04-01-2018, 12:29 PM
(04-01-2018, 09:22 AM)Shakin77 link Wrote:Yes and no. To me it was more structural than personal, but the number of times we had no one leading towards the ball carrier and everyone back peddling toward the goals in hope of getting an easy goal. Lack of space. No one creating space. Everyone in the same area. Bolts and Teague have a lot of work to do.
At the other end the Suns managed the opposite. So many one on ones.
Yep our forward line was crowded and their FL was wide open allowing Lynch one on ones with Jones or Marchbank, we played seven backman last season
reckon this was the day to go back to that theory and get two players vs Lynch when ever we could...
Scarlett would always have Milburn as the 3rd man up when playing the best Full Forwards, Josh Gibson was often the Milburn at Hawthorn supporting Lake etc....
Problem I have is that the way GC played was a repeat of when they won at Etihad last season.....why are we such slow learners and get burned by the same players each season....
ie Lynch of course with his goals.....but look a bit deeper Kreuzer played and had 10 possies and 23 hitouts........Witts played and had 14 possies and 36 hitouts......
Witts was a factor yet we failed to acknowledge that and played a part time ruck only...ok we had Lobbe out as well and Philips underdone, well I would have played another tall at least or maybe even an underdone Philips plus Mckay just to give Casboult some help plus give Curnow a chop out at FF where he had May and Thompson all over him....