Great to see Jason Torney have a great game the other day against fremantle.
Tiger furious asked on another thread why wasn't Torney getting 28 possessions and finding targets at Richmond? The answer to this is because Richmond plays a reactive, defensive game style.
In previous years Torney was always played in a tagging role, whether it be in defense or in the middle. Torney always showed alot of flair and evasiveness however frawely always bunkered him into a tagging role on an opposition player. - always..
On friday night we had too many players worried about their opponents and were not focussed on the ball or to support players with possession. Rogers and Bowden on Buckley, Newman on Didak, Rodan on Davis, Tivendale on Lockyear, Hilton on Woey, etc.
These 6 players were not giving enough support to our only 3 (IMO) pro-active players - Campbell, Coughlan, Johnson. These 3 players were our main in and unders, getting the hard ball.
We matched collingwood in the hard ball gets (thanx to the 3 players I mentioned) but we were severly let down in the support and link up play that should have been provided by the 6 players I mentioned and others.
This was directly due to Frawelys defensive and reactive game plan. Have you noticed how frawely places so much emphasis on match ups and team balance. We should play our own game and let other teams match up on us for a change.
Tiger furious asked on another thread why wasn't Torney getting 28 possessions and finding targets at Richmond? The answer to this is because Richmond plays a reactive, defensive game style.
In previous years Torney was always played in a tagging role, whether it be in defense or in the middle. Torney always showed alot of flair and evasiveness however frawely always bunkered him into a tagging role on an opposition player. - always..
On friday night we had too many players worried about their opponents and were not focussed on the ball or to support players with possession. Rogers and Bowden on Buckley, Newman on Didak, Rodan on Davis, Tivendale on Lockyear, Hilton on Woey, etc.
These 6 players were not giving enough support to our only 3 (IMO) pro-active players - Campbell, Coughlan, Johnson. These 3 players were our main in and unders, getting the hard ball.
We matched collingwood in the hard ball gets (thanx to the 3 players I mentioned) but we were severly let down in the support and link up play that should have been provided by the 6 players I mentioned and others.
This was directly due to Frawelys defensive and reactive game plan. Have you noticed how frawely places so much emphasis on match ups and team balance. We should play our own game and let other teams match up on us for a change.
