06-25-2022, 11:58 PM
(06-25-2022, 11:23 PM)LP link Wrote:Agreed, but I have one reservation.Yes and no.
I'm not sure at all that you can play that game style week in and week out, fans think it's great, but it takes a toll. You need to have a few different ways to win a game, because the level of repeat running we saw yesterday from the guys like LoB, Fisher, Walsh, Cottrell and Boyd is not really sustainable week after week.
One of the things that made Nthmond successful was that they had more than one tempo, they rarely played more than a half of berserka type footy. They also played the tempo game very well. Yesterday, while it made fans happy, it was 4-Qtrs of finals beserka footy.
I suspect with a 6 day break we will have a lot less run next Friday night against the Aints, it will be intriguing to see how Voss manages the tactics.
The running from Walsh and Cottrell is very much repeatable. 2 of the fittest blokes in the AFL who are among the top 2 for ground covered almost every match. They don't give out a list past the top 5, but LOB has been in that previously.
That being said....
You don't NEED to win like that every week.
Some weeks its easier than other weeks.
Freo have been on a roll of late. They've knocked off both the Dees and the Lions (and the Hawks last week) so they are up there with the best in the league. THIS is exactly the game you need to play that way....and we did.