100%. That is why good systems make average players look good imho. A hawks player, for example, will have a clear idea before they get the ball of exactly where they are meant to go with it, and an expectation of who will be waiting to get it… so trusting that their team mates will be in the right place and not make them look bad.
I also think they have a plan a,b and c to adapt to the situation.
That is why you see so much quick movement and handpasses in the modern game… they are often disposing of it before they spot the target… it is instinctual/trained response
Richmond had been getting better at that for a couple of seasons.
I feel like not many people noticed.
Some mentioned it, but not many.
Most were focused on whether individual players for them were any good.
I wouldn’t have thought he would bring his family up to Brissy for a one season swan song. I would suspect that he is walking straight into the Brisbane Coaches box when he decides his playing days are done. Unless his family decide that Brisbane is not to their liking.
Pfft… we have been doing that for years. That explains the amount of our handpasses that go to players’ feet, or someone under the hammer from two or more opponents.
All I know is that on Anzac day our players didn’t know how to combat Collingwoods spread. I’m talking no idea at all who was responsible for who or what area tbey were looking after.
Aside from in my view the needlessness of Woosha’s extension at this time, the concerns/flaws around Neeld have been known within the club for sometime in some quarters, yet despite these concerns his role became more prominent and he seems to have been promoted. Completely illogical.
Yep, young guys can probably pull off a gameplan like ‘run all day, tackle like a maniac, handball backwards when in trouble’ just as well as a more experienced player… likely do a better job because they won’t question the tactics or look to play actual footy.
The game’s going through an ugly phase at the moment - you gotta play ugly to win.
