(07-30-2019, 10:07 PM)LP link Wrote:Yes that is correct and was the main point I made above.
The only significant statistical change is disposal efficiency going inside F50. All the media beat up about massive statistical improvement across the board is bogus, the one key stat that has changed is finding targets inside F50 either on first entries or from turnovers!
Teague deserves a big tick for freeing the players up and for identifying how to fix a significant problem, but I'm can't extend the invention of the game tactics and scoring options to him in just the last 6 weeks. The back line has been steady and playing the way it's played for more than a year now, it hasn't really changed at all in the last few weeks. The argument could be made the biggest change was getting sMurph and Ed back into the midfield, which had the flow on effect of delivering lesser opponents to the likes of Fisher, Walsh and SPS as well as taking some of the team dependency off Cripps.
You said disposal efficiency.
The article says turn overs in front half.
That is a change in the way we defend.
It means we are putting pressure on the opposition in our front half rather than letting them waltz through our pathetic zone Bolton had.
This has made us a much tougher team to play against.
Everyone talks about the contrast in game plan and approaches between Bolton and Teague but you won’t concede things have changed.
They must have been training this way since pre season?
This game plan has simply fallen into place since Teague took over?
You can’t be serious