05-27-2016, 06:15 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2016, 06:18 AM by ElwoodBlues1.)
(05-26-2016, 10:57 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:Its very easy to label someone as lazy, but these guys are working in a zone, and not being tight on a man can be a design, and simply following a man can be an oppositions method to open up a zone.
ergo, thomas's goal may have been to drag Simpson from the position he was in, rather than simply Simpson being lazy, and its much more difficult to allow a man to roam free and maintain your position than it is to follow him everywhere.
Now, on the flipside of that to find the answer to whether or not we were lazy, ask the following question. Would his tight manning up have made one iota of difference?
The answer is simple, no. Why? Too much ball came in too easily, and they scored not from the smalls, not from the talls, but from the extra number pushing into their forwardline from midfield which created issues for us, as we had people trying to cover multiple players too frequently.
ERGO, they had a deliberate tactic designed to penetrate a zone defense, and we dealt with it poorly.
AFL 360 can give some good insight into the game, and perhaps a method around what happened would have been getting an extra number back, but I don't think lazy is necessarily the explanation of why it happened.
In my day defenders defended first.....Thomas had about 7 shots for goal and probably should have kicked six and you want to give our small defenders a pat on the back? Thomas is a cherry picking cheat who plays for frees, pushes people in the back and generally has no concept of doing any team oriented play..I highly doubt that Scott would entrust him with any take your man wide duties and sacrifice for the team...
The ball did come in too easily but a mug like Simon White and a kid named Weitering decided I'll just stick to my man and play some defense.....funny how that seemed to work out well and players like Petrie, Waite and Brown(after half time) never got off the leish....
I presume your tactic will be to let Motlop run loose and let our blokes play wide of him......good luck with that theory....