04-04-2018, 09:59 AM
(04-04-2018, 09:50 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:Footy nowadays is about taking risks, we are still too conservative. I use Richmond as an example again, they are not a team full of stars but they are a good team who back themselves and take risks. When their inside grunt players win the ball, or a free is given to them, their outside players and small forwards have already taken a risk and made a move well and truly in advance. I sat in the bleaches in round one and it was extremely obvious from up with a full view of the entire ground. There positioning on the field is all about go hard and go early. Granted it didnt go well for them vs Adelaide but not many teams do well v Adelaide in Adelaide. We need to work harder and take more risks. Enough of the conservative flat footedness.
Where we come unstuck is that we're not good enough to make our risks 50/50.
Our risks don't come off often enough and we go into our shells and many aren't prepared to make them.
Jones is perhaps one exception.
He'll always back himself.... but just lately it's not quite coming off and he's starting to cop some flack.