Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

[bulldogtragic]

Superstition, I'm not changing anything I've done the last two weeks. How do we strategise a win in our preliminary final?

Last time Shaw slaughtered us. So send Clay Smith or Liam Picken to him?

Their forward line will have two very good smalls plus Patton, Cameron & Lobb. Do we need to add an extra tall defender or an extra ruck in a horses for courses selection?

Do we need to have Tom Boyd more forward to stretch their defence?

Who are they guys we need to shut down? For the last two weeks we've been able to shutdown opposition prime movers and working off them.

How do we nullify their the run & carry, and impact their elite foot skills?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

When we played them at spotless earlier this year:

15.8 to 10.13 - So we generated the same amount of scoring shots, but lost by 25 points.
They had 60 more kicks. 30 more uncontested possessions. 60 more marks. 30 more tackles including 17 more tackles inside 50. They only had a slight hitout advantage against Camhead.

Cameron kicked 5, Green kicked 3 & Johnson (suspended now) kicked 2. The rest were singles. Shaw had 38 possession, of which 36 were kicks and had 14 marks.

[westbulldog]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Shaw must not be allowed to run around unmarked and set up their attack from defence. It was so frustrating watching this happen last time, he is not that good people.

[comrade]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Don't kick points and let Shaw do that little kick to himself. That stat padding BS ****s me to tears.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Our team is stronger now. There were 8 changes to the team last night compared to when we played GWS. The team is below how we lined up last time against them.


B
Kieran Collins,
Fletcher Roberts,
Jed Adcock
.

HB
Shane Biggs,
Dale Morris,
Easton Wood
.

C
Lachie Hunter,
Tom Liberatore,
Tory Dickson
.

HF
Caleb Daniel,
Jake Stringer,
Koby Stevens
.

F
Luke Dahlhaus,
Tom Campbell,
Mitch Wallis
.

Fol
Jordan Roughead,
Jack Macrae,
Marcus Bontempelli
.

I/C
Toby McLean,
Bailey Williams,
Liam Picken,
Lin Jong

[westdog54]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

So we've got an entirely new backline, plus Dunkley, Tom Boyd and Clay Smith, all of whom have been superb in this finals series so far.

Looking purely at the backline, JJ, M Boyd and Hamling is a monumental improvement on what we sent up to Sydney last time.

We structure up the way we have over the last fortnight and we go a long way to curbing Shaw's influence.

[EasternWest]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

So we've got an entirely new backline, plus Dunkley, Tom Boyd and Clay Smith, all of whom have been superb in this finals series so far.

Looking purely at the backline, JJ, M Boyd and Hamling is a monumental improvement on what we sent up to Sydney last time.

We structure up the way we have over the last fortnight and we go a long way to curbing Shaw's influence.

I love his willingness to be physical. He's still got a ways to go, but he's most definitely doing his bit.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Simple things will give us a real show...

be harder at the ball, control the stoppages, win the contested footy, TAG Shaw, don't miss set shots from 30.

[Bornadog]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Bevo said today on SEN that GWS plays a very similar game to Hawthorn, and last night was like a practise on how will play GWS. He did concede that since we last played them they have added a bit of contested footy to their style.

[jeemak]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Sydney in week one of the finals were insipid and didn't give a whimper to the GWS intensity compared to their usual standards. If we bring anything similar to what we have these past two weeks in terms of intensity then GWS won't know what's hit them.

The ground should be a lot easier to defend in terms of closing down space, but we can be exposed easily if we get caught ball watching or defending too high.

[comrade]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Sydney also lost a couple of key players and their best inside mid was knocked out early.

My hope is we literally blitz them with inhuman pressure and stress them to the point they implode.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Shaw and Williams off half back must be stopped .
Mantain the rage

[MrMahatma]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

So we've got an entirely new backline, plus Dunkley, Tom Boyd and Clay Smith, all of whom have been superb in this finals series so far.

Looking purely at the backline, JJ, M Boyd and Hamling is a monumental improvement on what we sent up to Sydney last time.
.

Suckling too.

Our line up is monumentally better and in better form than last time. It'll be a very different game of footy.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Picken on Heath Shaw seems the go. Can be very tight defensively, but can also expose Shaw, especially overhead and toughness in the contest.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Strategising a Win Against GWS - Preliminary Final 2016

Picken on Heath Shaw seems the go. Can be very tight defensively, but can also expose Shaw, especially overhead and toughness in the contest.

I like it. Picken has 5 goals in two finals so far so this should be some pressure on Shaw & Leon Cameron.