07-08-2018, 02:45 AM
(07-08-2018, 01:43 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Bolton spoke about this very issue in his presser. Said we were behind on the scoreboard and it becomes a robbing Peter to pay Paul scenario if we try and tag too many. He said there's little point in playing 2 or 3 taggers when we are trying to win a game of footy - trying to tag Beams, Zorko etc. doesn't help us score. We didn't see much that was good yesterday, but I think he understands tactics well enough.
Given the previous meetings I would have thought Beams and Zorko both required heavy tagging.........Beams is quality, if you let him get 40 possies you are probably not going to win the game.....agree you cant run 3-4 heavy tags but given how Brisbane setup and how they dont run that deep for talent we should have been better prepared for Beams and run the extra tagger on him...
Jim has commented on how we perform better when its a contested/congested game rather than a open field running type game with this zone defense setup and I think we just played into Brisbane and Beams hands by allowing him freedom to get out on his own....
A lot of our games seem lost before the ball is bounced both tactically and selection wise......