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Champion data says after 2 rounds we are the worst pressure side in the comp. Also two of our better pressure players are Fisher and Martin lol.

Champion data says after 2 rounds we are the worst pressure side in the comp. Also two of our better pressure players are Fisher and Martin lol.

GTC....Plowman was awful last week no doubt. But he wasn't helped by the total lack of pressure further up the field..................................

Can you imagine us fielding a side next year without Cripps in the middle.

Seriously think about it. The only way imo it would even be considered is to get back 2 ready made mids.  Cant lose a bull like Cripps from the shallowest midfield in the comp and then replace him with 2 more kids that are still developing.
 
Already as it stands our midfield is lagging way behind were it should be - it has to be made instantly better to consider a swap of players - and getting more kids in regardless our much potential they have is too risky.

We just cannot afford to take any backward steps now.  Those rebuilding years of waiting patiently while developing a young midfield are well and truly over. 

IMO they should have been over 2 years ago.

 

That video I linked earlier shows that per 100 turnovers, we have conceded more points than all other teams. If you can't defend turnover, you're stuffed. Teague will need to get the balance right, because we can certainly kick a score. If we can sort out the defense off turnover allowing for easy goals, I don't think we're far off.

Daniel Hoyne and David King were both pretty clear on this. No defence can do much when the ball comes in so effortlessly.  I don't think they blame Plowman, and they're right, and I think the coaches will see it that way as well.

So what is the root cause, do we think it's an Inside D50 problem or does the problem lay elsewhere, like a lack of defensive run from the Mids or the Forwards?

I can't help but recall Doc and sMurph or Simmo berating Cripps last year for not chasing the opposition after a midfield turnover. They really gave it to him out at CHB while the opposition setup for a shot on goal. Stuck in my memory, the old blokes berating the young captain. I think from the gestures they had expected him to insert himself between CHB and FB to fill a space.

Daniel Hoyne and David King were both pretty clear on this. No defence can do much when the ball comes in so effortlessly.  I don't think they blame Plowman, and they're right, and I think the coaches will see it that way as well.

Think its been in the media recently and on this forum that apart from Weitering and Jones our other defenders dont defend very well. We seem to have got obsessed with attack and run from defense and forgotten all about a defenders primary role.
Saad is the only one capable of doing both jobs IMO.  Docherty, Plowman and Williamson couldnt guard an elephant if it was trapped in a telephone box...
We can blame mids not getting back but those three players have been poor in both games and I think the likes of Newman, Stocker and even new boy Parks might be worth a try.
You look at Richmond and their mids really dont get back or chase that hard either, they just have boring defenders like Grimes, Astbury, Balta, Vlastuin and Broad who defend well...