Turnovers

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Has been a pet peeve of mine for some time.

This isn't about our turnovers, although we can burn the ball with the best of them, I'm talking about forcing them.

Our ability to create a turnover is without a doubt the worst in the league. Always caught sagging off a man, very little pressure on the ball carrier. We allow teams eon's to possess the ball in general play, often hitting 20-25m passes all the way up the field. The only way we seem to win the ball back is from an error from the opposition and not anything proactively done by our players.

God help us against Hawthorn.

 

[King Corey]

Has been a pet peeve of mine for some time.

This isn't about our turnovers, although we can burn the ball with the best of them, I'm talking about forcing them.

Our ability to create a turnover is without a doubt the worst in the league. Always caught sagging off a man, very little pressure on the ball carrier. We allow teams eon's to possess the ball in general play, often hitting 20-25m passes all the way up the field. The only way we seem to win the ball back is from an error from the opposition and not anything proactively done by our players.

God help us against Hawthorn.

My favourite non-turnover is the opposition player fumbling or falling over still having space and time to regroup and deliver. That's obviously on the rare occasion when one of our blokes doesn't collapse into the fumbler's back.

 

[GarnerSmash]

Under instruction to sag back when we lose possession to get numbers behind the ball and force a turn over deep in our D50, hence our generally efficiency in keeping opposition to low scoring rates once we concede an I50. Failure to cover all areas of the defensive half, like on the weekend, allows for opposition to switch with little pressure and ultimately spreads our defenders inside 50 on the switched to side of the ground. I think our lack of real pace through the middle of the park has hurt us defensively by forcing this change in method as we are not very good at covering an overlap further up ground, so we try to soak up the pressure deeper.

Ultimately this type of set up requires strict discipline and tactical awareness, as well as consistent effort, which we just don't seem to be getting on a consistent basis.