05-17-2023, 05:06 AM
(05-17-2023, 04:53 AM)LP link Wrote:Yet, ironically I'd say one of our biggest problems are the long bombs into F50.Look at the midfielder disposal stats(fox footy) vs Impact....only Cerra at No 52 is in the top 100....Walsh and Cripps are in the 300's.
It's pretty easy to imagine you found the issue when you look at the stats, but it is a stark contrast to what many of us think are the real problems.
Let's face it, when that last kick goes directly to an opposition player, how many attempts we have, how quickly they happen and how long the kicks might be doesn't really make much difference. We miss targets from 20m and from 60m pretty much equally.
If I had a guess, I'd say when entering F50 we tend to try and kick to a player, rather than kicking to the clear space we want the player to move into. I recall back in the day Fev would go ballistic when player up the field sat the footy on his head, or worse over his head, he wanted it out in front and if there was to be an error then make it too short not too long, and definitely not too slow and high.
Kennedy and Hewett are outside the top hundred and 200 respectively.....very hard to win games when your prime movers cant use the ball well and connect with your forwards.
Trent Cotchin went through a period where he racked up useless ineffective stats between half back and half forward and we have 3-4 Cotchins doing the same stuff for us.....3rd for possession yet 14th for I50's....time for Voss to make some changes and get more effective players in the middle bringing the ball forward.
Maybe Saad has to play further up the ground for example and we play through him more.......