05-01-2018, 04:57 AM
(05-01-2018, 03:22 AM)laj link Wrote: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.
Every club tries to do the same thing as Richmond. But if you look at their team they've got a lot of fast guys who can run all day. They tend to get teams from half way through the 3rd quarter onwards.
In my opinion - Richmond's success is only partially down to their intense pressure style of play. What is more important is their ability to keep doing it after they've exhausted their opponents and then they turn what was a tight game into a 4-8 goal win.