05-01-2018, 03:22 AM
(05-01-2018, 02:54 AM)Tragic link Wrote:all things being equal we're gonna get pantsed by the crows. badly.
at some point in the next 1 - 50 games something amazing is going to happen. a properly balanced and fit team will be selected, the boys will have a fair dinkum crack for 4 quarters, some of those shocking errors aren't going to happen, and blokes who have clearly shown the talent they possess at times will play closer to their ability. I just wish it wasn't the opposition every week! our time will come I hope...
A properly balanced team is important these days. One of the strengths of Richmond is they get the ball into the F50 any which way they can, ugly or not, then press up hard to really pressure the opposition defence. They are also able to get ball the other way when the ball comes out. For that you need a properly balanced team with plenty of run and willingness to tackle and hold the ball forward. A tall, slow side will never be able to do that. Never set up attacks from half back with our tall defence to even start the process as we have no run. We get the ball into the F50 alot, ugly or otherwise, mostly ugly, no issue there, but we can't get there in numbers quick enough to put any pressure on the opposition defence given our structure.
We seem to have no concept of how to structure up and play the modern game.