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Nailed it. All sizzle and no steak.It’s the game style we play that limits our progress. it’s team defence and clever passing at the expense of learning to play tough man-on-man football.
It’s ok to guard grass or kick to space, but at some stage you need to beat an opponent.
We select players who are not good man-on-man, so when we play good teams like Melbourne or Richmond we look good in patches but when the game needs to be won fail miserably.
It’s the total opposite of our 2016 team. Bevo has taken us 180 degrees since then. He inherited McCartneys style and added his own. They complimented each other perfectly. Since then we lost the contested edge and have not been the same since. TBH unless he changes, I can’t see him taking us any further.