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Yeap. That make sense.My take, and i stand by this, is that across the first half of last year we played attacking footy and were able to lay the hammer down on teams, but vulnerable defensively on the rebound.
When we lost to Collingwood (who most thoight were a bottom 4 team at the time) they scored several cheap goals 'out the back'. We only lost by a kick but there was a lot of tall about how slow we were in transition etc. Voss and co got spooked by this...
From the following week it was immediately apparent that we had changed strategy, with more numbers behind the ball and a deeper zone. We beat Essendon but it was like 70-40 instead of the 110-80 wins we had been having.
Ever since we have kept the midfield back and relied on forwards for pressure. We have been better defensively but much worse in attack, and in particular, we are getting almost no goals from our midfield.
Against the Bulldogs we pulled the trigger a bit more in the third quarter, scored heavily and took the lead, but then they also scored very easily when they won it back again and blew us back out. So Voss dropped everyone back again last week.
Also of note: Dow played that infamous game vs Collingwood (his first for the year) and had 21 touches... and was immediately dropped.
Also of note: Since that game Collingwood went on a 10 game winning streak, are 20-3 overall, and have destroyed everyone on transition with their run and carry. Did we look slow? Yep. Did we actually hold up about as well as anyone against them... yep...
Can’t keep going like this. I’d rather have a go and try and win. I really enjoyed the way we played 3Q against dogs. The people on here going on about our list being poor should think about that. Coaching is what’s holding us back imo.