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Have you noticed a difference in Freo's gameplan compared with 2013?

David King has:

Lyon has done away with the chip, chip football off half-back. In 2013 they averaged 60 marks in the defensive half, but that has been slashed to just 41 this season. It is a massive reduction as they look to inject more speed into their offence.
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...longawaited-flag/story-fni5ezm8-1226873962260

I'm interested to know if anyone here has spotted any other significant differences aimed at addressing our 2 goal deficit.

Discuss...
 
It is very early in the season to claim that trends have changed - all this talk of averages when we've played 2 games is very premature...
 

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I don't think there's a lot going on here other than a natural progression of what we can do with improved skills.You don't score without the pill,so you need to be elite in hunting it and retaining it.Our footskills and running power are now reaching a level where we can execute a more incisive version of the gameplan.Previously ball retention was paramount and we've now got that covered and move on to rapid,offensive ball retention.
It's evolution not revolution.
 
Didn't they say something about getting the "extra two goals a game" with quick movement? So straight from the backline to the forward line, through the guts. Which makes sense. I mean Michael Johnson and Duff are the kind of half backs you want, the ones who have enough balance to be midfielders and beautiful long kicks. Plus guys like Spurr aren't too bad. Dawson is a total gamble; he'll either wreck a ten metre kick or lace out some 65 metre pearler.

But yeah, you can see it a bit. But flogging Collingwood and a game against the Suns in the rain aren't going to show it.
 
one thing I've noticed us doing is shifting the opposition zone and then having the receiving player moving against the direction of play allowing us to open up the other side of the ground with the switch. This means we can move the ball quicker.

ie- we are moving the ball from fb to the left hbf shifting the opposition zone to the lhs of the ground, the player that is receiving the ball is moving left to right, against the opposition zone movement. The zone shifting has opened up the rhs of the ground for a quick transition. walters, deboer, ballantyne and the forward resting midfielder are already moving to be the next link and all of a sudden we have moved the ball around the zone and have an open forward line.

Another thing we are doing (which isn't new as such) is our fast centre breaks, sand is tapping it to the fyfe or mundy on the move (generally the fife) who is moving towards the rhs of the ground and getting a fast deep kick into the forward line, our forwards are starting on this side of their opponent and have the split second head start which is all they need. Pavlich in particular is on the receiving end. The commentators say correctly that he is smart playing in front, but he is also lining up on that side of his opponent. You can see at the game that the forwards will all have either their left or right hand up before the bounce. the ball generally goes that way unless we don't get a clean break.

Also- we are the best in the league at the quarterback set up, we don't commit to many numbers to the immediate contest and instead have a chain of players just behind the contest. the intention is to move the ball backwards quickly, as the ball is moved away from the contest the possession is getting cleaner and cleaner before ending in the hands of johnson or duffield, muddy or hill.
 
also i think we look at the defensive edge of the centre square as being the most important position of the ground. own this area and we can transition the ball through the corridor and force the opposition to bring the ball into the forward line around the boundaries. this is why you'll see our opponents taking their shots from wide angles- the collingwood game was a good examine of this.
 
We've come out twice talking down big changes in game plan

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2014-04-02/not-a-focus-to-kick-play-on-more-mundy

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2014-03-15/no-new-ross-lyon-says-johnson

Looking at how we finished last season and some of the scores we kicked I'd agree we haven't changed that much.

Port - 134
Dees - 133
GWS - 157
Carlton - 116
WC - 121 & 108
Even traditionally low scoring finals we managed 87 against the cats and 99 against the swans. The common factor in all those games was Pav, even if he isn't kicking big bags he makes a contest frees up the other forwards, and just has a huge flow on effect. We only scored over 100 in 2 games without Pav
 
Definitely using the corridor more often.

Less kick outs to the wing after a behind and more up the guts type footy.

I like.
 
The reduction in defensive marks may be a result of our second game being played in a monsoon
 

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Bender571 said:
We've come out twice talking down big changes in game plan

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2014-04-02/not-a-focus-to-kick-play-on-more-mundy

http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/2014-03-15/no-new-ross-lyon-says-johnson

Looking at how we finished last season and some of the scores we kicked I'd agree we haven't changed that much.

Port - 134
Dees - 133
GWS - 157
Carlton - 116
WC - 121 & 108
Even traditionally low scoring finals we managed 87 against the cats and 99 against the swans. The common factor in all those games was Pav, even if he isn't kicking big bags he makes a contest frees up the other forwards, and just has a huge flow on effect. We only scored over 100 in 2 games without Pav
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I'm not expecting to see any big changes. More likely it will be the minor, more subtle changes which are more difficult to see. Hence my reason for starting the thread.
 

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such is fyfe said:
also i think we look at the defensive edge of the centre square as being the most important position of the ground. own this area and we can transition the ball through the corridor and force the opposition to bring the ball into the forward line around the boundaries. this is why you'll see our opponents taking their shots from wide angles- the collingwood game was a good examine of this.
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http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/fremantle-formula-frustrates-foes-20140619-zsf9p.html

couple of months later. article doesn't state what I mentioned but does show the effects of forcing opponents wide and to have rushed shots
 
such is fyfe said:
http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/fremantle-formula-frustrates-foes-20140619-zsf9p.html

couple of months later. article doesn't state what I mentioned but does show the effects of forcing opponents wide and to have rushed shots
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Nice one. Thanks for the link. :thumbsu:

It's been interesting to watch in the last few weeks oppo teams (notably WB and Richmond) pushing their defenders way too far forward. It makes it so easy for us to score over the back. The better teams won't allow this though. North Melbourne did it quite well, particularly late in the game, which IMO was one of the reasons the scores dried up for us.
 
I stopped reading when he said it wasn't pretty to watch, errr except that was right at the end. Good find.
 
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