Talking Tactics - Our Forward Structure In 2017

[tonyo]

Thanks Sheik.

That explains the sluggish ball movement I've been complaining about. I can see why he's doing it, but I still don't like it. More time chipping around means more opportunity to turn it over, more often in the wrong part of the ground.

The sluggish ball movement is more a comment on the structure of the forward line.  Quite noticeable that we are getting better at setting the tempo of the game, and thus controlling it. If we have the ball, the other side doesn't.  Squeeze the opposition out of the match by starvation - Hawthorn 2013-15 was based on this.

Once we get a bit more potency in the front half and get scoreboard reward for the control, we will be a difficult team to beat.