An associate went last night, I was interested in a comment he made mostly because Hodge mentioned much the same during the broadcast.
My associate can't understand why we pressed forward so aggressively when we were a couple of goals up. He says Nthmond flood back so hard so quickly they were basically out-numbered behind the ball. We often had 2 or 3 spares in our defensive half.
We could have taken all the time in the world to move the ball sideways or backwards to make our next move forward, we could rotate players in and out of the F50 and pick the kicker. But he thought we rushed it into attack and turned it over, when there was no need to go forward in a rush at all!
In that moment behind the footy, we need a Stocker type, someone who can kick the lights out!
My associate can't understand why we pressed forward so aggressively when we were a couple of goals up. He says Nthmond flood back so hard so quickly they were basically out-numbered behind the ball. We often had 2 or 3 spares in our defensive half.
We could have taken all the time in the world to move the ball sideways or backwards to make our next move forward, we could rotate players in and out of the F50 and pick the kicker. But he thought we rushed it into attack and turned it over, when there was no need to go forward in a rush at all!
In that moment behind the footy, we need a Stocker type, someone who can kick the lights out!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"