Last minute on Sat. night

[ROK Lobster]

Originally posted by Wil
Did I leave the game early?? I am sure we won that game. Was there another quarter played after the supporter's kick to kick?

So you are saying that had the Swans not flooded back Essendon would have kicked a goal and a point in the last 30 secs, therefore the tactic won the game.

[Wil]

Ahh, ok, better.

One tactic got us the lead, the other kept it. The game plan that Roos implemented at 3/4 time won us the game. Should Roos have kept playing the higher risk attacking play to the end? Or bring back defenders and challenge the Bombers to beat them? Well obviously both points are completely debatable. One way was chosen and it worked - the game was won and Bombers didn't really threaten to score.

If it went the other way, who would be saying "We should of brought more players back to defend the lead"?

[NMWBloods]

I would argue that we didn't need to go with either extreme - somewhere inbetween would have been better.