Xhoquelin
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- Dec 4, 2016
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G'day guys, against Adelaide the Dees setup in a pretty noticeable forward press after any behind/kick out on the full, with two rows of 3 inside forward 50 defending kick-ins.
Honestly I was not a huge fan of the tactic; any time the Crows got it to Milera they basically ran right through it, and given the dimensions of the footy ground, covering that 50m circle with only 6 guys seems quite tough for me. However, let's be honest ball use is pretty abysmal at AFL level these days, and most defenders will take the conservative kick long down the line vs a stoppage, rather than try thread the needle(although I believe Geelong, Brisbane, Sydney in particular have the weaponry coming out of defence to dissect the forward press. It certainly worked vs Adelaide as long as Milera wasn't kicking(and in a H&A season game we would 100% send a tagger to Milera he is too good with ball in hand anyway).
Are there any other teams that still use the forward press? Iirc Richmond used it quite well in 2017; most teams these days really value forward 50 pressure, but I was more under the assumption you setup the forward press once you have a stoppage inside 50, not so much vs kick ins where the first kick is uncontested.
And from any teams that have used it in the past, what are the strengths/weaknesses of the system? I'm guessing you need a fair bit of forward 6 mobility to apply a press; Dees probably are about middle of the road there.TMac, Jacko, Brown are all fairly mobile talls, and Kozzy is a pest, but Fritsch Hannan don't lay a whole lot of F50 tackles. As for weaknesses I am worried about us burning out if we try this system for a whole season; I guess that's where a guy like Tom Mcdonald, Alex Neal Bullen, Ed Langdon and Adam Tomlinson really come into play with their running capacity.
Honestly I was not a huge fan of the tactic; any time the Crows got it to Milera they basically ran right through it, and given the dimensions of the footy ground, covering that 50m circle with only 6 guys seems quite tough for me. However, let's be honest ball use is pretty abysmal at AFL level these days, and most defenders will take the conservative kick long down the line vs a stoppage, rather than try thread the needle(although I believe Geelong, Brisbane, Sydney in particular have the weaponry coming out of defence to dissect the forward press. It certainly worked vs Adelaide as long as Milera wasn't kicking(and in a H&A season game we would 100% send a tagger to Milera he is too good with ball in hand anyway).
Are there any other teams that still use the forward press? Iirc Richmond used it quite well in 2017; most teams these days really value forward 50 pressure, but I was more under the assumption you setup the forward press once you have a stoppage inside 50, not so much vs kick ins where the first kick is uncontested.
And from any teams that have used it in the past, what are the strengths/weaknesses of the system? I'm guessing you need a fair bit of forward 6 mobility to apply a press; Dees probably are about middle of the road there.TMac, Jacko, Brown are all fairly mobile talls, and Kozzy is a pest, but Fritsch Hannan don't lay a whole lot of F50 tackles. As for weaknesses I am worried about us burning out if we try this system for a whole season; I guess that's where a guy like Tom Mcdonald, Alex Neal Bullen, Ed Langdon and Adam Tomlinson really come into play with their running capacity.