Clearances and kick ins..

[barry]

We were unstoppable!

That was the most amazing thing about that game.

[tombomb83]

i agree, the best i have seen our kick ins for ages, jude is sensational at the clearances, so is captain.

[ScottH]

Thought Nicks did well with most kickouts he took. Very few short ones.

[Mike_B]

They used Goodes repeatedly as a target across 50 - opening one side of the ground up for him to lead into and then move it on quickly.

Hopefully we can repeat this next week...

[Foreign Legion]

Nicksy was very good at the kick ins - a couple of times he just moved it quickly out to 50-60M and we were away.

I thought he played pretty well too - I reckon Willo might come in this week but Ball might be lucky if he does.

[gilze]

Thought our clearances were awesome, I can always sense a victory when we get as many clearances as we did today. Nicksy did an awesome job of the kickouts

[sharpie]

I wouldnt get too over-excited by our kick-ins. We had a huge height advantage, making it easier for our kick-in-errer (sp? ) to hit a target.

[Schneiderman]

Originally posted by sharpie
I wouldnt get too over-excited by our kick-ins.

Agree. But i think it was more the Dogs tactics than our skill that helped us here. They employed a very poor quality zone, and allowed us to huddle and break, freeing up Goodes or other to break freely.

Compare it to the excellent zones set up by both Adelaide and Melbourne.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Schneiderman
Agree. But i think it was more the Dogs tactics than our skill that helped us here. They employed a very poor quality zone, and allowed us to huddle and break, freeing up Goodes or other to break freely.

I'm afraid I agree, even our huddle was very basic, more a case of drawing all the players in then letting Goodes outrun their ruckman. On the one occasion he was to coverered to be used, it was interreesting to note that the rest of the huddle was intact. There was no starburst of leads presented to the kick out.

They will definitely need to work on leading, whether it's to the kick out or amongst the forwards. For elite athletes who were reported to be fitter than ever at pre-season they're still a lazy (or nervous) bunch.

[SimonH]

Don't underestimate the fact that the Dogs ran and ran and chased like wild things for the first half (when their kicking for goal was mostly good and so kick-ins were less of an issue, at least until the last 10 minutes of the 2nd quarter).

I hoped they'd run out of steam after half-time, and they did. When their kicking for goal went to poo in the 3rd and 4th quarters, they just lacked the toe (and occasionally the accountability) to chase our players leading from the kick-in.