07-03-2019, 03:05 AM
(07-03-2019, 01:40 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:I don't think that there would be too many thinking we are a good side yet. But the ability to kick and gouge our way to some affirming wins is a good start based on what we've had to suffer for years.
The way we were able to get Freo playing into our hands last weekend was enormous. How many times did Marchbank, Weitering, Jones, etc. intercept mark a long kick out of defense. It might not look pretty but it takes a lot of planning and commitment to get that happening.
Freo were sucking back all of their players into D50 - to get it out of there they were relying on some sort of relieving mark. The work our guys put in to deny them that for basically all of the last 3 quarters was impressive.
As much as the game looked like a scrap that was mostly because Freo went for the Ross Lyon 16 man defensive 50 tactic which cut off space.