This pass the ball mentality has to stop
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- skeptic
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This pass the ball mentality has to stop
It is driving ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!!!
Under pressure, kick short or handball to a contest
Run into a potential shot on goal, pass it short to a player under pressure
Get a break in the midfield, chip it short to a player on the wing
We're in contest in the middle, handball it from one pressured player to another until it's turned over
We are completely adverse to kicking the ball forward long... unless of course it's because we fluffed around with it on the flank for 7+ handballs so we decide to bomb it long to an opposition forward.
Sick of watching this style of play
Under pressure, kick short or handball to a contest
Run into a potential shot on goal, pass it short to a player under pressure
Get a break in the midfield, chip it short to a player on the wing
We're in contest in the middle, handball it from one pressured player to another until it's turned over
We are completely adverse to kicking the ball forward long... unless of course it's because we fluffed around with it on the flank for 7+ handballs so we decide to bomb it long to an opposition forward.
Sick of watching this style of play
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
Couldn't agree more, dumb football.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
I posted this in the match thread... this is our game planSainterman wrote:Wake me up when we have a game plan.
Tap the ball and pass to mid, hand ball that to another mid, the handball back and fourth before a quick pass 20m to the side, that guy handballs behind him before a short pass back where it comes from. Pass the ball to the left, handball one to the other to the other, oh oh we're under pressure, hand ball out the back to another guy under pressure, and to another and to another, quick pass the ball, some how we're at half forward, short pass to a contest, hand ball to a man running into 50m, kick short to a contest, TURNOVER
Sydney kick Long to the centre, mark, handball to the running player, kicks long to a contest, mark, goal.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
Acres plays on from a free in the forward line (that would have been a shot) only to pass it short to a contest
And then in the backline Geary passes short to a contest
And then in the backline Geary passes short to a contest
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
First thing they teach kids in the juniors. Don't kick short to a contest.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
at the risk of getting a warning...
No, I won't say what I want to say.
I have to do a Sam Newman and say "I don't give a rat's anymore"
No, I won't say what I want to say.
I have to do a Sam Newman and say "I don't give a rat's anymore"
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
It seems like they are trained to either
- kick to a contest
- kick straight to an opponent
- handball to a man under pressure
- or chip it backwards/sidewards to give the opposition more time to flood our forward line
Time after time after time after time they did one of those four things.
Sydney on the other hand mostly moved the ball forwards quickly and consistently kicked to a teammate on his own.
Maybe we could tweak our gameplan to emulate them?
- kick to a contest
- kick straight to an opponent
- handball to a man under pressure
- or chip it backwards/sidewards to give the opposition more time to flood our forward line
Time after time after time after time they did one of those four things.
Sydney on the other hand mostly moved the ball forwards quickly and consistently kicked to a teammate on his own.
Maybe we could tweak our gameplan to emulate them?
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
Tweak? It would be a major reconstruction project and we're putting all our efforts into rebuilding Moorabbin.Enrico_Misso wrote:It seems like they are trained to either
- kick to a contest
- kick straight to an opponent
- handball to a man under pressure
- or chip it backwards/sidewards to give the opposition more time to flood our forward line
Time after time after time after time they did one of those four things.
Sydney on the other hand mostly moved the ball forwards quickly and consistently kicked to a teammate on his own.
Maybe we could tweak our gameplan to emulate them?
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
We bomb into 50. Sydney bomb into 50.
They just do it without half a dozen peripheral movements of the ball. So their forwards were on straight line runs.
When you don't have to change direction, you can jump and attack the ball. Our poor forwards are on 2nd and 3rd movements that don't allow for that kind of attack.
They just do it without half a dozen peripheral movements of the ball. So their forwards were on straight line runs.
When you don't have to change direction, you can jump and attack the ball. Our poor forwards are on 2nd and 3rd movements that don't allow for that kind of attack.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
It is all too sad, heartbreakingly kick the dog territory. And I love my dog.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
You are absolutely spot on! Geee the saints were kicking it wider, and wider, then backwards, and further backwards, until finally a turnover and score to sydney.skeptic wrote:It is driving ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!!!
Under pressure, kick short or handball to a contest
Run into a potential shot on goal, pass it short to a player under pressure
Get a break in the midfield, chip it short to a player on the wing
We're in contest in the middle, handball it from one pressured player to another until it's turned over
We are completely adverse to kicking the ball forward long... unless of course it's because we fluffed around with it on the flank for 7+ handballs so we decide to bomb it long to an opposition forward.
Sick of watching this style of play
I noticed players not giving options down the wing, comes back to desire. Not enough hunger to demand, scream for that footy.
Yes, the swans were so direct and punishing. We'd spend 15 kicks to get it forward, the swans would do it in about 5. Reducing the number of kicks going forward means the oppositions backmen don't have as much time to prepare. We gave the swans an eternity to prepare for our attacks.
Need to be more direct, more decisive.
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Re: This pass the ball mentality has to stop
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