03-01-2016, 10:37 PM
We have no idea what reduced interchanges will do to scoring ability this year.
It could do a variety of things.
1. Open the game up after half time. Tired legs run better forward than they do backwards.
2. It could end up in bigger blowouts, where mature teams have an advantage of being battle heartened and fitter, meaning they are really able to steam roll teams from start to finish and will score frequently.
3. It could be a tightly contested match where scoring is not easy and we see a reduction in goals.
4. It could result in more momentum swings where teams score heavily quickly.
Realistically we have no way of knowing how coaches are going to combat it, but I would say that they are going to be drilled to play zonal defense, along with open attack and will pick and choose when to swing between them. This will result in different matches being played differently depending on the coaches, but the actual results are going to be difficult to predict from now.
It could do a variety of things.
1. Open the game up after half time. Tired legs run better forward than they do backwards.
2. It could end up in bigger blowouts, where mature teams have an advantage of being battle heartened and fitter, meaning they are really able to steam roll teams from start to finish and will score frequently.
3. It could be a tightly contested match where scoring is not easy and we see a reduction in goals.
4. It could result in more momentum swings where teams score heavily quickly.
Realistically we have no way of knowing how coaches are going to combat it, but I would say that they are going to be drilled to play zonal defense, along with open attack and will pick and choose when to swing between them. This will result in different matches being played differently depending on the coaches, but the actual results are going to be difficult to predict from now.
"everything you know is wrong"
Paul Hewson
Paul Hewson