04-22-2017, 09:38 AM
Direct footy was mentioned somewhere in this thread.
It's a double edged sword to go direct.
Opponents read it quickly and set up for it.
You have to have a good forwardline to capitalise and good forward pressure, and good organisation behind the ball in order to prevent quick counter attacks.
None of that is true of our team currently except for our defence and so we are trying something else. That is that you cannot concede whilst you have the ball, and you make your opposition block the defence with numbers resulting in them locking themselves in defence for you. Where we are currently getting burnt is not lowering the eyes and hitting targets inside forward fifty which means that the above isn't eventuating.
Patience. This is the key.
Direct footy is exciting but it results in end to end stuff where physical prowess decides games. That's not our go, so we don't play that way,and rightly so.
It's a double edged sword to go direct.
Opponents read it quickly and set up for it.
You have to have a good forwardline to capitalise and good forward pressure, and good organisation behind the ball in order to prevent quick counter attacks.
None of that is true of our team currently except for our defence and so we are trying something else. That is that you cannot concede whilst you have the ball, and you make your opposition block the defence with numbers resulting in them locking themselves in defence for you. Where we are currently getting burnt is not lowering the eyes and hitting targets inside forward fifty which means that the above isn't eventuating.
Patience. This is the key.
Direct footy is exciting but it results in end to end stuff where physical prowess decides games. That's not our go, so we don't play that way,and rightly so.
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