thegoldenbear
Team Captain
Was I the only one watching the game yesterday that was frustrated by the extra handballs given around the ground buy especially inside 50? The were 3 occasions I can remember where the ball had finally made it into our forward 50 and instead of kicking the thing atleast in the attempt to score something, players fiddled around with until eventually coughing it up. Rooey was one of those offenders, when he was on the end of a chain of handballs already and instead of swinging around and kicking it from nealry 50, went with the handball!
There were worrying signs last week against Geelong in THAT last quarter with the same thing creeping into their game. The reason why we beat Melbourne was because they used too many handballs. Why now are we falling into the same trap.
I might suggest i know why, because no one can deliver the footy properly in the first place but that's for another thread. Over possesing the footy is fine for a quality team, but when the team is hit by injuries and new players are adjusting to the pace/dynamics/structure etc. the 'keep it simple stupid' rule of thumb should apply.
Shocking game - and we should be embarresed because that was by no way near the level we can or should play.
There were worrying signs last week against Geelong in THAT last quarter with the same thing creeping into their game. The reason why we beat Melbourne was because they used too many handballs. Why now are we falling into the same trap.
I might suggest i know why, because no one can deliver the footy properly in the first place but that's for another thread. Over possesing the footy is fine for a quality team, but when the team is hit by injuries and new players are adjusting to the pace/dynamics/structure etc. the 'keep it simple stupid' rule of thumb should apply.
Shocking game - and we should be embarresed because that was by no way near the level we can or should play.