(08-11-2019, 11:30 PM)cookie2 link Wrote:@Baggers
Baggers I honestly believe that we can put the majority of our current problems down to a few physically immature players, poor skill execution by too many, too much poor tackling allowing opposition players to break away and create damaging situations and poor decision making under pressure resulting in punishing turnovers.
Yep, it was men against boys in physically demanding conditions. As I mentioned in the game thread if tackles disrupt/hurt opponents, in that they are not able to continue on in the chain of play, a lot of what we saw at the weekend doesn't happen.
At the weekend our guys tackle and release opponents almost unhindered to continue in the chain of play while we get put out of the contest by being aggressively tackled, we are simply too easy to play against!
But it doesn't help that Nthmond can effectively and blatantly push opponents in the back time after time, tunnel taller marking opponents, and tackle opponents before they have the football, and get away with it. That is a consequence of Dimma's dribbling and whining about umpires being unfair to Nthmond, to be getting such a favorable run Dimma, Balme or other Nthmond coaches or officials must make the umpires weekly review a very miserable affair! Nthmond probably burden the umpires so heavily that they get the match day rub just so the umpires can avoid the Monday paperwork!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"