Kick To Kick????

[maccas_no1]

Im really baffled by this tactic in the last 10mins of the game last night, the game was won we had a 10 goal lead there was no threat to losing the game, so why didnt we run the game out, attack and continue to play good footy right to the end???

Have I missed something?? I understood why they did it towards the end of the 3rd 1/4, but the last 1/4 when the game wasnt in danger confuses me.

It was the only disapointment of an otherwise fanatstic game last night, and it is just boring and frustrating to watch and every time we did it we eventually turned the ball over.

Can someone explain this a little clearer to me if Im not on the money

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Agree 100%. Boring and pointless end to an otherwise great game.

I assume we are rehearsing the tactic for later in the season if we find ourselves a kick or two ahead deep in the last quarter. I hate this attitude.

It reminds me of one of Port's choke years when they employed similar tactics against Melbourne at AAMI Stadium. They had the game in the bag and then chipped it around for the last 5 minutes. Williams said afterwards that they were practising the tactic in case they found themselves with a narrow lead deep into a final.

If you want some match-simulation why not rehearse that you're 3 goals down deep into the last quarter and need to conjure some goals despite the tired legs? We all know why Port didn't do this - they didn't even consider the possibility that they might be behind. They were minor premiers. It was their destiny...

 

[NikkiNoo]

Doggies had kicked the first 4 goals of the quarter and had a little run going, so we held them up a bit to break their momentum which is how the doggies like to play the game.

 

[relapse]

Im really baffled by this tactic in the last 10mins of the game last night, the game was won we had a 10 goal lead there was no threat to losing the game, so why didnt we run the game out, attack and continue to play good footy right to the end???

Have I missed something?? I understood why they did it towards the end of the 3rd 1/4, but the last 1/4 when the game wasnt in danger confuses me.

It was the only disapointment of an otherwise fanatstic game last night, and it is just boring and frustrating to watch and every time we did it we eventually turned the ball over.

Can someone explain this a little clearer to me if Im not on the money

I honestly think that the boys started to tire a bit in the last and bullies got a bit of a run by kicking a couple of unanswered goals so Adelaide decided to start slowing up the game to stifle their run on and to just run out the game. Sydney do it to perfection we are slowly getting there. Its not pretty to watch but its effective.

 

[NikkiNoo]

I honestly think that the boys started to tire a bit in the last and bullies got a bit of a run by kicking a couple of unanswered goals so Adelaide decided to start slowing up the game to stifle their run on and to just run out the game. Sydney do it to perfection we are slowly getting there. Its not pretty to watch but its effective.

spot on relapse - this is football not gymnastics - you don't get points for looking pretty during the game, you get 4 points when the final siren ends and you have the higher score.

 

[Mad Dog]

I agree with relapse - I think it's more of a fatigue issue.

It's as frustrating as hell because I thought if we continued to attack we would win by 90 points.

The danger is that 1 skill error normally brings a goal for the opposition

 

[maccas_no1]

I agree with relapse - I think it's more of a fatigue issue.

It's as frustrating as hell because I thought if we continued to attack we would win by 90 points.

The danger is that 1 skill error normally brings a goal for the opposition

But the thing was MD that when we turned the ball over the few times we did it, it resulted in Bulldogs goals.

So is because it is early in the season we have issues with running out the game?????

I think at the right time when a game is close in the last quarter, yes do it then, but to have a 60pt lead and start slowing the game down when the game was never in danger of being lost is pointless.

 

[-VC-]

I guess if the players are tired and they're slowing the game down then skill errors are still likely and are much more damning. If we are attacking the skill errors are more likely but not necessarily as damaging because they won't necessarily result in a goal. Slowing it down puts everyone on their heels and you can't possibly be ready for a counter attack after you turn over because you're not at all set up for it.

I understand how tired the players can get, but frankly I think they need to suck it up and realise that the last five minutes of the game might be three goals all rather than only three goals against.

 

[Alex99]

I honestly think that the boys started to tire a bit in the last and bullies got a bit of a run by kicking a couple of unanswered goals so Adelaide decided to start slowing up the game to stifle their run on and to just run out the game. Sydney do it to perfection we are slowly getting there. Its not pretty to watch but its effective.

One of the commentators on Fox said something about the Western Bulldogs players finishing of the game stronger then the Crows, it went something like “it’s no wonder a team can have a lot run in the last 10 mins of a game and half a tank left when they only play at half the other teams intensity”

The bulldogs didn’t match out intensity during the first ¾ of the game and when the game was basically over they shown some spirit.

We took the foot of there throat and they showed something, I don’t think it anything to do with us lacking a quality fitness base.

 

[maccas_no1]

One of the commentators on Fox said something about the Western Bulldogs players finishing of the game stronger then the Crows, it went something like “it’s no wonder a team can have a lot run in the last 10 mins of a game and half a tank left when they only play at half the other teams intensity”

The bulldogs didn’t match out intensity during the first ¾ of the game and when the game was basically over they shown some spirit.

We took the foot of there throat and they showed something, I don’t think it anything to do with us lacking a quality fitness base.

Why take the 'foot off the throat' when we should be putting it down harder

 

[jmorg1]

Ricciuto was saying on SEN that, with two players out with injury, the players on the field were tired towards the end and cramping up. Might have something to do with it.

 

[RoosterLad]

We only had 20 fit players in the second half and the boys worked their arses off to get into the position they were in, they were knackered. I'm sure plenty of Menz choc snakes were consumed after the game.

 

[Stephen2]

I can attest from watching live the boys were stuffed. It was a bit annoying, the forwards didn't move, seriously..

Oh, and one funny thing I noticed, when the ball was approaching the forwardline, Griffin - playing as a forward - would be following his man! LOL, it's called making a lead and losing the defender!! Haha..

Yeah, we ran out of legs... Worry? Probably not, injured players, and early in the season still.

 

[fightingdreamer88]

In the back of my mind I get the feeling that maybe this was because of Shirley coming off? I didn't notice he was injured, but is it possible that because that would have left a Doggie mid without a hard tag, that they started to find a bit more of the footy? It's concerning me just a bit.

On the fatigue bit, that's probably not a cause for concern. Modifications were made to our fitness program to avoid a fade out a la last year, which likely results in a slow start to the year.

 

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But the thing was MD that when we turned the ball over the few times we did it, it resulted in Bulldogs goals.

So is because it is early in the season we have issues with running out the game?????

I think at the right time when a game is close in the last quarter, yes do it then, but to have a 60pt lead and start slowing the game down when the game was never in danger of being lost is pointless.

Nah what it is I believe is that we had a 60 point lead in an away game. We have a tough game next week and the bullies were always going to hit back so we did that to run out the game instead of battling it out with the bullies in the last quarter and doing more than we needed to.

 

[macca23]

I can attest from watching live the boys were stuffed. It was a bit annoying, the forwards didn't move, seriously..

Oh, and one funny thing I noticed, when the ball was approaching the forwardline, Griffin - playing as a forward - would be following his man! LOL, it's called making a lead and losing the defender!! Haha..

Yeah, we ran out of legs... Worry? Probably not, injured players, and early in the season still.

We were stuffed - no question about that.

Just for the benefit of Drummond, who is always uptight if a player who is playing well is rotated off the ground, this clearly illustrates why there is a rotation policy in all teams.

We were down 2 interchange players which meant that we could only rotate 2 players not 4. As a result most of our players were gone physically with about a third of the last quarter to go - hence the 4 goals that the doggies got late.