Who is the defensive coach?
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Who is the defensive coach?
Matthew Boyd. Who had done extremely well up until this point. I think defence can be blamed more on the personnel than structure tbh. E.g. Pearce giving away a free kick every time the ball comes in 1v1 rather than him being able to spoil it away. Ryan looking slower and more unfit than his poor season last year. Cox unable to play free and intercept more. The reason he was bordeline AA last year was largely due to the fact that Pearce took the main man and did it well enough for him to play interceptor instead.Who is the defensive coach?
True, but I feel part of the issue is kick in strategy though. Setting up zones or use of running backsMatthew Boyd. Who had done extremely well up until this point. I think defence can be blamed more on the personnel than structure tbh. E.g. Pearce giving away a free kick every time the ball comes in 1v1 rather than him being able to spoil it away. Ryan looking slower and more unfit than his poor season last year. Cox unable to play free and intercept more.
That was something that was evident towards the end of last year but our defensive work was still strong enough to keep scores low despite that. Which is where the personnel v coaching comes in.True, but I feel part of the issue is kick in strategy though.
Can't recall. But I commented previously before in one game last year, on kick in Ryan kicked to the same spot on boundary around 4 times in a row with same result, which was so frustrating Thought Wilson was doing some of the kick ins but guess he wasn't in the team much last year.That was something that was evident towards the end of last year but our defensive work was still strong enough to keep scores low despite that. Which is where the personnel v coaching comes in.
What were our kick ins like at the start of last year when we were playing really well? Was Ryan still taking every one?
Seriously though not sure we can blame the defensive coach , Our problems are further up the ground and maybe the attempt at humour should have been aimed at the midfield coach.Who is the defensive coach?
Sydney game last year at home. The image of Ryan kicking those to the same spot is burned into the back of my mind.Can't recall. But I commented previously before in one game last year, on kick in Ryan kicked to the same spot on boundary around 4 times in a row with same result, which was so frustrating Thought Wilson was doing some of the kick ins but guess he wasn't in the team much last year.
Kick ins to your rucks is good if you have someone like gawn. But Darcy for some reason can't Mark those consistently and when it hits the ground we can't get our hands on it
Our groundball work is amongst the worst in the comp to be honest , And it hasn't even started raining yet.Can't recall. But I commented previously before in one game last year, on kick in Ryan kicked to the same spot on boundary around 4 times in a row with same result, which was so frustrating Thought Wilson was doing some of the kick ins but guess he wasn't in the team much last year.
Kick ins to your rucks is good if you have someone like gawn. But Darcy for some reason can't Mark those consistently and when it hits the ground we can't get our hands on it
I'm pretty sure all of Young, Ryan and Cox did it.Was this Ryan lol
Why wouldn’t you seperate the two rucks? Double the options?Sydney game last year at home. The image of Ryan kicking those to the same spot is burned into the back of my mind.
Think Darcy has improved a lot this year with his marking, but for some reason I feel like every time we kick long down the line we have two rucks there who spoil each other. I don't actually know how often that happens but we should only ever have one there and prepare for the crumb. Which never happens.
It might drive people mad, but the kick-ins are small bickies. No doubt there's method in the madness and there'll be some structural purpose in how they go about it.Our groundball work is amongst the worst in the comp to be honest , And it hasn't even started raining yet.
If you’re serious about stopping this, you need to stick the tackle.They were walking it out of the stoppages all night, i can see why now.
the contrast between that and how we defended their kicks in was just sadSitting behind the goals in the last on the defensive side our kick ins where hilariously bad. Long and high to the same spot every single time with Jones having a free run at the ball.
The lack of adjustment for Jones throughout the game was ridiculous in my opinion - he just ran off Walters every time we went forward.
If a team is allowing you to go there then they are doing it for a reason. It is about not falling into their trap.
If you’re serious about stopping this, you need to stick the tackle.
Our guys don’t have that mongrel mindset.
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That's a massive cop out for the umpires.
I agree that we need to be better but these should've been picked up and what a difference it would've made.
For sure but what could it be? You take possession 30m further from goal and you're on the edge of the corridor. From there you could go either side or down the guts, or diagonally to the boundary. It surely beats going longer to a contest that you're 50/50 in at best and the way both Freo and Peel have been going in winning ground ball contests, it's much less than 50%.