07-19-2017, 09:16 AM
Maintaining possession for more than 2 minutes is pretty much impossible. I know you've watched many games of footy - how many modern day teams can hold continuous possession for more than 2 minutes ? The ball gets to an "in dispute" situation fairly quickly. A tackle, mis kick, out of bounds, goal, behind etc. are all times when you must fight for the ball and regain possession somehow. We don't have the luxury of dicking around with the ball playing keepings off for 1 minute in our back half, because when the inevitable turnover occurs, it's in a bad field position for us, and gives the opposition too much advantage. We also don't have many good tacklers or many strong mids who can get the ball back quickly.
Teams like the Swans have no fear of contested ball, because their terrific midfield will win more in dispute situations than they lose. We don't have that luxury, which is why i advocate faster ball movement towards goal. At least when the turnover occurs, it gives the opposition some work to do get it further up the ground.
Teams like the Swans have no fear of contested ball, because their terrific midfield will win more in dispute situations than they lose. We don't have that luxury, which is why i advocate faster ball movement towards goal. At least when the turnover occurs, it gives the opposition some work to do get it further up the ground.