- Sep 3, 2011
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Well picked out. I was reading that pressure and turnovers are our game now. Needs a whole of team buy-in and high skills/composure and aggressive attack when it's in our possession. In the second quarter, we saw aggressive front on attack from our defenders and mids while they tried to take the ball through our zone. Yes, if they got through, we'd probably be one on one in their forward line, but on the other wing, while we are trying to slow them/turn it over, we see the a wingman, sprinting down the ground to provide support, while at the same time, we see our small forwards, sprinting down the Centre to provide cover if they try and switch.I'm far from a tactical expert, but in the past when we won, it was heavily due to Contested Possession dominance. Usually when we won, we would lead the CP and when we lost the reverse was true. As catempire would say, it was our bellwether.
But this year we've almost seen a complete reversal of that. Of our 13 wins, only in 7 of them have we won the CP. So there is no doubt an element of the Richmond playbook (the Shaun Grigg influence?), where our game is more based on creating turnovers and hurting sides in transition. We're not as worried with the contest as much as we used to be and now focus on backing ourselves to force the turnover through our defensive structure and much improved defensive pressure, and then create our scoring opportunities through slick ball movement.