(06-02-2019, 08:04 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:We had Curnow on Merrett but seemed happy to let Heppell run around on his own....our midfield planning isnt great and we are poor tactically in most games.And that’s our style, warts n all. We let he opposition have space - all the time. Our players seem to be drilled to set up in a zone that guards the space but offers harder running opposition mids way to much space to just move through it seemingly uncontested.
They create overlapping run and just move the ball easily with little pressure. We rely on them to make mistakes, which isn’t often, and then when we do get the sherrin we crumble under the pressure they put on us because we ironically won’t run and carry it like they do.
Instead of spreading players across the ground, we load up down the boundary line (our along half back for the switch of play). Even when that long kick to a contest down the line works, our forwards who were at the fall of the ball have to work back hard for the next kick instead of being able to lead up at the ball.
At times earlier in the season when we actually tucked the ball under the arm and had a run through the middle we were kicking some goals. That has stopped now.