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  • NMWBloods
    Taking Refuge!!
    • Jan 2003
    • 15819
    #31
    Originally posted by giant
    If you've got both elements then great (certainly could be argued that we have a great attacking HB line as well as a potent forward line). But defence is the sine qua non of recent premiership success.

    The 3 teams I've mentioned have been the ones most associated with all out attack & none of them have seriously threatened for flag over recent times. Perhaps the closest would be Port but who knows how many more flags they may have won with a tighter defensive game plan.
    I wasn't thinking about all-out attack. We are now all-out defence, and I would like to see more balance between attack and defence.
    Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

    "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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      • giant
        Veterans List
        • Mar 2005
        • 4733
        #32
        Originally posted by NMWBloods
        I wasn't thinking about all-out attack. We are now all-out defence, and I would like to see more balance between attack and defence.
        Quite, but that's not what my initial comment was about.

        On the "all-out" defence issue, I think when we're playing well and with confidence, we do the tough defensive things AND move the ball quickly & directly, rebound well, take plenty of marks inside 50, etc etc. When we play without confidence, we tend to just fall back on the defensive side of our game - and move the ball slowly and sideways, drop marks, kick to contested situations etc. And of course start slowly!

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          • NMWBloods
            Taking Refuge!!
            • Jan 2003
            • 15819
            #33
            Originally posted by giant
            Quite, but that's not what my initial comment was about.

            On the "all-out" defence issue, I think when we're playing well and with confidence, we do the tough defensive things AND move the ball quickly & directly, rebound well, take plenty of marks inside 50, etc etc. When we play without confidence, we tend to just fall back on the defensive side of our game - and move the ball slowly and sideways, drop marks, kick to contested situations etc. And of course start slowly!
            Yes, that's very true, but I think we psyche ourselves into that mindset to a certain extent.
            Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

            "[T]here are things that matter more and he's reading and thinking about them: heaven, reincarnation. Life and death are the only things that are truly a matter of life and death. Not football."

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              • giant
                Veterans List
                • Mar 2005
                • 4733
                #34
                Originally posted by NMWBloods
                Yes, that's very true, but I think we psyche ourselves into that mindset to a certain extent.
                Yep, and I guess your original point was "if the selection panel chooses an abundance of defensive style players, it's hardly surprising we end up with that defensive mindset." It's obviously not a precedent that I'd want to repeat too much, but I tend to agree.

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