Malthouse on attack over Tiger tactics
By Melissa Ryan
February 19, 2005
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse last night praised the fighting spirit of his Magpies and aimed a swipe at Richmond counterpart Terry Wallace, saying Wallace's all-out attacking style was easily exploited in the last quarter as the Magpies snatched victory in the opening round of the Wizard Cup.
Richmond was 25 points up eight minutes into the final term, but Malthouse said the pressing attack of Richmond - rather than trying to adopt a more defensive attitude to ensure victory - played into the Magpies' hands. Collingwood kicked five of the next six goals and won by seven points.
"The comeback was terrific, just the never-say-die attitude is so vital in a club's test of its hunger . . ." Malthouse said.
"I think the game plan that Richmond have under their coach - and this is not a criticism, I think this is probably an asset that I certainly haven't got - I reckon when you're 25 points in front or thereabouts, I tend to think, 'Blow the siren, I'd take it'. Whereas Terry, traditionally and historically, has gone 25 (points), 'Let's go to 50', and that is breaking the back of the opposition and quite often that does take place.
"How many games are won by an extra couple of goals and you think that's really cheap goals? What it is, is just rubbing the opposition to the ground. But doing that sometimes opens up the floodgates and if you persevere long enough and things get turned around . . . then sometimes you can latch on to a couple of goals, which give you the confidence to get back or win the game."
Malthouse was pleased with star forwards Anthony Rocca and Chris Tarrant. Rocca is coming back from ankle surgery, while Tarrant has had an interrupted pre-season. "(Tarrant) taking 10 marks, he's going to be a very, very dangerous player to stop," Malthouse said.
The Pies will head to Darwin for the second week of the Wizard Cup, and with hot, humid conditions likely, Malthouse said he would be "careful" with the team to be selected.
Wallace said the Tigers had tried to save the game in the last term "and it hurt us".
"When you get that far in front you should win a game of footy and we tried to save it . . . and you learn very, very quickly that you can't save footy games," he said.
Wallace was happy with the Tigers' ability to attack and run. "We spoke about playing a bit more creative and attacking footy. With the exception of the second quarter, I thought we did that pretty well."
Defender Jay Schulz went to hospital for X-rays on his foot.
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Im happy for Wallace not to shut down shop in those situations. Id prefer us to take the aggressive attitude. We lost the game against Fremantle because we tried to save the game after half time.
I get the feeling Malthouse isnt a fan of Wallace.
By Melissa Ryan
February 19, 2005
Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse last night praised the fighting spirit of his Magpies and aimed a swipe at Richmond counterpart Terry Wallace, saying Wallace's all-out attacking style was easily exploited in the last quarter as the Magpies snatched victory in the opening round of the Wizard Cup.
Richmond was 25 points up eight minutes into the final term, but Malthouse said the pressing attack of Richmond - rather than trying to adopt a more defensive attitude to ensure victory - played into the Magpies' hands. Collingwood kicked five of the next six goals and won by seven points.
"The comeback was terrific, just the never-say-die attitude is so vital in a club's test of its hunger . . ." Malthouse said.
"I think the game plan that Richmond have under their coach - and this is not a criticism, I think this is probably an asset that I certainly haven't got - I reckon when you're 25 points in front or thereabouts, I tend to think, 'Blow the siren, I'd take it'. Whereas Terry, traditionally and historically, has gone 25 (points), 'Let's go to 50', and that is breaking the back of the opposition and quite often that does take place.
"How many games are won by an extra couple of goals and you think that's really cheap goals? What it is, is just rubbing the opposition to the ground. But doing that sometimes opens up the floodgates and if you persevere long enough and things get turned around . . . then sometimes you can latch on to a couple of goals, which give you the confidence to get back or win the game."
Malthouse was pleased with star forwards Anthony Rocca and Chris Tarrant. Rocca is coming back from ankle surgery, while Tarrant has had an interrupted pre-season. "(Tarrant) taking 10 marks, he's going to be a very, very dangerous player to stop," Malthouse said.
The Pies will head to Darwin for the second week of the Wizard Cup, and with hot, humid conditions likely, Malthouse said he would be "careful" with the team to be selected.
Wallace said the Tigers had tried to save the game in the last term "and it hurt us".
"When you get that far in front you should win a game of footy and we tried to save it . . . and you learn very, very quickly that you can't save footy games," he said.
Wallace was happy with the Tigers' ability to attack and run. "We spoke about playing a bit more creative and attacking footy. With the exception of the second quarter, I thought we did that pretty well."
Defender Jay Schulz went to hospital for X-rays on his foot.
See Here for full article
Im happy for Wallace not to shut down shop in those situations. Id prefer us to take the aggressive attitude. We lost the game against Fremantle because we tried to save the game after half time.
I get the feeling Malthouse isnt a fan of Wallace.
