Opinion Crows' woes are between the ears

[CrowBloke]

dermie commented on Geelong at half time that they had 70 tackles at half time and had 10 at same time the previous week

Good point.
A 60-tackle differential in a half of football is astonishing. That difference reflects a pronounced improvement in attitude/intent.

 

[kirky]

Salient.

Article in the Flogvertiser today pointed out that Melbourne recorded the highest Champ Data pressure rating this season against the Crows (199 points of whatever - pressures) and Norda Melbun had 193 pressures - also higher than the average for the season.

We clearly haven't coped with the pressure applied, but it has been extreme based on this season's sample. We need to get better at executing our game plan under pressure because it goes up a notch in September, but its a good test to have now rather than August.

We have the ability - remember last seasons Adel vs Sydney @ AO, the pressure for both sides was over 200 as David King made specific reference to it I seem to recall.

 

[kirky]

130 tackles is amazing, for sure.
I'm hoping the Crows show a we-must-win-this, make-it-happen attitude tonight.

If they go with same intent tonight, Brisbane will struggle to score!

 

[Simmo28]

We have the ability - remember last seasons Adel vs Sydney @ AO, the pressure for both sides was over 200 as David King made specific reference to it I seem to recall.

So between the ears!


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[CrowBloke]

Don Pyke was interviewed and this is from the article:
"Adelaide remains in top spot despite consecutive losses to North Melbourne and Melbourne over the past fortnight.
"You can sit there and probably do your head in trying to think through how that works," Pyke said of the losses.
"But in a 22-game season, you're going to have moments where you're not going to be at the level.
"And you're going to have moments where the opposition, as Melbourne did last week, came with a ferocious attitude around the ball.
"But we had that in the first six weeks. We have got the capacity. We have got to make sure we return to that and bring that on Saturday night." " (my bold emphasis)
Clearly, he's talking about attitude/mindset, and the will and intent to do it. As I type, the game is a little over an hour away.
*fingers crossed*

 

[SellarStardom]

Our tackle count is still shocking across most midfielders with the exceptions being Sloane, Greenwood and funnily enough Menzel. When you look at possession to tackle ratios these guys are clearly out in front.

Tjis emphasises that it is mental wuth 2 of tjose 3 new to the club. Brouch has a great tackle technique but isn't applying enough whilsy his brother is shocking on the ratio measure, seamingly too busy accumulating.

Deep September action will be heavily influence by our tackling capacity

 

[CrowBloke]

Deep September action will be heavily influence by our tackling capacity

Yep --- and against any other team that comes out to play like NM and Melbourne in the rest of the minor rounds.

Was anybody else not entirely convinced by our win over the Lions?
Brisbane were inept in the second half, but even they gave us some grief in the first one and a half quarters.
If they'd nailed their goalkicking it would've created scoreboard pressure on us as well as their attack on the ball.

Betts' freakish goal in the second quarter left me open-mouthed. It was the result of a triple effort!
1) he stepped in between the ball and the kicker, nullifying the kick. For mere morals, that would be enough.
2) He shepherded the ball and soccered it out from the contest a little, then
3) swooped on it and snapped (left foot, no less) while still under pressure, relegating Tom Lynch's terrific goal from the pocket to not-even-goal-of-the-match.
I'd love to see the rest of the Crows making second- and third-efforts like that

 

[jenny61_99]

Funny, isn't it? The Dogs have come out after half time looking like a different team. Scoreless, now kicked 6-4 to not much so far in Third quarter. Personnel, skill, fitness have not changed.
It's attitude/mindset.

Pyke talked about this yesterday. Said having plan a b c or d matters nought if effort isn't there. He thinks all this talk/demands of different game plans is funny. Sometimes it's a matter of tweaking what you do - doing it better - (not actually changing plans) but no amount of making structural changes is going to make an ounce of difference if effort isn't there. IMO It only takes a handful of guys to be having s**t days - the dog died, an argument with the girlfriend, a new baby ec etc. - to set the team on a downward spiral. What happens if half the team is having a bad day? See North game for results.

 

[mistylake]

Pyke talked about this yesterday. Said having plan a b c or d matters nought if effort isn't there. He thinks all this talk/demands of different game plans is funny. Sometimes it's a matter of tweaking what you do - doing it better - (not actually changing plans) but no amount of making structural changes is going to make an ounce of difference if effort isn't there. IMO It only takes a handful of guys to be having s**t days - the dog died, an argument with the girlfriend, a new baby ec etc. - to set the team on a downward spiral. What happens if half the team is having a bad day? See North game for results.

Spot on Jenny, remember a bulk of this team beat western Bulldogs in that elimination final 2015. I think we can do pressure as good as anyone, but we're not exactly reliable with bringing it at the start of games. If we can build this part of the game as the year progresses we'll be hard to beat. Mind you with the appalling umpiring most games, if you don't start well you end up with 2 opponents each week.