Well, normally I would consider this a danger game for us. Now that we have a better defense, well normally, Melb did expose it, maybe Rich could too, but assuming we have our normal new grinding ability, we should be safe. In the past, sides ability to get easy out the back goals after we grind away trying to score for ten minutes was a frustration. That shouldn't happen tonight, especially with our full midfield complement in.
So what that means is we will see them just spend the whole match blocking up our forward area at all costs. We might be better off to just ping points and oofs when under heat rather than try and work it to get a good shot away. That will clear our forward area a bit and actually get a chance to get it back in there. Otherwise getting goals will be good too, as that clears the forward line best of all. Hopefully with a dominant ruckman we might get some good clearances from the center straight into the forward line to get some goals that way, against their short defense this would be a help.
Hopefully it isn't too slippery. That might help us make it more contested around the contests, which we like, but also increases the chances of slips etc letting it get outside and or over the back.
So what that means is we will see them just spend the whole match blocking up our forward area at all costs. We might be better off to just ping points and oofs when under heat rather than try and work it to get a good shot away. That will clear our forward area a bit and actually get a chance to get it back in there. Otherwise getting goals will be good too, as that clears the forward line best of all. Hopefully with a dominant ruckman we might get some good clearances from the center straight into the forward line to get some goals that way, against their short defense this would be a help.
Hopefully it isn't too slippery. That might help us make it more contested around the contests, which we like, but also increases the chances of slips etc letting it get outside and or over the back.
