How Does One Play "Well" in the Wet??

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Giant has a point though. Once the track is wet, straight up the middle is the best way to go.

We're still talking footy here aren't we? Not horse racing . . . or anything else?

[Sanecow]

You people disgust me.

[Go Swannies]

Originally posted by Sanecow
You people disgust me.

Generalising.

[Snowy]

also important to keep the ball moving via soccer tactics to keep the pressure on the opposition when it's in your forward zone. Main thing passed down through the ages is avoid over use of handball.

[Sanecow]

The thing that bugged me during the one game I saw in person this year was that the Swans were treating the ball like a piece of soap and trying the kick-off-the-ground, bombing-away-randomly tactics that I have come to know and love but the Eagles didn't seem to notice the rain and regularly kicked accurately to team mates who held marks.

[giant]

Yep, fair call - I think it was Malthouse was saying earlier in the week that the team with the best skills still plays the best in the wet. Rain is not an excuse for the "hail mary" approach.

[ScottH]

Toe pokes are the way to go!!!

[swanzotope]

yeh

in: van nistelrooy, henry, zidane
out: hall, magic, rok

[originalswan]

You can't be serious you'd want to replace ROK with Rooney wouldn't you?

[Rizzo]

Originally posted by originalswan
You can't be serious you'd want to replace ROK with Rooney wouldn't you?

Not if we want to improve our relationships with the umps....