What to do in games when the chips are down - Discussion

[GVGjr]

Re: What to do in games when the chips are down - Discussion

Yep and the changes were development guys on the fringe - not the senior core.

If we were a bit more successful it's actually a wonderful blueprint of promoting and developing from within but as many of have highlighted you have to wonder if bringing in some people from other clubs might help

[Scorlibo]

Re: What to do in games when the chips are down - Discussion

I said in the three things I've learned thread that the high press doesn't work if you don't have two key ingredients. 1. A completely defensive mindset and 2. Maniacal attack on the ball forward of centre.

Agree with everything you've said 1eye - but I'd add a third ingredient: goals! When the forwards don't convert from the first entry, every successive entry becomes more difficult to score from. We won the inside 50s but most of them were trashcan entries to a sea of 30 players because the forwards couldn't score from the first entry.

[Eastdog]

Re: What to do in games when the chips are down - Discussion

This thread has become relevant once again.

[SonofScray]

Re: What to do in games when the chips are down - Discussion

Here's what I'd be considering:

1. Add some length to our game, a bit more territory and focus on taking ground.
2. Manufacture intensity and emotion in the game. Two goals, fight. Repeat.
3. Go with a harder tag, earlier on. Put players in the gun like the Plough era dogs.