Re: AFL Rd 1 2025 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Richmond
Reply #213 –
can I make this observation.
Do you recall the difference Alex Silvagni made to our D50 despite being relatively limited as an AFL footballer, think of how he bettered Franklin, it obviously wasn't as a physical match.
I'm not trying to talk any players down, this is more about getting the right mix.
When Membrey, Stringer or Nankervis have a day against us, are they really "Better" players?
I do recall Alex Silvagni being handy and underrated.
As a side note, I find it interesting that Voss is now into his 4th season as senior coach, and we have no "mini me" on the list. I would think that if he believed such a player was important, he would've asked for it by now, and his wish would not, I think, have been refused.
Also, I don't think he had these types of players in his 1st stint as a senior coach at the Lions, although I make this point with a low degree of confidence, because I can't remember back that far.
The problem we have is that our game plan surrounds our better players. Nothing wrong with this, most plans tend to utilise their guns, but there is an element of lack of sustainability in our game play, and just poor execution that is indicative of tactical issues. Thing is, you can be a tactical dunce all the time, so the coach can wear some of the responsibilty for us being 41 points up, but he also has to wear the cough up that lead, and loss component (IMHO he reacted 30 mins in game too late compared to Mitchell last week against Sydney). FWIW, Sydney were storming back in, had kicked 4 in a row, and instead of sitting on his laurels after seeing Sicily taken out of the game by a defensive forward, he made an astute observation and put him forward in a tight game. the easy option is to do nothing and grind out the game.
Last week, Voss and the MC failed in that regard. JSOS should have gone forward before the game slipped away, and swapped with Kemp. That lever should have been pulled at 3/4 time if not earlier. Instead it waited until we fell behind, but the damage was already done by then as the Tigers had kicked 10 of the previous 11 goals and were very much on top. I made a lengthy post about momentum being king in todays game, not necessarily tactics.
That is a coaching issue, not recognising in game when its his turn to make a tactical adjustment to create a circuit breaker, thinking that Docherty in Lord out was enough. That is directly contributable to our loss. I understand his mentality, he thought we would win anyway without pulling that lever, but the reality is, that he thought wrong, and he and his team should really have identified that earlier. thing is, I think we swung JSOS forward and left Kemp down there, so we dont know if the change would have made a difference, but we simply crowded our forwardline which is antithesis of scoring. You need it to be open. Its a defensive tactic to flood forward, and then rely on a free, a stoppage, a hack kick (which is what our numbskulls are most proficient at) to the opposition to generate a score. Thats not winning a game of footy, thats playing to maximise your chances and satistics.
You play to win the stat sheet, and you play like.... Ange Postecoglous Tottenham side... Where did Voss spend his summer again?
Smart football. we see it far too infrequently. When you are 40 points up, you have the mental strength position. The best way to win that match from then on is not necessarily out score, or out play. Its starve the opposition of the ball. Make the ground small if your fitness is a problem, or open it up and kick it longer sticking to the boundaries. You dont have to take the game on in that position. It leads to scores against as you get burnt turning it over when everyone is too seperated. You use field position to create the conditions requiring your opposition to play precise football. Richmond are a chaos team. You play fast, you play into their hands. Did we slow the game down? Nope. We kicked long and fast inside 50. Dumb, dumb, dumb dumb. We will repeat this stupidity against Hawthorn.
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