We used to be very good at this during 2020/2021 and it has now become our one wood. We are absolutely horrendous at it now and it completely works against us but the coaches cant seem to figure out how to correct it or actually think of a new game plan.The only part of our high pressure forward line that fails is the passengers we have there in mcintee and Evans who are neither a threat to mark the ball, score goals or set them up, lock the ball inside 50, or crumb the ball anytime our it’s bring it to ground.
The absolute worst feature of our team over the last few years has been the immense stupidity of having a forward flood and a kf line designed for our kfs to bring it down to ground and watching our opponents defenders win the ground ball instead of our supposed small forwards who are there to win it on the ground or lock it in. It’s one of the all-time big coaching failures.
We’re not top heavy , we’re deficient in proper skilled small / medium forwards.
If we had a Robbie gray and monfries in the reserves we could pick them, instead we have a soon to be delisted Evans , and mcintee , who shouldn’t be in the afl at all except our coach is an idiot.