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sr36 said:
I thiought Checkers was OK today. Nature of the contest was that he was winning the ball 70 out rather than within range.
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Yeah hard to day it was Mihocek, Johnson and McStsy that were the problem given the games of Mitchell, Sidebottom, Pendles, DeGoey, Adams, Naicos and Jaicos!!

Our midfield with good names, are being completely out hunted lately.
 

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gouki88 said:
Taylor Adams spent a lot of time on Sicily, especially in the first half.
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I would use the term "spent a lot of time" very loosely. They lined up together and that was about it. Sicily in the air did as he pleased.

It is actually scary that someone in our coaches box thought that Adams against Sicily would work.

The most successful player in that role is Jamie Elliott when he has played against Steven May.
 
FAIRANDBALANCED said:
Yeah hard to day it was Mihocek, Johnson and McStsy that were the problem given the games of Mitchell, Sidebottom, Pendles, DeGoey, Adams, Naicos and Jaicos!!

Our midfield with good names, are being completely out hunted lately.
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Forwards are the easy targets and always seem to cop a lot of the criticism when we get beaten.
 
JLC said:
I would use the term "spent a lot of time" very loosely. They lined up together and that was about it. Sicily in the air did as he pleased.

It is actually scary that someone in our coaches box thought that Adams against Sicily would work.

The most successful player in that role is Jamie Elliott when he has played against Steven May.
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Sicily intercepted, but it was him receiving and then his kicks slicing through us where he killed us. The way we defend as a zone means his individual opponent isn't responsible for stopping that.
 
Bianconeri said:
The way we zone seems to absolve anyone from defending atm.
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If you zone off and the zone gets picked through. It means that a team has either worked out how to attack the weak spots in the zone and you need to change the zone, or individuals in the zone defence aren't covering off where they should. It isn't about individual match ups and who should have been stopping Sicily receiving and then dissecting.
 
sr36 said:
If you zone off and the zone gets picked through. It means that a team has either worked out how to attack the weak spots in the zone and you need to change the zone, or individuals in the zone defence aren't covering off where they should. It isn't about individual match ups and who should have been stopping Sicily receiving and then dissecting.
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I don’t disagree
 
sr36 said:
Sicily intercepted, but it was him receiving and then his kicks slicing through us where he killed us. The way we defend as a zone means his individual opponent isn't responsible for stopping that.
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I am not sure how many more examples we need that the zone does not work.

They need to shut down the interceptor. If that means adjusting the zone then so be it.



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JLC said:
I am not sure how many more examples we need that the zone does not work.

They need to shut down the interceptor. If that means adjusting the zone then so be it.



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There's a few basketball theories that are pertinent to our last few weeks.

Zones work, until they get worked out, at which point you change the defence.

Good man on man looks like a good zone and vice versa. As in both you sag off your opponent to help cover more dangerous space.

Put the two together and it's hard to know whether in a game like that whether the zone itself has been worked out or whether we're getting our spacing wrong and aren't covering off the bloke in our area well enough.

One of the issues with a zone, is it's easier for a playmaker to get the ball and thus making any errors in positioning worse, as you're at greater risk of being sliced through if it's in the hands of Sicily.

I'd like us to play man on man but sag off, except for their playmakers. But I don't think it's a calamity, we just need to make some changes to how we defend the ground.
 
Just a (very) casual observation about my man. He always seems to play more effectively when he is just one of two tall forwards, with perhaps a ruckman drifting in every now and then.
He seems to get a bit lost and confused when there are two other talls around him also aiming to mark the incoming ball.

Actually, having three permanent taller forwards doesn't seem to have worked all that well when we've tried it - a bit like when the Doggies had Lobb, Jamara and Naughton clogging up their forward line.

Switch out a tall and bring in another quick, smaller forward and I reckon Brody would be kicking his usual 3 or 4 again. 
 
SouthernPie said:
Just a (very) casual observation about my man. He always seems to play more effectively when he is just one of two tall forwards, with perhaps a ruckman drifting in every now and then.
He seems to get a bit lost and confused when there are two other talls around him also aiming to mark the incoming ball.

Actually, having three permanent taller forwards doesn't seem to have worked all that well when we've tried it - a bit like when the Doggies had Lobb, Jamara and Naughton clogging up their forward line.

Switch out a tall and bring in another quick, smaller forward and I reckon Brody would be kicking his usual 3 or 4 again. 
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The amount of gametime that Johnson, McStay and Mihocek were up forward together was very little. In fact Johnson himself only managed 56% tog.

I think maybe we’re better off playing him deeper and letting McStay roam the field more, I think Mihocek gets lost up the field.
 

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Bianconeri said:
The amount of gametime that Johnson, McStay and Mihocek were up forward together was very little. In fact Johnson himself only managed 56% tog.

I think maybe we’re better off playing him deeper and letting McStay roam the field more, I think Mihocek gets lost up the field.
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I really don’t get why we keep playing our third tall ~50% TOG. It’s so stupid
 
I wrote after the Hawks game that having three tall (ish) forwards did not seem to work, especially when they were all competing for the same incoming ball. I was really keen to see how just two marking forwards and more smaller players around them would work. It did!!! Of course, the delivery into the forward line was much quicker too last night, with fewer long bombs.

I had also noticed that Checkers' contribution had fallen off since McStay returned, mainly I thought because they had not worked out how to be in the same forward line together. Maybe, hopefully, they got some specific coaching on this during the week, because it was really encouraging last night to see greater separation between them. Each was able to ply their skills with less interference from the other and the output from both of them was excellent.

I've got to admit of course, I was over the moon for my man Checkers. :hearteyes:
 
SouthernPie said:
the delivery into the forward line was much quicker too last night, with fewer long bombs.
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This is the key.
When our ball movement is slow we need a taller target, (eg Cox).
 
Big Dan and Checkers do seem to end up at the same contest a lot, unavoidable at times I know, but I’m hoping a couple more games together will give them more cohesion. I’m really liking Howey up forward. Not only is he a genuine threat he’s got the defensive nous to play Sicily types better and make them more accountable.
Billy being back there frees his move forward up and they looked committed to him staying there. Darcy a huge loss back there of course.
 
jimmy35 said:
Big Dan and Checkers do seem to end up at the same contest a lot, unavoidable at times I know, but I’m hoping a couple more games together will give them more cohesion. I’m really liking Howey up forward. Not only is he a genuine threat he’s got the defensive nous to play Sicily types better and make them more accountable.
Billy being back there frees his move forward up and they looked committed to him staying there. Darcy a huge loss back there of course.
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Dan, Checkers and marking GOAT are very hard to match

Throw in Jamie, Ginni, and Bobby and we have a lot of firepower
 
Some clowns wanted to drop Checkers before this round.

Adams too.
 

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