Re: AFL 2022 - Pre-season - Week 1 vs St. Kilda
Reply #100 –
Fans have a tendency to get cause and effect ar5e about, using the corridor or boundary line is sometimes more about opposition's defensive setup than a deliberate tactic.
Forwards head where they are offered space, the skill is to make use of it wherever it becomes available.
When we got run off the D50 we went straight up the guts multiple times, especially highlighted by a few of Williams line breaking disposals. When the Aints managed to slow us up we went around the boundary line but not always.
Labelling that as a deliberate change of tactics at best seems somewhat arbitrary.
We had forward dominance nearly all game, despite Kemp and SoJ not clunking marks they were nearly always first hands on the pill when appropriately targeted, deliberately slowing up our transition would be a coaching death knell. If Kemp and SoJ had clunked 50% of their chances we'd have won by 6 goals. We were so dominant at times the Aints kept sending Membrey back to fill the gaps!
What I did see in the game which is attributable directly to Voss is far less panicked disposals.
That's pretty much how I saw it LP; corridor unless there's no other option. When we did go down the wings (usually well inboard of the boundary), many of our forward 50 entries were 45 degree kicks to around true CHF or a bit closer to goal.
I'd categorise Vossy's game style as high risk, high reward but only when the risk isn't too high.