(08-08-2016, 02:26 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:Saints have exposed us for pace twice this year and with the lightning quick GWS not far off their first premiership it's clear we need to draft quick players.
I suppose who you draft depends on what the game plan is. The Aints go for pace, but you counteract pace by closing up space and making sure you have talls who can mark the contested ball. It's no point recruiting pace just because that is what the opponents have, unless you don't have a game plan to support it.
At the weekend I saw Aints players who were 180cm types out marking our +190cm players. That is a skill and commitment issue, our player development continues to suck in this regard. It's hard to see why or how a player gets to AFL level and does not know how to use their body to advantage. Some of our football decision making yesterday was U12 level stuff.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"