03-11-2019, 10:51 AM
(03-11-2019, 09:18 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:Early in the last quarter I checked the stats on the AFL app and Collingwood had the top 10 ranked players on the ground and 17 of the top 19.
Relying on stats rather than paying attention to what the players are doing will always provide an unrealistic impression of the game.
Our defensive pressure forced Collingwood to use lots of dinky sideways or backwards kicks. Most of the possessions racked up by the Collingwood players were inconsequential. With an ounce of luck, we would have won the game even though we had less of the ball. What we did do is win the clearances and and apply pressure all over the ground. A little more system inside 50 and going inside 50 and we would have been easy winners - and that's with a team of kids playing against last year's grand finalists.
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