(03-31-2021, 09:15 PM)PaulP date Wrote:I'd say pretty much the entire team has been patchy - some good passages of play, and some awful. When and if we tighten up the defensive structures, without sacrificing too much attacking flair, we will see better outcomes. But those defensive issues definitely need urgent rectification.As long as fans realise they can't really demand more from the D50 crew outside of being cleaner with the football. Like yourself I see the lack of pressure on transition primarily as a failing of our midfield and forwards.
But I fear when most fans read we need to improve defence they think of Jones, SPS and Plowman, especially this season! They'll come good, when the opposition no longer have free reign through the corridor, we only have to slow the opposition marginally and our guys in D50 will then have time to close the gap! I'm afraid at the moment, when playing against Carlton, there is an attacking turnover superhighway right through the middle of the ground available to the opposition 24x7!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"