They had something like 20 more hit outs than us but we had one more than them to advantage. says a lot about our rucks and more so our contested ball set ups. we're still elite there.
Not really, thought it was Harry's best ruck heavy type game by some margin.
Ruck contests went about 2/3rds pitto 1/3 harry. Taps to advantage was 10 to 1 though. Harry did some work on the ground and i highlighted as much in game. But pure ruckwork he is a long way behind.
Scott spending most of his press conference talking about the goal that wasn't. "I don't want to comment.....but...." "What i think doesn't matter.....but...." "I'm not spending any time thinking about it....but....."
Ison is a smart footballer. Several times he had a quick tap rather than a gather and then be tackled.
I would really like to see him and Moir in the side together who plays with similar vision and flair. Those 2 working together could yield some magic similar to the krakour brothers from back in the day.
Listening to the ABC broadcast and they said that Carlton kept their shape and composer and did not allow Geelong the space that they like. I have not seen the game yet so would like a rundown of what they did well and how the game plan has changed or what is been executed better under Josh since he took over?
In a word.....pressure.
Players were running contest to contest. Didn't allow Geelong time to breathe.
Geelong were doing the normal 15m chip kicks to free players, the second they took the mark, there was a bloke there. Normally, they'd be trailing and casually coming to the mark. We didn't give them any time or space. As a result, they made more mistakes than they may have otherwise....some under very little pressure, but because we were constantly up in their face, they expected it and were rushed.
Cowan playing on Jezza Cameron all game was something nobody was expecting, while Jezza still kicked 3-4, Cowan won plenty of contests and allowed us to free up Weitering a bit more.
Pittonet - 26 hitouts - 10 to advantage. That is beyond elite.
I think he and Harry as a ruck duo is the best option for this team going forward. Frees up Harry and gets him into the game more. Harrys best 4 games have been the last 4 games where he has been backup ruck.
We have just leapfrogged Port on the ladder....who thanks to the bye will be a game behind and chance to catch up in a couple week when we have our bye.
