Something changed about how we went about it last night and we definitely played with a lot more speed and quicker with our ball movement.
Was this the “ballistic bombers” that Rutten wanted?
So if the team directive is to play like this then those ins should overall do the same.
Presumably they’ll just tell him to get down. Twice. Then call play on, and Gil will commend them for “practical umpiring.”
It’s not even that post Christmas slog and your already all hammed out?
We will get rolled. No way the swans drop 3 in a row.
We need to take a leaf out of the Suns book.
Just play the whistle and move on. They eventually got the rub of the green plenty as the swans got frustrated
I thought I read somewhere in the week that Truck was dropping the zones and letting the boys play their more natural game. Whatever, it worked.
So outs… zone, ins… more of last night.
if more of last night = wins, then that’s a good plan.
Agree. In a match where we had a number of top up come in at short notice, he once more was largely ineffectual. He is still way too timid and avoids physical contact, put another way he is soft. This was shown by his lack of attack on the ball and standing back when he should have laid a tackle. That is apart from one attempt to tackle that was brushed off with ease. We can’t hide him anywhere on the field, and we can’t afford to keep playing him.
I’ve been his biggest (and often most vocal) critic but absolutely no way you drop Cutler.
Even just for the Sicily tackle alone (but not just for that).
Cutler stays in for mine. Durham can come back through the VFL or play as the sub.
In: Guelfi, Ridley, Kelly
Out: Zerk, Smith, Ham
An interesting week for the selectors.
They were essentially forced into a very different mix, and that mix looked better.
Ridley in, yes. Less cut and dried after that. Durham’s energy fits with how we played last night. Kelly has been solid defensively, but slows ball movement. Guelfi moves well, good effort levels, but is limited. Waterman kicks goals, but the issue is every moment when he is not taking a set shot, particularly defensively.
Bin chickens are there for the taking
Majority of our season starts we’ve focused too much on our structure and plan and not realised that after a preseason it doesn’t require as much thought and should be second nature by the time round 1 comes. Our one wood is taking the game on aggressively and bring speed.
It was funny that we were able to defend just as well from half the team celebrating Redmans goal and out of position than we have all year.
Shiel - Durham
Smith - guelfi
Zerk - Ridley
Ham - Kelly
Smith, Ham, Shiel out
Ridley, Kelly, Guelfi, Durham in
Out Smith,Ham, Zerk
In Walla, Durham,Ridley
Feel like we need Kelly in as well to take one of Sydney’s smaller forwards. Not sure who comes out.
Who gets Heeney?
Who is Buddy kicking 5 on?
Sydney will be a tough one.
If no one injured you probably just largely reverse the late changes.
Francis should get another game. The talls worked.
Maybe Waterman unlucky to miss. Unless he takes Baldwins spot, keeping it warm for Jones.
Hind stays in, for sure.
BZT, Ham, Lord outs
Shiel won’t be dropped unless his knee is an issue. Rutten praised his best defensive effort in the last quarter.
Don’t know who comes out, but Waterman must and will come back in. He kicks too many goals to be left out. He is an accurate kick from anywhere in the F50, and we need his scoring power. Otherwise the opposition know if they shut down 2MP, then we have no other reliable avenue to kick a winning score.
Does that mean we had no reliable avenues last night.
To the contrary, Baldwin , Wright and Francis worked well and created multiple Credible targets.
Waterman can and has gone quiet in the past , he is going well, but it s hard to ignore what we saw last night.
We’ve got that winning feeling … do we want to risk walking back from it.