we All know there is nothing new under the sun re football and minimal injuries and building a squad that we suspect will match the constant AFL rule adjustments are a fine art and a lot of luck
So for me the arguement is never about plan A vs B
It is about being “FLEXIBLE” to adjust to what works against certain teams and on certain grounds
And then having a squad with the attributes to be able to adjust game plans week to week or inside a game that is critical
I have been lucky enough to chat to the players about this and our mantra has been if we can crack in harder and longer then the opposition then generally this style of footy wins out
Well that isn’t quite true and the hawks were fantastic exponents of very “flexible” game plans
Our backline over the years suited defending from our back half because we had a slow backline and no space with huge numbers of players allowed our backs to not be singled out one on one as easily
It also prevented the run and carry teams taking on our backline with large space behind them ie defending in our half created congestion and nothing to run at
I like uncontested footy like the hawks were brilliant at for many years and somewhat west coast posting up a lot last season in attack
I like contested footy like we , tigers and bulldogs have done very well in recent times right from the midfield to large amounts of players in tight
I like defending at both of ends of the ground
These are all fundamental areas of footy
We just need to be more “FLEXIBILE” ingames and we need a few more players especially on our wings and HBFs who could player the outside
We may now have this combo in the squad close to right for 2019 and to be a top 8 team again
But I don’t think we improved our list in comparison to other teams fighting for the top8
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