(06-17-2022, 01:13 AM)madbluboy date Wrote:Small forward is the hardest position to play on the field. Need to stop blaming them after every loss.Agreed.
We got smashed in the center, despite being roughly 50/50 on the taps. because it's not about taps and never was.
It's about management of where the ball falls statistically, you can lose the tap and still control where it goes, half the time TDK was winning the tap and mostly hitting it where Nankervis wanted it to go. It's the difference between an experienced ruck and a beginner.
What was more disappointing, is we are full of experienced midfielders and yet we failed dismally to pick up on this for pretty much 80% of the match.
Charlie needs to do something besides chest marks, he had Grimes locked out of the contest much of the time and left the door open by trying to chest mark. Maybe Charlie needs to do like Riewoldt and wear gloves in the wet to encourage marking some of the footy out front!
BigH is a another level above most others as a KPF.
Dimma wouldn't be taking much out of that game other than a win, as there were some dire signs present in a result against a team limping around on 1/2-rat power.
Personally, in recent weeks we are seeing the opposition templates to defeat us now, they've had time to digest the Voss game plan. Speed on the spread and lots of physical pressure, it's just basics really but it works against us by preventing our midfield dominance. If we don't win the footy at the stoppages the likes of Cripps, Walsh, Hewett, Kennedy, etc, etc., are out of the contest and we suffer accordingly!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"