03-25-2021, 09:57 PM
(03-25-2021, 09:20 PM)LP link Wrote:This season, with the 6-6-6, Stand and lowered rotations, has made results dependant on the ruck dominance more than ever before, taps to advantage, with repeat efforts, tackles and shepherds matter more than ever. It might not be the main scoring cycle, but the tit for tat stops you making up ground once you've lost the centre break.I think if you are looking at outmarking the Collingwood defense that's your first mistake.
I hardly saw us lay a shepherd last night, the Filth laid plenty, not just Grundy but their whole team was invested in buying each other time and space! I watched plenty of Filth run right past one Carlton player unhindered to pressure or tackle another Carlton player. It's not even kiddy football standard! Fans get too obsessed with first hands on the ball, not that we got that either, but it's the little stuff that matters.
Give Grundy a clear tap and it's hitting a running Filth player on the chest more often than not, Pittonet's very same efforts are more likely to go 50/50 and it hurts us significantly! Don't get me wrong, Pittonet is a great 2nd Ruck option, far better than Levi, but if we are dependant on Pittonet to get us momentum we're in for a world of pain.
Again tonight we had Levi and Big H dropping relatively easy marks from front position, it's like they are greased up, having your KPF do that kills confidence and momentum, it's not just that one effort that is lost! Put our KPFs one out against a small defender and they are 50/50 at best, Mihochek or De Goey one out against our small defenders win 10/10. It's not the defenders that are the problem, it's our KPFs, Big H and Levi should dominate opponents 15cm shorter.
You won't be taking too many marks vs Moore, Roughead and Howe and the delivery has to be first rate. Your small forwards become more important and stopping easy defensive marks and getting the ball on the deck for Martin, Gibbons, etc is what we needed more of.
DeGoey ballsed up our defense because only Jones can play on him and we need him to play on Mihocek or the tall Cox.
Elliott has to also be viewed as a marking target and again its hard to find a match up.
Plowman had a shocker and when you add Williamson who was also poor we didn't have enough of the right type of defenders.
Docherty is also iffy vs marking players and we got lucky Elliott went off.
We had too many players down and the coaching box also had a poor night.