Re: Will it stand up?
Reply #24 –
Our style of play I mean
The way we played yesterday seems to suit our playing group...and they seem to enjoy the "freedom of expression"....but there was also an intensity and pressure there as well.
Brendan McCartney wasn't impressed......
"The game was way too open, it was circle work, it was up and back, and that's not what we're about.
"I don't think any team wants to play like that, and we're no different.
"It was a tricky one today. A lot of our boys, we felt, just got caught between, 'Do I attack or do I defend?’ Once you second-guess yourself and hesitate, it's gone.
"There was about a 30-minute patch in the game where we got caught in that nasty zone."
The questions are ....
Mick said he didn't change much yesterday.....What was different?
Did we catch them unexpectedly...there was talk all week we'd play a more free flowing brand of football?
How will it go against the stronger sides of the comp..... Hawthorns and Geelongs?
One word Lods, Confidence. Like the "bad" was infectious the previous 4 weeks, the "good" was contagious yesterday. We didn't play 4 solid qtrs yesterday. If we can learn to do the "good" things we did yesterday week in week out, I think our best can trouble anyone. Its minimising the gap or roller coaster between our good and bad thats the key.