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Brandon Jack is no genius - if he could see certain things I'm sure opposition coaches would've seen the same. In fact, they may have noted the same things from R1 but we were playing so well (especially Heeney and Chad) that it didn't really matter. When particular players are at the top of their game eg Bont, Cripps, Neale, Naicos, there's really not much that can be done to stop them and Heeney and Chad were at that level earlier in the season.
Good summary caesar88, thanks.I read the Brandon Jack article on CODE. It's no secret I am a midfield nuffy (NOT an expert, as I have been accused of considering myself to be!!), so I absolutely loved it. He added no hyperbole and paid everyone their dues, and pretty much just analysed a bunch of different scenarios from the Geelong & Adelaide games, explained how our mids set up in them, and how he would try to prevent those scenarios if he were an opposition coach.
I'll try to summarise it as best as I can for those who don't have CODE:
Starts by going through the personnel and introduces them with one sentence: Heeney ("Main hit-to at stoppages"), Warner ("Starts more defensive side at stoppages and runs through"), Gulden ("Works back hard"), Rowbottom ("Disciplined, selfless"), Grundy ("Full 360-degree ruckman"), Papley ("will usually sweep at centre bounces") & Adams ("will let you get sucked into the contest")
Describes our strengths as ruck dominance & pro-active mids (mentions how formerly reactive we were), balanced & clearly defined roles, and multiple weapons at forward 50 stoppages.
Describes our weaknesses as "can get caught running forward and leaving the stoppage early", susceptible to elite opposition pressure, our slow starts & lapses in games (this is nothing new), and we become predictable when Grundy's out.
He then starts analysing the various examples of our set-ups, and goes on to offer tactics he'd deploy to hurt us. Hard to quote them here as he's gone so in-depth but if there's two constant themes throughout it would be: Stop Heeney from being the hit-to by blocking his run at the ball, and try to take Rowbottom where you want him at the contest, not where the Swans want him. Because Heeney's the "focal point" you need to try and make the ball drop where he is not. And because Rowbottom is the "anchor" you need to try and take him towards the other mids so he can't hold firm and keep the space for them.
(Jack does note multiple times that even in doing the above, you're likely opening up another bit of space for an alternative mid like a "sweeper" like Adams to get to the ball instead, but at least then it's not the Swans "dictating the terms.")
He also makes an interesting note that Grundy seems to rarely tap over his head, so whichever way his body is facing is where the ball will go.
That's about the best I can do folks. Hopefully someone can find a way to get around the paywall and share it, was a really interesting read. (Well at least I thought so.)
Brandon Jack is a polarising figure on here. For a variety of reasons.
Personally - I see him as just another journo trying to raise his profile - whether it’s by writing articles that appeal to the more progressive elements of society, or dissecting the Swans.
This latest article isn’t anything that opposition analysts wouldn’t have figured out ages ago. But I still suspect it’d make him just that little bit less welcome at the club.
His smug twitter comments do annoy me. Wish he’d learn to tone that aspect down.
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He's enjoying his moment in the sun which anyone who's made a controversial/against the grain take that is proven right will be wont to do, but I agree he's revelling a little bit too much in our failure.
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I don't really have a problem with him. I assume he's probably still a Swans fan anyway.
If "don't tap it near Heeney" is the key wisdom he offered to opposition clubs after the first half of the season... I might just have a coaching career yet.
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Not a groundbreaking article by any means, but a refreshing read. Any article discussing our midfield that places more importance on Grundy & Rowbottom than Warner & Gulden gets my full kudos. And I reckon there's been a grand total of 1 of them.
He should've just let it be and let his article speak for itself.
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I haven't read bj's article yet. Did he really offer any kind of ground breaking advice or was it all pretty basic stuff?
Sort of media related ?
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The only thing I've taken from this season is that Brandon Jack has managed to outcoach Longmire.
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This just confirms to me that nobody in the media actually watches our games.No one tipping Pies. What do we have to do to become the underdog ?!
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Can we just get the underdog tag again i like it like that rather than this favourite thingWe now return to our normal programming
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I'm a fan of BJ's (usually) intelligent and thoughtful writing. It makes for a refreshing change from all the regular numpties who mostly just parrot each other.
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