Phantom Gossiper wrote:Rik E Boy wrote:Never mind Sando solving the Port riddle, that was done in Alice Springs by Paul Roos. Port were on fire when they played the Demons but took a fair while to shake the persistent bastards off. Since then a few teams have tried the same tactic, including Adelaide. It will be interesting to see how Kinkley reacts in the coaches box.
Some reactions to the Bombers loss suggest that this game was lost at selection when they brought in smalls for bigs.
regards,
REB
I would actually go as far as to say that North Melb Rd 3 showed the way. They ground down Port with their defensive pressure and didn't allow their outside runners the space and freedom to run. As a result Ports skill exectution was also poor, they looked tired in the last quarter and ended up losing the game.
Losing Gus in the 2nd quarter and having a half fit Chad Wingard for most of the 2nd half contributed more to our lack of run and fitness than North's pressure that day (taking nothing away from the way north played I might add). I reckon REB is right on the money- Melbourne showed the comp how to knock us off and the sides with higher skill level have been able to execute.
Are port being exploited in the coaches box? Are we being exploited due to injuries to key players? Are we being exploited at the selection table?
Probably a mix of all 3 I think.
Just have to back Kenny and the boys in to arrest the slump- fingers crossed that by 4pm sunday afternoon we have our season momentarily back on track.