MW wrote:If you want to play down the wings, I hear Malthouse is out of work
It's not quite as simple as that I reckon. On the weekend in one game the commentator bemoaned the fact that one team had given the opposition three goals. Unwittingly, he hit the nail right on the head in regards to how Football is played today.
In the old days it was man on man and whoever created the most goals won. Now it is about set ups which force your opposition to cough up goals. So whoever squeezes the opposition to cough up the most goals wins. I believe that the reason Hawthorn are so dominant is that they have the elite kicking skills to pierce almost any zones thrown up to squeeze goals out if them.
Each year this tactic gets refined a little more, it's not as simplistic as the huddle or the flood anymore. The best coaches like Clarkson...and dare I say
It Simpson are evolving all the time. If you are still trying to play down the corridor you are going to get owned if you are too predictable,. This is what is happening at Port and Geelong I reckon. Co-incidentally, these two teams also don't have a lot of depth.
regards,
REB