04-20-2015, 12:18 PM
One of the problems MadBlueBoy has brought to our attention that I agree with is our running. You can turn the ball over as every club does here and there. If your not prepared to run back hard to defend you will lose on the scoreboard every time. No matter where it is you turn the ball over. Sydney, Hawthorn, Adelaide and Fremantle turn the ball over many times too. However they run back to cover space and place so much pressure on the ball carrier, that they eventually get the ball back into their hands.
Apply pressure with tackles and helping your team mates at all times. Run in numbers. This will have the other side under pressure to begin with. They will cough the ball up more often. Once you turn the ball over, all should be running back hard to pressure the other side. Some of the times they will double back if they can't see a free player forward, and you nail them as they don't expect to have players coming back hard behind them. Running into a wall of players. Something like this needs to be employed to be proactive. Not reactive during a game. If the work rate is low to medium, skill errors occur due to lack of confidence in the entire side. They don't have belief in the forwards to grab what they should. Before we get a list of players with real talent by foot, we need an elevated work rate. Plain and simple.
You can't change the skill level of what you have, therefore you need to find a way to make them work. Plug holes with players at the end of the season.
Apply pressure with tackles and helping your team mates at all times. Run in numbers. This will have the other side under pressure to begin with. They will cough the ball up more often. Once you turn the ball over, all should be running back hard to pressure the other side. Some of the times they will double back if they can't see a free player forward, and you nail them as they don't expect to have players coming back hard behind them. Running into a wall of players. Something like this needs to be employed to be proactive. Not reactive during a game. If the work rate is low to medium, skill errors occur due to lack of confidence in the entire side. They don't have belief in the forwards to grab what they should. Before we get a list of players with real talent by foot, we need an elevated work rate. Plain and simple.
You can't change the skill level of what you have, therefore you need to find a way to make them work. Plug holes with players at the end of the season.
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