So indirect
Moderators: Saintsational Administrators, Saintsational Moderators
-
- Saintsational Legend
- Posts: 18635
- Joined: Thu 11 Mar 2004 1:36am
- Has thanked: 1979 times
- Been thanked: 865 times
So indirect
I haven’t seen many matches live this season, regrettably, because of work commitments and also because we suck so badly.
One thing that stood out to me today was how indirect we are in our play. The first choice seems to be to go wide and short rather than long and direct.
Perhaps this has been forced on us by injuries to key players such as Bruce, but I lost count of the times today when we came unstuck after a chain of handballs when a quick kick - even to a contest - would have served us better.
Very frustrating to watch.
Positives?
Marshall looks to have the makings of a very good big man. Not sure yet whether he’s a ruckman or a forward, but I’m sure he’s a footballer
One thing that stood out to me today was how indirect we are in our play. The first choice seems to be to go wide and short rather than long and direct.
Perhaps this has been forced on us by injuries to key players such as Bruce, but I lost count of the times today when we came unstuck after a chain of handballs when a quick kick - even to a contest - would have served us better.
Very frustrating to watch.
Positives?
Marshall looks to have the makings of a very good big man. Not sure yet whether he’s a ruckman or a forward, but I’m sure he’s a footballer
-
- Saintsational Legend
- Posts: 18635
- Joined: Thu 11 Mar 2004 1:36am
- Has thanked: 1979 times
- Been thanked: 865 times
-
- Club Player
- Posts: 988
- Joined: Fri 18 May 2018 10:06am
- Has thanked: 210 times
- Been thanked: 83 times
Re: So indirect
You can go direct when you are prepared to run the ball and that is what they did, plus I think the fowards led more and it was an open game as testament to the high scores.
-
- Club Player
- Posts: 776
- Joined: Fri 10 Aug 2018 11:56pm
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 130 times
Re: So indirect
We dont have the foot skills or the running power to open up the corridor well enough & when we try we turn the ball over & we get so badly burnt the other way , so you can see why we go indirect because its a lot safer & a lot easier to limit the damage.
-
- SS Life Member
- Posts: 3303
- Joined: Tue 23 May 2006 6:14pm
- Location: East Oakleigh
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 40 times
Re: So indirect
Bunch of spuds absolutely have heart explosions as soon as they hit half forward. Never seen anything more pathetic on my life.
There is not ONE single player I wouldn’t consider for trade. Not one.
There is not ONE single player I wouldn’t consider for trade. Not one.
-
- SS Life Member
- Posts: 3856
- Joined: Fri 16 Sep 2011 2:41pm
- Has thanked: 419 times
- Been thanked: 237 times
Re: So indirect
100% right. We went up the guts 50% more than usual tonight.
Just butchered it at half forward most times by not kicking to any possible advantage
Always loyal
-
- Saintsational Legend
- Posts: 23243
- Joined: Sat 13 Mar 2004 11:44pm
- Has thanked: 741 times
- Been thanked: 1798 times