Where we have improved?

Billy

Billy

Danny 'Bedsy' Buderus
Just watching the Lamb "in the sheds" interview, and he put his, and Hodko's, good form down to the "middles" making it easy for them.
Brown is using the twins, Barnett, King and Buhrer for long minutes and hardly using Yates or Stone if he can help it.
By doing that, he is keeping strong props and locks on the field all game. We really are still 1 or maybe 2 middle forwards short, and an injury to any of those guys would kill us I think, but for the first time in 2 years, for the last 3 games, we have been able to keep 3 strong middle forwards on the field for most of the game, and our halves and backs are finally getting to show what they can do.
 
Would like to see us play more positive in the next 3 weeks when we are leading, instead of kicking the ball out every time, pass the ball or kicks that require a chase... Other than that the forwards have really stood up and in their carries and middle defense.
 
albert said:
Would like to see us play more positive in the next 3 weeks when we are leading, instead of kicking the ball out every time, pass the ball or kicks that require a chase... Other than that the forwards have really stood up and in their carries and middle defense.
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Slowing down the play might be one reason we get away with one less prop than we should have, and a very young roster.
 
Where have we improved ? In the area of coaching. Team actually looks like there being coached in recent weeks. Looked anything but for most of the year.
 
Billy said:
Slowing down the play might be one reason we get away with one less prop than we should have, and a very young roster.
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That is true but with the game in the bag, the kicks that are hammered to the sideline... would like to see more attacking plays :lol:. Only thing I can nitpick at atm :lol:
 
albert said:
That is true but with the game in the bag, the kicks that are hammered to the sideline... would like to see more attacking plays :lol:. Only thing I can nitpick at atm :lol:
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I can definitely agree here. When does Melbourne start kicking for touch to wind time down. The last 5/10 minutes because they back their attacking and defensive structures. So they rightly should too.
 
danknights said:
I can definitely agree here. When does Melbourne start kicking for touch to wind time down. The last 5/10 minutes because they back their attacking and defensive structures. So they rightly should too.
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Not sure if this is you point, but they also use it to control the game. I've seen Smith and Cronk kick for touch to settle the team or to slow down the opposition plenty of times. Even like we've done, to take certain wingers or fullbacks out of the game... I think the difference is that we haven't got to a stage where we can attack relentlessly like Melbourne, absorb pressure and counter from anywhere in the field.

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Beaumont said:
Where have we improved ? In the area of coaching. Team actually looks like there being coached in recent weeks. Looked anything but for most of the year.
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I don't think so. From what I've seen it looks like some of the stuff we are practicing or have been practicing all season is coming off. Like I've seen lamb take on the line before.. from memory there was one that was called forward to Feeney that wasn't forward... Very similar to how he broke through to give it off to Gags last night... I think that the coaching has been quite solid it's just taken the boys a little while to catch up to the speed and the physicality of the game, to be able to showcase talent .i.e., fitzgibbon... pushing that pain barrier.

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I honestly think the main reason we've improved so much is simply that the boys are physically capable of competing for longer and with greater impact. We've been great all season in our first halves but have dropped off in the second halves as we all know and I put that down to our boys simply getting used to playing at this level and now they're able to compete for longer periods. I've noticed the twins, king and Barnett are playing longer minutes and they don't seem as 'fatigued' at the end of their spells.
 
Experience a lot of the young guys were chucked into first-grade way before they were ready and have learnt a lot of hard lessons but now they are starting to reap the rewards.
 
1) Performing for longer periods of the game instead of small bursts (as mentioned, physically and mentally fitter)
2) Not rolling over once the other team gets on a roll
3) Forwards going forward, allowing the halves to do their thang
 
Tubby said:
1) Performing for longer periods of the game instead of small bursts (as mentioned, physically and mentally fitter)
2) Not rolling over once the other team gets on a roll
3) Forwards going forward, allowing the halves to do their thang
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Confidence
 
We've also improved our ability to scramble and the boys are working really hard for each other.

There was a point with about 6 or 7 minutes to go when Lamb received the ball on the last tackle... Could see he was thinking that little grubber he does, but, they'd forced up to put a bit of pressure on him. Instead of trying the kick here tucked the ball under his arm and took the tackle. Good example of them learning from previous errors...
 
Well For starters last yr we got smashed in most games by 20+ points. This year 80% of the games we have been right in it and lost a fair few due to some bad luck whether its from a player mistake or refs bad call!

Last year we seemed to give up a lot too once things didnt go our way. This year they have kept trying for majority of the 80 minutes.

Where can we improve next yr?
1 Defense! Pretty obvious
2 Performing for the full 80. so many games we shut off for 10-15 minutes where the opposition got 3 tries or more and in the end cost us. If we can fix that we will win a lot more games!
3 Last tackle options. Seems when ever we get to 5th tackle the players look lost a lot. But in saying that it has still improved on last yr!
 
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