TOG .....same old story.

[adzarani]

Coll vs North

For those wondering how we drop games like last friday's loss to North, here's some insight into how we do it.

The main thing we do is keep nearly all of our major midfielders and forwards off the ground for at least a qtr.

TOG % (##)=Poss

Medhurst(11) 82% Harding 87%
Didak(21) 78% Wells 89%
Pendlebury(25) 76% Campbell 95%
Swan(22) 76% Grant 92%
O'Bree(18) 73% McMahon 89%
Thomas(13) 75% Harvey 94%
Burns(22) 71% Simpson 70%
Bryan (11) 61% Petrie 88%



and keep our running defensive players on the feild virtually all game unrested,

Clarke(18) 99%
H.Shaw(11) 92%
Lockyer(14) 91%
Johnson(18) 89%
R.Shaw(19) 82%

With our major attacking players not playing 85% or more of the game, but our coach basically saying "We were never in it from the start", you have to wonder what the result would have been with proper use of the 22.

MM blames the ruck performance, but has Bryan on the field for only 61% of the game. Blames our forward line's effort but has Medhurst (82%), Anthony (78%) and Thomas (75%) all off the ground for up to a whole qtr. each, while Maxwell is used up forward, and veterans Brent Harvey & Shannon Grant grind out 94% and 92% of the game respectively for North. Surely its not a fitness issue......

Yet Cloke who was getting humiliated by Firrito managed 85%, and Goldsack who also struggled was played for 88%, H.Shaw and Lockyer both played over 90% of the game on a night when they both had poor games.

When will people start to ask why this happens year after year? In the same types of game. Who stands to benifit from these rotations?

 

[Chase the Ace]

So how does that cost us a game?

And how does 'your theory' work when we win?

 

[Helfarch]

So how does that cost us a game?

And how does 'your theory' work when we win?

It would be an interesting comparison.

 

[shawthing09]

Medhurst(11) 82% Harding 87%
Didak(21) 78% Wells 89%
Pendlebury(25) 76% Campbell 95%
Swan(22) 76% Grant 92%
O'Bree(18) 73% McMahon 89%
Thomas(13) 75% Harvey 94%
Burns(22) 71% Simpson 70%
Bryan (11) 61% Petrie 88%


Didak is still working on his fitness for the midfield hence needs the rest.

Thomas still doesn't have a great tank either and after a bit of hard running can be found huffin and puffin

O'Bree and Burns are older players who more then likely need the rest

Swan runs so hard he gets a lot of bench time every game which allows him to run that hard all game

Bryan still doesn't have a great fitness base either, Wood is also needs to get a go aswell so I think 61% was about fair.

Pendles is intresting

fact of the matter is the players playing large games time are mostly the fitter players tarks, the shaw's marty etc all have exceptional tanks and probably can run out a game without much of a rest

 

[Dave The Man]

Wood does not have the Tank - He normally only plays about 60%-65% of the game if he played more he would be better for the Experince