Goal Kicking

[Massai]

Nice to see the third quarter against the Blues, we kicked 1 goal 8 POINTS. If we had kicked 5 goals 3 points we would have won the game.

The collective goal kicking ability of the entire playing group is questionable. Jack Riewoldt is a case in point, 40 metres out, kicked the ball out of bounds, Jack is a good lead and mark but he fails to finish it off with straight kicking for goal.

Another issue that I have is the kicking into the forward 50 so the forwards can have a crack at it. Long direct kicking, about kicking the torpedo on the run, torpedo punt to get the ball over the heads of the defending team and giving our forwards a go. To score goals means the ball has to come in hard, long and fast, that is something we continually fail to do.

As for the forwards, can anyone of them kick the ball with their opposite natural foot. I haven't seen any of them do that. Jeez as a kid playing footy, I as a forward learnt to kick off both feet and handball with both hands.

No doubt about it, whoever is going to coach this playing group in the future has a lot of work in front of them. The development of the players in terms of their ball skills is clearly showing to be lacking and its got to be an absolute priority this pre season, otherwise it will be more of the same ole same ole.

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

2009 accuracy per club, with rushed behinds removed:

WB 252 150 62.7%
Br 209 127 62.2
St 227 148 60.5
Sy 193 127 60.3
Ad 201 133 60.2
Ha 189 131 59.1
Me 170 118 59.0
Co 218 152 58.9
Fr 171 121 58.6
PA 203 147 58.0
Ge 242 177 57.8
NM 161 118 57.7
Ca 224 165 57.6
Es 210 155 57.5
Ri 178 141 55.8
WC 182 147 55.3

And for 2008:

WB 405 235 63.3%
Ri 331 199 62.5
Ge 432 262 62.2
Ca 323 197 62.1
PA 309 194 61.4
Co 359 226 61.4
NM 321 203 61.3
St 343 235 59.3
Fr 287 197 59.3
Ha 408 281 59.2
Me 234 165 58.6
Sy 328 250 56.7
Br 306 238 56.3
Ad 301 235 56.2
WC 236 191 55.3

Last year our play was characterised by having fewer forward 50 entries than our opponents, but converting those chances with clinical efficiency. Something went terribly wrong with our forward setup/movement of the ball over the summer, but as I watch footy purely as a spectator and don't pay much attention to tactics, I don't know what it is. Perhaps in trying to refine the gameplan, Wallace over-complicated things to such an extent that he lost the confidence of the players?