season by flying against the flow into a big pack that was controlled by our KF. Several injuries, none serious except Parks, ensued. They are there to crumb and when the ball did come down were outnumbered because they were on the ground. If you are a small forward your first responsibility is to crumb.
7. You talk about defence and ours was ordinary for most of the season. Quite frankly I think we were lucky to draw so many teams who just ended up crappier than us. The defence has to be much better. No more stupid kicks across goal. No more stupid handball to players standing still, the panic handball that kills a coach. Every defender was guilty of this at some time last season. No more panic kicks out of defence to a wall of opposition players. If we are going to be a good team we are going to have to learn to block and set a wall like Hawks do.
8. Need to kick more and HB less. Simple really the name of the game is 'FOOTBALL' NOT 'HANDBALL'. How about we go back to basics and learn how to kick with precision. That would be refreshing. Funny we did it in 2012.
9. The coaches have to change the game plan to suit the personnel. They drafted them. They must have had a reason? If they did then they have to introduce the special talent each player brings to the game and make it a part of our strategies. Stoppages must get even better than last year. We got better than 2014 but were still way down on the best sides. NO MORE BOMBING INDISCRIMINATELY TO THE FORWARD LINE. LEARN HOW TO PUT THE BALL TO ADVANTAGE. In the last few games of last season there was some work by Deano that was just sensational. Kicking at 100% against Suns he continually put the ball to the forwards advantage and it paid off in most cases.
- we need a Plan B when game is not on our terms
- when it is wet (we seem to cop a few) can we forget about over possessing and kick it long
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