07-18-2021, 11:49 PM
(07-18-2021, 11:36 PM)LP link Wrote:Interestingly, even the media have picked up on the Plowman bashing. I noticed the specialist commentator carrying on about Plowman's direct opponent, I think it was Henry, but it wasn't really Plowman's opponent at the time it was Williamson's opponent. Plowman was covering for Williamson who was pushed up the ground into our F50, I suppose we were trying to drag Henry out of the Filth forward zone but he wasn't leaving goal range. In the end Williamson got involved in a couple of scoring chains in our F50 so that tactic worked despite making our D50 look vulnerable.
It all comes down to how much pressure we apply up the ground on the opposition ball carrier, no defender be it Weiters, Jones or Plowman can defend against lots of open space and unhindered free ball use by opposition mids and flanks. But if that ball carrier is put under pressure and made to kick the ball long and high we back in guys like Weiters, Jones and Plowman to at least get a fist into the footy.
The ability of Williams and Saad, and Willo and Stocker to a lesser extent, to go up the ground, intercept and drive the ball forward was an important factor in our win. The negative side to that tactic is the pressure applied to the stay at home defenders and Plowman is inevitably one of those. A very underrated and much maligned player is our Mr Plow!
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball