07-17-2017, 09:48 AM
(07-17-2017, 08:37 AM)kruddler link Wrote:If the opposition is sitting in the corridor, it doesn't matter how quick you move it, it is not beneficial to go through it.
If you can catch a team unaware, then you can use the corridor.
Why do you think we couldn't use the corridor after the 1st quarter?
Did we change our game plan?
or
Did the doggies change theirs?
I'll think you'll find it was out of our control.
AFL footy, like most sports, is a territorial battle. The battle for territory isn't just up and down, it's lateral as well. The Doggies clogged up the corridor when we were in attack, yet paradoxically seemed to use the corridor when they were in attack.
SOS did an interview with Mike Sheahan a few years back. I don't like the interview - I thought SOS came across as cagey and evasive, but that's by the bye. One of the points he made is that as a defender, he was determined to stake out some territory on his opponent, and under no circumstances would he ever give up that territory, come hell or high water. I like this attitude very much.
The great Cats teams from a few seasons back all made a habit of owning the corridor.
I'm not suggesting we have the personnel to do it, but to at least make an effort to not surrender valuable territory so meekly might be nice.