They rebound, we see a half back leave his man to pressure the ball carrier. Separation about 40 metres, so in effect the "presssure" is non existant and then its a short kixck to a team mate whos now free.
This hekps teams go coast to coast a lot against us, and i think that players need to pick their moments better on when to stay on their man or leave to pressure the ball carrier.
A long kick to a contest or making them run it, is more desirable. Leave your man later when you can get back or theyve run into trouble.
We lost this one in the first quarter. Yes it was crucial but copping 4 goals in a row staright after was worse. We conceded every time they went forward.
Its like blaming the 50 against harry for losing which gave geelong a free goal. Thats not why you lose when you kick so poorly early. Put the scoreboard pressure on and see the difference.
We are drifting out in the betting - I wonder if someone knows something......
the betting odds are an indication only of what the public think. More people are backing in Geelong but that doesn't mean much. They've been a dominant side of the comp for along time and many pundits arent convinces about us.
Seen a video doing the rounds on socials about Jim Park. Didn't realise he was killed in action during world war 2, after having played128 games. Served with a team mate Jim askew.
Something else is how well they take opportunities when they arise. I.e. fantasias 6 touches last week, under what circumstances did he get them and what did he do with it when he did?
I can honestly say his few touches were dangerous. Martin is similar.
3 score involvements, 2 inside 50's,1 goal assist and at least one pressure act in front of me that lead to a goal to us with a turnover. For a total of 17 pressure acts is pretty impressive from a guy who had 72% time on ground, which is in our bottom 4 players.
We'll see how we against the cats. I'd only play one ruckman this week. The cats have historically surrendered clearance dominance to win field position.
Yep it's a strange feeling. Doesn't feel real but we can beat anyone.
We are in the window. Its not a false dawn. It's here people. You need a bit of luck but as we get more players fit and firing towards the back end of the season will dictate how well we go and even then we could potentially still win it.
