10-01-2021, 06:47 AM
(10-01-2021, 05:47 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:Our defensive woes were exacerbated by too many turnovers and mistakes resulting in our getting caught flat footed too often in defence. The better skilled teams make fewer errors and so do not get put under the same degree of pressure by opposition teams. Eventually we become demoralised by this and too weary/unmotivated to chase.Our blokes get weary after one turnover, but I agree our turnovers are of the basic error type in the main and with our poor manning up its usually options galore for the opposition when they get the ball back and rebound it.
Sometimes we never even touched the ball on its way back down the ground into enemy territory, the Nth game was just a classic example of how bad we can get. I'm big on leadership in this area and your leaders setting the example and not having to wait for a quarter or half time break for the coach to send a rocket to his players.