Jeez way too much hysteria for a practice match. These are the areas I thought were good and some I hope to see improvement in when we are more tuned up.
Things to work on.
The modern game is built around creating turnovers and capitalising on the scoreboard and limiting your own turnovers.
Our skill level is below par across the board. Merrett Ridley and Martin are our only real decent kicks. Parish setterfield tsatas Durham are all below average kicks who play across our midfield and gathered most our disposals. Which meant even when we turned the ball over our skill level wasn’t good enough to put it on the scoreboard. Before half time there were at least 4 goals that should have been kicked but a breakdown in skill and composure didn’t allow it.
I believe once Ridley comes back into the side we see Martin moved back to the wing to spread the good users.
Our ball movement from half back was pretty abysmal. Conditions definitely played a part, but there wasn’t any real build up of the ball and it often led to bail out kick to bigs who didn’t compete well enough to get it across the boundary or mark it. With the stand rule there isn’t much excuse not to see the ball built up with shorter angle kicks that manage to create overlap by forward handball and eventually end up in a quick play forward entry. Maybe it’s the confidence some players have in their skill Level. Leverde McGrath and heppell simply can’t be in the back 6 together.
Defensively as a whole is an area we need to improve on. Structurally we should be winning the ball back or at least forcing it over the line far more often from oppo kick ins. Too often teams go coast to coast on us. Our turnovers also kill us defensively. Our shallow forward entries and the lack of competitiveness from our forwards see the ball slingshot the other way. I’ve seen posts here with the wings getting blamed for this. It’s actually the ball carriers fault for not delivering the ball into the right part of the ground. It’s incredibly hard to defend as a winger and it’s left to interpretation whether you cover the exit, put pressure on the ball carrier, follow the footy and crumb etc. Ball carrier needs to be better protected, better skilled, and more predictable for his team mates. Once the intercept has happened the wings can put on front on pressure but usually the ball ends up getting past them with forward handball or kicks.
The good.
Our centre bounce system was great. Goldy wins as many taps as Draper but many more of them are to our advantage. Setterfeild gives us size in there and fired out some crucial handballs. parish shiel and stringer are all elite cb players who will greatly appreciate the gold service. Hopefully the cbs are after our goals though to truly get on top of the opposition.
Ball ups and throw in looked pretty solid too. Saw wing replacements action to free up parish and Merrett. Adding duursma who has size allows has helps us in this front. Fat and skinny Wingers held their spots at stoppage well and don’t allow the footy to get past them without a contest. Some slick hands inside created most of our opportunities in front of goal.
Overall alot of things to improve can be done with personal. When 2mp langers stringer and potentially Draper are in the fwd line together i predict they will compete much better in the air. If our mids can get it in deeper and more organised hopefully we can put a score on the board that we can defend. Better ball movement will come with Ridley back in the side. His intercept play and his skill level elevates our ball movement hugely. Think he’s our most important player.
Definitely wouldn’t be losing sleep over this loss. Definitely things to clean up.
Go dons.
Things to work on.
The modern game is built around creating turnovers and capitalising on the scoreboard and limiting your own turnovers.
Our skill level is below par across the board. Merrett Ridley and Martin are our only real decent kicks. Parish setterfield tsatas Durham are all below average kicks who play across our midfield and gathered most our disposals. Which meant even when we turned the ball over our skill level wasn’t good enough to put it on the scoreboard. Before half time there were at least 4 goals that should have been kicked but a breakdown in skill and composure didn’t allow it.
I believe once Ridley comes back into the side we see Martin moved back to the wing to spread the good users.
Our ball movement from half back was pretty abysmal. Conditions definitely played a part, but there wasn’t any real build up of the ball and it often led to bail out kick to bigs who didn’t compete well enough to get it across the boundary or mark it. With the stand rule there isn’t much excuse not to see the ball built up with shorter angle kicks that manage to create overlap by forward handball and eventually end up in a quick play forward entry. Maybe it’s the confidence some players have in their skill Level. Leverde McGrath and heppell simply can’t be in the back 6 together.
Defensively as a whole is an area we need to improve on. Structurally we should be winning the ball back or at least forcing it over the line far more often from oppo kick ins. Too often teams go coast to coast on us. Our turnovers also kill us defensively. Our shallow forward entries and the lack of competitiveness from our forwards see the ball slingshot the other way. I’ve seen posts here with the wings getting blamed for this. It’s actually the ball carriers fault for not delivering the ball into the right part of the ground. It’s incredibly hard to defend as a winger and it’s left to interpretation whether you cover the exit, put pressure on the ball carrier, follow the footy and crumb etc. Ball carrier needs to be better protected, better skilled, and more predictable for his team mates. Once the intercept has happened the wings can put on front on pressure but usually the ball ends up getting past them with forward handball or kicks.
The good.
Our centre bounce system was great. Goldy wins as many taps as Draper but many more of them are to our advantage. Setterfeild gives us size in there and fired out some crucial handballs. parish shiel and stringer are all elite cb players who will greatly appreciate the gold service. Hopefully the cbs are after our goals though to truly get on top of the opposition.
Ball ups and throw in looked pretty solid too. Saw wing replacements action to free up parish and Merrett. Adding duursma who has size allows has helps us in this front. Fat and skinny Wingers held their spots at stoppage well and don’t allow the footy to get past them without a contest. Some slick hands inside created most of our opportunities in front of goal.
Overall alot of things to improve can be done with personal. When 2mp langers stringer and potentially Draper are in the fwd line together i predict they will compete much better in the air. If our mids can get it in deeper and more organised hopefully we can put a score on the board that we can defend. Better ball movement will come with Ridley back in the side. His intercept play and his skill level elevates our ball movement hugely. Think he’s our most important player.
Definitely wouldn’t be losing sleep over this loss. Definitely things to clean up.
Go dons.
