06-16-2019, 02:30 AM
(06-16-2019, 01:52 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:.....................................
Our forwards were as bad at locking it in for most of the game as they have been all season aside from that third quarter.
That last run of goals came in junk time after the Bulldogs went 5 goals up. They hit 15 goals 13 and put the queue in the rack a little too early.
Once we got a run on we stormed back into the game and they rallied and went into a mark kick scenario to kill the momentum and the clock.
People searching for positives will find them. People searching for negatives will find them.
That wasn't a game we looked like winning for most of it and felt like the north game with one difference.
The Bulldogs are crap and actually turned it over in the third quarter which contributed to us getting back into it. Typified by caleb Daniel's turnover.
I've seen a trend emerge over the last fortnight. We are becoming downhill skiers who run harder offensively than they do defensively (backed up by the afl app). That can be a product of the plan. It depends on whether or not it requires teams to work harder to attack than defend. The Bulldogs have the opposite statistic.
Yes, tend to agree. There's definitely a bit of "back to the future" happening with a strong resemblance to the Ratten era teams, when we were the comeback kings, at least for a time. It makes for a thrilling ride, but last minute mad scrambles are not really the way most coaches would like to win, and I'm sure Teague, Bolton or anyone else would concur. The R5 win was a much superior performance is most aspects, with us being in control most of the game, and dictating proceedings, exactly as most coaches would like.
The tackles v disposals was a concern last night. At a simplistic level, you can understand less tackles if you have more disposals, as in R5. Last night, we had less disposals and less tackles, both by a fair margin, which is a concern for mine.