The high press was deffinetly a strategic move( afailed one). I'd back Jones and keath to beat Hipwood one on one but in a foot race back toward goal Hipwood wins everytime. We got away with an aggressive forward press for so long due to a dominant midfield but as soon as the mids or forward make a mistake the pressure is right on the defence, if like on friday night the midfield is completely off and lacking no defencive accountability well then you get Hipwood looking like a capable footballer.”Wouldn’t” because he defied coaching instructions? Or “didn’t” because he followed them?
Unless we know what they are being coached to do it’s tenuous at best to blame the player for his positioning. If anything, given our much discussed defensive zoning strategy I’d be inclined to think he was following instructions.
But we really don’t know.