Richmond game all over again

[floppinab]

It's occured to me more than once since Friday night that this game reasonably closely resembled the Richmond one earlier on this year.

*They* were the ones that kept it tight and then opened it up when it suited *them* particularly in breaking from the stoppages into a very open forward setup. They were completely disciplined in their game plan and ours completely fell apart

They never gave us a chance to get any run going from the stoppages.

Seems we don't like it being played at our own game and those teams that can execute that game plan well will go a long way to beating us in the future.

[liz]

The other thing the two games had in common was the wet conditions. After beating the West Coast in the wet some of us (and most of the media) were conned into the belief that we had suddenly learned to play in the wet. I can only remember two other wins in wet conditions - in 1996 and 2001 and both were against the West Coast.

Wet weather just doesn't suit the attacking side of our game, which relies on rapid handballs and clean hands. It may suit the defensive side but that can only work when the team can have bursts of attack as well.

[NMWBloods]

Yep I was amazed by the sudden obsession that we had become a wet weather side, when we were nothing of the sort.

It seems that our team does well when we run a game plan that Roos has worked out. However, when a team challenges that game plan or figures it out, our guys seem to lack the ability to do something different.

I wonder if it's going to get to the stage where Roos produces a number of game plans, like NFL or NBA, to enable the guys to make more switches. Big problem with that is the limited opportunities to get the guys together for the change - they would need some sort of signal that everyone can see.

[Nico]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Yep I was amazed by the sudden obsession that we had become a wet weather side, when we were nothing of the sort.

It seems that our team does well when we run a game plan that Roos has worked out. However, when a team challenges that game plan or figures it out, our guys seem to lack the ability to do something different.

I wonder if it's going to get to the stage where Roos produces a number of game plans, like NFL or NBA, to enable the guys to make more switches. Big problem with that is the limited opportunities to get the guys together for the change - they would need some sort of signal that everyone can see.

You also need players who have a level of intelligence that is able to cope with such game plan over load. AFL footballers have a history of struggling with the intelligence side of things.

[dawson]

Also found the irony chilling that they were going straight down the corridor while we were piss-farting down the boundary line.