06-16-2019, 04:27 AM
(06-16-2019, 04:16 AM)Mantis link Wrote:Slow starts are not helping the results the side comes away with. Surely with the bye, the coaches have a chance to address a few simple issues. Why is the tackle count so low in the first quarter. One percenters and general pressure on your opponent. Can the club be so ignorant to miss these simple issues? You don’t need huge bodies to address these problems. Get some of the basics working better Teague. A couple of player changes and things could swing your way. Don’t allow lazy football to exist at the club.
Many a coach has said "You start the game in the same manner you finished the last one"
With that in mind, go back and look week to week and it scarily accurate.
Start with the bulldogs game. Basically dominated the game. Next week, dominated the first half against the hawks.
Went missing in the 2nd half against the hawks. Next week, went missing for the whole game against North.
Started relatively slowly against the pies early on, but came back, only to go missing again at the end. Next week, went missing for the whole game against GWS.
fast forward,....bombers game, pathetic. Next week, 1st quarter against lions, pathetic.
etc
Based on that, we should start well against Freo. But can we sustain it??