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Spot on. Nail on head here.

Our ball movement and run in attack looks so poor (forgetting about our poor execution for a second) because we ALWAYS have an opposition player hanging off our back. How often did we have players in free space because of the hard running they did prior? Nada.

Now look at it from the other side of things. Opposition HB and midfield cut us up with general ease when running the ball. They can execute the handballs and kicks. But what makes it so much easier is their prior gut running into space which demands the ball!

You'll see our players lagging behind having essentially 0 impact on the ball receiver.