New Rule's

[ninjahaha]

Any thoughts on the changes from the new rules?


Though the game looked less like Aus kick!

The lack of runners does make the game more interesting and better on the eye!


I was a critical of making changes, but I think so far it has made the game better than the swamp the game has tended to be for a long time.

 

[TOT70]

Kane Lambert ran in off the back of the square all game, just like he has for the last two years. Houli ran back and covered for him.

So what changed?

 

[ninjahaha]

There wasn't rolling mauls and 34 players in a one 50

 

[tigerlove]

Kane Lambert ran in off the back of the square all game, just like he has for the last two years. Houli ran back and covered for him.

So what changed?

As suspected very little. The number of times a ball is won out of the middle and able to be nicely and quickly delivered to a team mate in the forward line is very small. The appropriate wingman simply pushes back as hard as they can on the bounce to create the spare man. The kick outs from behinds, again the defensive unit simply sets a bit further back than they did last year. In a way, because they are all further back, they can flood their backline quicker and make it even harder to score. Ball grabbed out of the ruck. I don't mind this rule. If the ruckman is quick enough in mind and hand/foot to get the ball out to a team mate within the normal disposal rules then good luck to them. Most ruckmen aren't too quick in the mind. Nanks is probably up there as one of the more skilled going around.

 

[123cups]

Thankfully they didn’t change last year’s rule change: Carlton will always be humiliated in prime time night footy.

 

[YinnarTiger]

Well said kid. Some people also need to learn the rules from the Society for Prevention of Abuse to Apostrophes.

 

[22nd Man]

Re: New Rules

Apostrophe deletion. Sorry.

 

[22nd Man]

Re: New Rules

We trapped it in the F50 after a behind quite easily... How many times did they have to kick "into touch" aka out on the full due to pressure and no options.

 

[TigerFlag2017]

The teams with a dominant ruckman and strong midfield will see games with the blowouts

 

[year of the tiger]

It will be telling how the teams with a dominant ruckman go - that will be where we will see the most change I reckon.

Nank looked more dangerous for us last night but whether that was the result of the rule changes who knows

 

[Tenacious]

Kane Lambert ran in off the back of the square all game, just like he has for the last two years. Houli ran back and covered for him.

So what changed?

Quite a lot I reckon.

When Lambert was doing that last year (and BTW he probably stood on the line of the square rather than on the 50m line - so he was closer to bounce last year) - he was typically one of 7 Tiger "defenders" behind the ball and they only had 5 forwards (assuming they were doing likewise at the other end.
Last night Lambert was technically one of 6 defenders and if he ran hard to the bounce that immediately left 6 Carlton forwards to the remaining 5 Tiger defenders (until Houli gets back).
That's a risky strategy if the other side gets an immediate clearance from the bounce.

So I reckon it's a change that will improve the game.

 

[seven]

Kick outs were good.
Have to say I was critical of it but it really opened the game up.

 

[ninjahaha]

Kick outs were good.
Have to say I was critical of it but it really opened the game up.

Agree.

Noticed the ball not getting held in defensive 50's for long periods after points.

Although this was a major strength of ours, now gone. But the game does benefit from the opening up

 

[BillyJean17]

The only obvious change to me was less congestion for the mids outa the guts , the A graders loved it

 

[UKTiger]

Seemed to me that the rules have suited our game plan to a 'T'.

 

[jb03]

The 6 6 6 rule made little difference. The kick in rule is interesting watching how the teams used it and also defended it. Nank was all over the new ruck rule.


Not doing much to increase scoring in tonight's game.

 

[DavidSSS]

Kick outs were good.
Have to say I was critical of it but it really opened the game up.

That seemed to work fine and it certainly is a relief they did it without making the goal square look totally ridiculous.

DS

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Too early to call. First three rounds average 13.5 goals per team over the past decade, then it declines. 10.5 isn't a great start, but both games were played in humid/greasy conditions.

Teams press back a little deeper on the kickouts; certainly, Carlton was able to maintain a barebones defensive structure most of the time and weren't often caught out over the top like last year. Haven't seen many "coast-to-coast" goals and suspect these will decline.

As the rules are tinkered with, so are gameplans. Jury out.

 

[tigerlove]

Too early to call. First three rounds average 13.5 goals per team over the past decade, then it declines. 10.5 isn't a great start, but both games were played in humid/greasy conditions.

Teams press back a little deeper on the kickouts; certainly, Carlton was able to maintain a barebones defensive structure most of the time and weren't often caught out over the top like last year. Haven't seen many "coast-to-coast" goals and suspect these will decline.

As the rules are tinkered with, so are gameplans. Jury out.

In JLT games they said the average Coast to Coast goals had halved from previous year. As you say too early to call but signs are there that scores will be lower this year.

 

[Spirit of Jack]

Well the new rules have certainly had the desired impact of opening up the scoring. Geelong 72 Pies 65 - a real shootout. :hihi