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Roos defends tactics
5:19:41 PM Tue 30 March, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal
Sydney Swans Paul Roos makes no apologies for his sides? tactics in the aftermath of their two-point loss against the Brisbane Lions last Saturday night.
The Gabba crowd booed the visitors for undertaking a high-possession, short-kicking tactic to starve the defending premiers of the ball and slow down play.
While unpopular, the tactic - employed successfully against Brisbane in both home-and-away victories last season - nearly gave them another four points.
?The reason we played the way we did is basically because Brisbane play the way do,? Roos said.
?Brisbane floods; whether you call them negative tactics that is the way Brisbane play their football they get a lot of numbers back and rely on teams making mistakes.
?They are a terrific team so it is not a criticism. I don?t think you should criticise Brisbane for flooding in the back half. They have won three flags and that is the way they play their football.?
Sydney led by 19 points at the main break - amassing nearly 50 more possessions - but fell away from its game plan in the third term where the home side out-scored them by 20 points.
?The times we did go in long and kicked it straight down was in the third quarter so you just cannot kick it to a contest against Brisbane because they do get numbers back.
?Sometimes they have 14 or 15 players inside 50m so we are not going to kick straight down their throat.
?So in terms of tactics I think that is what Brisbane want you to do so that is probably where the criticism has come from.?
Roos does not expect Sydney to adopt a similar style this weekend against Fremantle as the Dockers ?try to play the way the opposition will allow (us) to play.?
5:19:41 PM Tue 30 March, 2004
Karen Collins
Sportal
Sydney Swans Paul Roos makes no apologies for his sides? tactics in the aftermath of their two-point loss against the Brisbane Lions last Saturday night.
The Gabba crowd booed the visitors for undertaking a high-possession, short-kicking tactic to starve the defending premiers of the ball and slow down play.
While unpopular, the tactic - employed successfully against Brisbane in both home-and-away victories last season - nearly gave them another four points.
?The reason we played the way we did is basically because Brisbane play the way do,? Roos said.
?Brisbane floods; whether you call them negative tactics that is the way Brisbane play their football they get a lot of numbers back and rely on teams making mistakes.
?They are a terrific team so it is not a criticism. I don?t think you should criticise Brisbane for flooding in the back half. They have won three flags and that is the way they play their football.?
Sydney led by 19 points at the main break - amassing nearly 50 more possessions - but fell away from its game plan in the third term where the home side out-scored them by 20 points.
?The times we did go in long and kicked it straight down was in the third quarter so you just cannot kick it to a contest against Brisbane because they do get numbers back.
?Sometimes they have 14 or 15 players inside 50m so we are not going to kick straight down their throat.
?So in terms of tactics I think that is what Brisbane want you to do so that is probably where the criticism has come from.?
Roos does not expect Sydney to adopt a similar style this weekend against Fremantle as the Dockers ?try to play the way the opposition will allow (us) to play.?
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