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Welcome to Richmond - Jayden Short
- Thread starter AstuteTiger
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Having zero impact. And Bachar been even worse. Our half backs are usually a massive strength but struggling so far
He isn't made for the one on one man marking.
He is meant to be our distributor coming out of D50.
He hasn't been doing it this year
Is it because oppo is putting more work into him?
You'd think the way the game is being played now he'd be taking his game to another level but it's just not happening for him.
Another who definitely needs to lift.
You'd think the way the game is being played now he'd be taking his game to another level but it's just not happening for him.
Another who definitely needs to lift.
He's been doing that all year. A Richmond defender will have the ball at say, left half-back, and Short will run past on his outside. Now he's even wider, and ends up making the same kick the other bloke could have done down the line, only he's gained a stat, wasted a few seconds and left us with two blokes on the same spot and no one where we could have had another option. Our backs are generally good kicks. Short needs to trust them and make himself an option in an offensive position - eg. if Broad has it at HB, present at the inboard 45, because then the field opens up if he gets it.
The other thing shitting me with Short is his kick-ins. Has anyone noticed this Dawson fella at Sydney? Constantly kicking darts to the advantage side of a teammate one-out in the centre square. Tom Stewart, Zac Tuohy do it too. Short's are predictable and at best 50/50 - long and high to a pack on the wing.
Your man needs to lift.
Yeh Houli and Short wander in 15m and boot it long to no one in particular. As spook points out Its often to disadvantage.
they keep stats on scores from kick ins I wonder where we stand on thi?
Agree that kick in’s have been poor. Don’t understand why we go short into back pocket either or why on occasions we don’t look up the middle & go for one on ones.
Spot on. Its always the same.
Look right and then go left long usually to the opposition talls.
For years now we haven't had a player that could take that mark to set us up down the ground.
Its been lets get it to ground and attack at full speed.
Full speed hasn't been working so far this year. So those kicks in especially from Houli are very ordinary
Yet how many teams just go the long kick against us straight down the middle & then catch us of guard sometimes resulting in an easy inside 50 for them.
100% - whole purpose of the rule. Don’t know we look for Jack one out in the centre square. He rarely gets beaten in the air & could propel the ball forward. Waste of time going wide to a pack. Seems like the tactic is just to force a stoppage.
It's good to change it up fine tune a bit , but seems like we don't want to go that way.
Yeh, he must have a licence to run and bomb it as far as he can. It's OK when we could bring it to ground and setup behind the ball. Unfortunately the new rules have changed the game and we can't only rely on a front half lock it in game. I'd love to see a little more hitting up of shorter targets. Teams are turning it over and able to pick there way through our zone.
Perhaps finals pressure will see a return to our style but I wouldn't hang my hat on it.
