Open fwd line

[MaxHunt]

OK im not having a go here, just want some info. I only played up until under 17’s so im no master on game plans.

How is it possible that teams like Syd and the 90's kanga's can have such an open forward line? Is it because the opposition coaches are playing man-on-man and syd/90's kanga's push their players up the field and they have faith that their forwards can beat their opponents? Does this force a flow on effect and crowd the opponents forward line?

Why don’t the eagles try something similar? We aren’t scoring goals anyway and our forward 50 normal has 10 players in it and we are not great at contested marks. I think having Lynch, Ben Mck and Army bunched together in a clear forward line for them to lead into and take marks in front of their man could be effective.

[Lynch takes a mark]

Stop trying to make sence of the situation, we're tanking here.

No seriously, we move the ball extremely slowly and it allows opposition midfielders to crowd the space on us. Watch when hurn is kicking to McKinley in the forwardline (kicking from behind the wing :D ) in ther Derby (late in the first) and you will notice how much extra space there is.

Without run and carry from the backline and through the corridor we can't get an open forward line.

[MaxHunt]

ah ok. so its more to do with the use of the ball across half back and in the middle than the forward line structure?

[Big Turls]

Its the pace of the ball movement that kills us, the ball goes sideways, backwards & by the time the ball reaches our forward 50, it's to congested. Ball movement needs to be quicker & more direct. We struggle to utilise the corridor & have for a long time.

[Prem87]

We tried to push the players into our back half against Sydney and we did look very dangerous when we ran the ball through the corridor quickly and kicked it into an open forward line. We just couldnt finish off the work.

Our form during the preseason matches was so good, what happened after that?