(07-30-2023, 08:25 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Agree.....Port showed last week with Drew tagging Nick hard that you can reduce their effectiveness....Josh was still good vs us getting the ball and using it well with a decent DE around 80% but Nick while still getting some ball only went at 52% and was clearly under pressure. You also look at their second tier mids in Sidebottom, Crisp, Adams etc and they were all average in terms of possies and effect, Adams only had 12 possessions and while our blokes didnt dominate with high possessions it was that pressure on their mids that dragged Collingwood back to the field in terms of stoppages and clearances where we had control.
The four quarter effort was the most pleasing aspect imho, we bring that effort every week and we wont lose a game for the rest of the season.
I think that Steele must have misplaced his cloak of invisibility. Not once did he appear out of nowhere to accept a pass inside 50 ?
If nothing else, Friday’s performance shows that our coaches and playing group have learnt from past experiences.
Collingwood’s not a great stoppage team and I was expecting us to be on top there. I was hoping that we could stop their run out of defence and I couldn’t be happier with how that panned out. We made the most out of our forward 50 entries and worked hard to keep the ball in our half. The wall we built across the centre of the G was formidable and Weiters and his crew mopped up anything that got past.
That same four quarter effort will be very hard to beat, regardless of the opposition, and that’s the challenge for Vossy and our leadership group.
Dare I say it, but we’re becoming just a little intimidating, both in terms of football ability and our attack on the aggott and the sucker who has possession.
Our Achilles’ heel is the bare cupboard that is our VFL team.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball