Who plays on Eddie Betts?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

We lose the drive out of HBF if Murphy plays a lock down role. We need Murph to be creative and get the backline moving.

I think we should have Biggs on him. Tough ask but he has been in good form, as long as he doesn't try and short pass.

This is a fair point, but I think the flip side is to say Bob will still run off, whether he's on Betts or anyone. What he then does is force Betts to chase, leave the 50 and get out of his comfort zone.

By running off a guy like Betts we may concede 1 or 2 if we turn it over quickly, but I'll back Bob in to create more than that and mess with their structures in the process.

I reckon Bevo's defensive setups are as much about destabilising opposition structures as they are about traditional one on one stopping.

[Mantis]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

I'm hoping we try and free Wood up as much as we can.. His ability to take intercept marks could be a real key.

Happy for Boyd to follow Lynch around.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

I'm hoping we try and free Wood up as much as we can.. His ability to take intercept marks could be a real key.

Happy for Boyd to follow Lynch around.

We must free up at least 2 of Wood/Boyd/Bob. No point in going with a small backline and then being cautious.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

Somebody please.

[F'scary]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

No-one.

[comrade]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

Wood seemed to have him from the start which backfired. Should have moved Moz onto him after his first goal, in hindsight. Got them up and going.

That goal in the dying seconds of the 3rd really hurt.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

There aren't many players like him, but Betts is one of the problems with team defence. Working back tonight, our blokes were too often caught up with where their fellow defenders were and adhering to the structure, which meant Betts was often able to find himself in far too much space.

This was always going to be what he tried to do, and I'm not sure we had a sufficient plan in place to counter it.

[Ozza]

Re: Who plays on Eddie Betts?

Wood seemed to have him from the start which backfired. Should have moved Moz onto him after his first goal, in hindsight. Got them up and going.

That goal in the dying seconds of the 3rd really hurt.

Morris was definitely standing him at the start. Wood had Cameron.