(06-19-2022, 04:51 AM)Professer E date Wrote:Durdin, Fisher and Owies offer work rate and where they run to when the opposition try to transition from defence is a huge part of our game plan.Even LoB and Cottrell play a very important role in this regard, it shapes where the ball goes and allows our D50 to focus on a smaller area. When that run goes missing, like when we had Motlop in, for all that he showed when he has the ball, we lost the work ethic when we didn't have it, and that was or can be very costly.
I thought Carroll was OK when he was in, he certainly worked up and down the ground, he just needs some polish and he will be a player.
Fans tend not to give work ethic much regard, they see what happens when the camera is on the player or when they have the footy and are blind to the rest. One of Owies big pluses is what he does when we do not have the footy, the guy runs goal line to goal line if required to do so, fans do not see it because they watch the footy or it's happening off camera. As a coach when you see that sort of work ethic you know you have something to work with, it's very hard for a coach to work with the opposite type of player, which is a passenger type player.
Motlop is just a kid, he stops and watches when he's not in range to win the footy, which creates space for the opposition to move into. He'll learn that eventually, but playing him now comes with that feature of his game as a cost.
For all our talent in the midfield, it's worthless if they start watching play evolve away from them, Walsh is so good because he's onto the next contest immediately and never stops moving.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"