Liking it a lot, no other top team is really playing this way. Just gotta tidy it up a touch & we'll be awesome when we do.
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Slice and Dice cuts 'em up, or too Handball Happy? Our current game style
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We have once again looked deeply through our roster and are hatching a plan that suits.
The addition of Stack and Bolton adds to the likes of Rioli and Reiwoldt who at times see the game as if it was being played in slo-mo.
It was a joy watching Adelaide arguing onfield on Friday Night and Port shouting at each other at halftime. It is a stark contrast to our calm, focussed and almost 'too chirpy' demeanor.
Caracella and his cronies are geniuses.
The addition of Stack and Bolton adds to the likes of Rioli and Reiwoldt who at times see the game as if it was being played in slo-mo.
It was a joy watching Adelaide arguing onfield on Friday Night and Port shouting at each other at halftime. It is a stark contrast to our calm, focussed and almost 'too chirpy' demeanor.
Caracella and his cronies are geniuses.
SHocking into office early today figuring out a new rule to limit handball metres gained.
Has called in his competition rules review panel made up of industry luminaries C.Scott, P.Dangerfield, M.Blight and G.Whateley.
Has requested that M.Christian review Richmond's current game style to see if it's contravention of the rules he put in place to thwart them this season.
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Let’s see how it goes next week. Coll were the first to pick off Rich fwd handball game. Remember it’s not new Rich lead the AFL in fwd handball m last year.
Great thread was thinking about this myself.
I am enjoying this game style and it is devastatingly effective but I think there are two issues that need addressing to convince me that it will stand up in the heat of the finals.
1. Execution - a few of our players handball forward without enough care and dont hit their mark. Titch a few times yesterday, Castagna is a frequent offender. That handball at the feet or one that gets a bad bounce gives the opposition time to tackle and disrupt the flow.
2. Over use - I would like to see the player that eventually gets free of the opposition run and carry (even bounce) and hit up Lynch, Reiwoldt. Its almost impossible to lead as a forward if we try to 'run goals in' with handball. We have real weapons with the two of them (name one other team with two A graders like us (maybe JJK and Darling - but I would take ours by miles). So we need to bring them into the game. Lynch's last two games have been his best and Jack will get better every week. I expect they will kick 6+ every week between them if we get this right. There was a passage yesterday when Ellis bounced and hit Lynch - looked pretty hard for the opposition to stop
I am enjoying this game style and it is devastatingly effective but I think there are two issues that need addressing to convince me that it will stand up in the heat of the finals.
1. Execution - a few of our players handball forward without enough care and dont hit their mark. Titch a few times yesterday, Castagna is a frequent offender. That handball at the feet or one that gets a bad bounce gives the opposition time to tackle and disrupt the flow.
2. Over use - I would like to see the player that eventually gets free of the opposition run and carry (even bounce) and hit up Lynch, Reiwoldt. Its almost impossible to lead as a forward if we try to 'run goals in' with handball. We have real weapons with the two of them (name one other team with two A graders like us (maybe JJK and Darling - but I would take ours by miles). So we need to bring them into the game. Lynch's last two games have been his best and Jack will get better every week. I expect they will kick 6+ every week between them if we get this right. There was a passage yesterday when Ellis bounced and hit Lynch - looked pretty hard for the opposition to stop
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It's a new twist on the get ball forward at any cost. But this is calculated. Taken from soccer and basketball. Triangle passing, having two options to pass to. A little bit rope a dope.
Once they clear the road blocks, other players have run forward and the field opens up. Keeps drawing opposition players forward out of position.
Once they clear the road blocks, other players have run forward and the field opens up. Keeps drawing opposition players forward out of position.
Always good to have a plan b , well it might be plan a now , but makes us less predictable! Whatever method works in getting it down to Tom or Jack is fine with me
Watching the replay, Fox did the 1/2 time review in our rooms and Nick Riewoldt made a point of saying how calm it was..
Noticed Dusty in a brief discussion with maybe Emma Murray? I then saw her talking with Kmac and so if it was her she'd be earning her coin doing psychoanalysis there I reckon
Exactly. The gameplan is exciting. The execution yesterday was appalling. The scoreboard flattered us massively.
Probably inquiring about having KMac build her one of his specialty concrete tables
Little bit ( maybe a lot ) frustrating watching us over using the hot handball in heavy traffic, but for the moment it's working o.k. n we're winning games. Should have it pretty much perfected by the time high pressure heavy contested finals roll around where quality slice n dice will be invaluable. Will also be difficult for other sides to adjust their game plans to counter or copy this late in the year.
Been thinking about it this morn n we're not really re inventing the game in any way, just borrowing a little of what's been done by a premium side not that long ago. Pretty sure those Moggies were using a very similar game style where they'd use a ton of slice n dice n run n carry handball during their three flag era.
High paced, controlled, frenetic ball movement by them sure tore some holes in Clarko's cluster n Poosy's rolling stoppages.
Been thinking about it this morn n we're not really re inventing the game in any way, just borrowing a little of what's been done by a premium side not that long ago. Pretty sure those Moggies were using a very similar game style where they'd use a ton of slice n dice n run n carry handball during their three flag era.
High paced, controlled, frenetic ball movement by them sure tore some holes in Clarko's cluster n Poosy's rolling stoppages.
I might be alone but I never really thought we had a handle on the gamestyle yesterday. It was kind of another brand of rolling chaos, many missed handballs, ones at the feet, hospital balls etc. When it worked it looked great but I felt uneasy watching it. Ports pressure was good at times though.
Havent quite got the connection on the spread right but it is 6 games out and we appear to be running into the finals at the right time. Nank back this week and then the spectre of Rance looms. This is going to be fun.
It got a bit ridiculous at times yesterday. And I have never seen a forward tall "present" for a handball. The crazy runners have to have the nous to know when to stop the handball chain and look for Jack, George or Tom.
But we don't have the elite kickers all over the ground to move it forward with precision (short) kicking.
But we don't have the elite kickers all over the ground to move it forward with precision (short) kicking.
Agree and disagree. Execution at times was poor and it is encouraging that we can improve in this area. Scoreboard flattered them, not us. We wasted a lot of chances particularly in the 2nd half, it could have and should have been 60 points +.
