(03-23-2018, 06:39 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Last night, in the in-game thread, a couple people were pointing out how many shots on goal the tigers got when Weitering was the direct opponent. Weitering was switched around trying to find a matchup (wasn't one for him) and the tigers continually went through his man to get a shot on goal.
That is a fairly liberal interpretation of the events.
Weitering and Jones looked bad last night primarily because as the stay at home KPDs they were regular caught out of position against superior numbers. Marchbank, Simmo, Byrne and Plowman took off up field before we managed to find yet another way to turn it over! Nthmond moved the ball so quickly on the rebound those four were frequently caught heading back with the flight of the ball into D50 when it passed them bye! On the replay you can frequently see the late cavalry arrival on those occasions Jones or Weitering managed to hold up the forwards. Often one of the first to get back and help was the much maligned Daisy, there are a lot of supposedly younger, fitter, faster and more agile players on our list that didn't match Daisy's efforts!
Personally, our defensive setup didn't work well because to me we looked very disorganised, blokes like Byrne and Mullett didn't know where to be or when. It just takes one or two in that sort of disorder and a good AFL team will take full advantage. As a group we didn't gel, I suppose it's a symptom of making so many list changes in recent years. Having Dow and Garlett both playing didn't help either, both of them regularly let opponents get goal side.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"