Finals tackling - we're way behind

[Dry Rot]

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Richmond would seem like a decent example of where the supporters expectation of success has impacted negatively on the team's results, and we all know how encouraging they are of their own players.

Garry Lyon, fwiw, has a piece on the tackling of the pies (and a bit on the cats as well) intoday's HUN: http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/foo...E19742,00.html

The stats of both teams (pies and cats) were pretty impressive I reckon - I love supporting a team that tackles well, and it's ***** horrible when tackles keep on being missed and broken. Strangely enough, I reckon it was our tacking which turned around our first game of this season against the cats...

Good article. Thanks.

"It speaks volumes for the Pies' mindset, and they were awarded seven free kicks for catching the Swans in possession."

"But the Cats paid as much attention to their defensive pursuits as they did to their attacking game plan and it reduced the Kangaroos to a fumbling, uncertain rabble.

They won themselves an astounding 12 holding-the-ball free kicks against the Kangaroos, more than any other team at any other time of the year. "

[LostDoggy]

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"It speaks volumes for the Pies' mindset, and they were awarded seven free kicks for catching the Swans in possession."

About 3 of those 7 were BS.

[Dry Rot]

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About 3 of those 7 were BS.

Maybe, but the Pies players put themselves in the position to get the BS frees.

[Mantis]

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Their supporters are very different to ours. Their supporters are always talking up their players, our supporters spend most of their time slagging our players off.

I think that is taking it to the extreme.

We have 2 very diferent types of supporters. One who can see no fault in any of the players, the other very critical of the players performances.

It's ok to talk up our players, but when they consistently put in poor performances it is hard to be positive.

[Go_Dogs]

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About 3 of those 7 were BS.

And at least 5 of those paid to Geelong are in the same category. Interpretations always seem to change slightly come finals time.

[LostDoggy]

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Maybe, but the Pies players put themselves in the position to get the BS frees.

By being Collingwood players?
They are overated David.

[Dry Rot]

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By being Collingwood players?
They are overated David.

At least they can make a tackle and make it stick. Puts them miles ahead of most of ours defensively.

[Mantis]

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At least they can make a tackle and make it stick. Puts them miles ahead of most of ours defensively.

And atleast you know what you will get from Collingwood on a consistent basis. They have a crack and as a supporter that's all you really want. They play a fairly tough and uncomprimising style, which is very successful against all types.

The thing that I strange about Collingwwod is that they generally perform well against our bogey teams in Adelaide and Sydney yet struggle against us. I guess our run and carry style worries them more than the tougher one on one teams.

[Dry Rot]

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Two more finals and more great tackling NB tonight I thought that some of the Roo's tackles were turning points.

Do we have a tackling coach?

[southerncross]

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Two more finals and more great tackling NB tonight I thought that some of the Roo's tackles were turning points.

Do we have a tackling coach?

You are overrating the whole tackling thing. It's the intensity level that we need to fix more than the tackling technique. Fixing the ethic will fix the problem.

[Dry Rot]

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Watching the ferocious tackling by the Pies tonight - why can't we do that?

Now we can.

As an ex-NRL fan, I loved our tackling last night.

[Bornadog]

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The past 7 weeks we have been averaging around 70 tackles per game. Compared to the first few rounds where we were way down and only around 50 per game. Against the Saints we only laid 52 against their 78.

The intensity has lifted since the Adelaide match, especially after half time.