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Brownlow Medallist
Various parts of our games are hit and miss, but the one area that seems to be a constant issue is poor kicking outside of our defensive 50.
Our defenders are doing a terrific job defending, put than are putting us on the back foot over and over again.
I've come to the conclusion that a couple of our guys are just going for way too much, way too often and missing. Most notably Corr and Shaw.
Most weeks we here about needing more dare from the back, I think at times we need less dare from those guys.
Shaw historically has been a great kick and it has made sense for him to take on tough kicks to get us going, I think over the last few years father time has caught up to him and his body can no longer do what his mind wants. I also think he is struggling with the more strict deliberate rules ( 300 games of instinct would be hard to break) and he gets caught with that unnecessarily at times.
Corr I think just takes on too much, I dont think he should take too many kicks ins, he is a reasonable kick (in fact better than that) but at times he is taking on kicks that Whitfield and Kelly would pass up as too hard. He needs to reign it in a bit.
Haynes and Keefe are both limited (Keefe more than Haynes) with their kicking, but generally play within their limitations which I think is smart, you can cop the odd turn over from them and accept that for them at times long down the line is the play.
I reckon that after Shaw and Corr turn a couple over going for too much, they dont take the reasonable risk later, and this exacerbates the earlier issue.
I think if Corr and Shaw take on less, and leave the real tough kicks to Zac and Lachie, with Ash also busting the line with run, that will improve us.
What are other people's thoughts on this?
Our defenders are doing a terrific job defending, put than are putting us on the back foot over and over again.
I've come to the conclusion that a couple of our guys are just going for way too much, way too often and missing. Most notably Corr and Shaw.
Most weeks we here about needing more dare from the back, I think at times we need less dare from those guys.
Shaw historically has been a great kick and it has made sense for him to take on tough kicks to get us going, I think over the last few years father time has caught up to him and his body can no longer do what his mind wants. I also think he is struggling with the more strict deliberate rules ( 300 games of instinct would be hard to break) and he gets caught with that unnecessarily at times.
Corr I think just takes on too much, I dont think he should take too many kicks ins, he is a reasonable kick (in fact better than that) but at times he is taking on kicks that Whitfield and Kelly would pass up as too hard. He needs to reign it in a bit.
Haynes and Keefe are both limited (Keefe more than Haynes) with their kicking, but generally play within their limitations which I think is smart, you can cop the odd turn over from them and accept that for them at times long down the line is the play.
I reckon that after Shaw and Corr turn a couple over going for too much, they dont take the reasonable risk later, and this exacerbates the earlier issue.
I think if Corr and Shaw take on less, and leave the real tough kicks to Zac and Lachie, with Ash also busting the line with run, that will improve us.
What are other people's thoughts on this?