(04-08-2019, 03:26 AM)capcom link Wrote:Say what you want about Malthouse, but he knew the pies were weak thru the centre so he enforced the boundary line approach and damn well honed it to the point of brilliance within inches of the chalk from half back to half forward to cover the positional shortfalls
Statistically we had a dominant midfield, despite struggling for wins we were right near the top of the tables for clearances and center breaks, yet MM applied the same handbrake game style that he'd applied at the Filth! :o
MM saw the boundary line arm-wrestle as the way to win finals, yet ironically he didn't win that many and when he did it was off the back of significant running power from guys like Daisy, Swan, Ball, Pendlebury, Didak, Matera, Mainwaring, Heady or Lewis!
It wasn't a bad game plan, but after a decade or more of being picked apart by opposition the chances of further success using it was at best slim.
(04-08-2019, 03:26 AM)capcom link Wrote:The simmering anger I've got is the useless summer training to drill in the basics of kicking until they get it right. There are NO excuses for that and Bolton's gotta wear all of that. You can't kick? You don't play. Hard intra club and drills until it's perfected
I am not enthused with Bolton at all.
I'm not sure the skills issue has much to do with a senior coach at AFL level, but he does need to wear the tactical criticism.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"