Fwd 50 entries

[anthony_13]

Great game, great win.. bit lucky but we got the win!
One of the things I noticed is the way we enter our fwd 50.. most of the time we are long bombing it in, hoping from Bruce or Roo to take a spectacular contested mark. Melbourne hardly got the ball inside their fwd 50 but when they did, it was a chip in to a lead. We rarely have this and hopefully we'll be able to do this cause if you watch teams like Hawthorn, this is how Gunston and Breust get their set shots.

[SainterK]

Mind you, roos went the uber flood in the last, well except for the last 30 seconds

[Toy Saint]

Great game, great win.. bit lucky but we got the win!
One of the things I noticed is the way we enter our fwd 50.. most of the time we are long bombing it in, hoping from Bruce or Roo to take a spectacular contested mark. Melbourne hardly got the ball inside their fwd 50 but when they did, it was a chip in to a lead. We rarely have this and hopefully we'll be able to do this cause if you watch teams like Hawthorn, this is how Gunston and Breust get their set shots.

For the most part our forwards are running back toward the goal, they are not leading up the ground away from the goals.

[SaintWal]

Uber flood correct and we plugged all the holes as well after hogan got away early with the good leads. They stopped our switch as well which really meant we had to bomb long. Need to work on a late switch or similar as doing it in the back line is predictable and gives to much time for opposition to adjust

[Sainternist]

Uber flood correct and we plugged all the holes as well after hogan got away early with the good leads. They stopped our switch as well which really meant we had to bomb long. Need to work on a late switch or similar as doing it in the back line is predictable and gives to much time for opposition to adjust

Exactly. I thought Paul Roos' coaching was why it became such a close game. At the same time, I detest that style of game he enforces. It's an abomination on the game. A shame Melbourne got him as their coach. Their fans are in for plenty of watching the paint dry action.

[SaintWal]

Uber flood correct and we plugged all the holes as well after hogan got away early with the good leads. They stopped our switch as well which really meant we had to bomb long. Need to work on a late switch or similar as doing it in the back line is predictable and gives to much time for opposition to adjust

Exactly. I thought Paul Roos' coaching was why it became such a close game. At the same time, I detest that style of game he enforces. It's an abomination on the game. A shame Melbourne got him as their coach. Their fans are in for plenty of watching the paint dry action.

Talking to my brother in law who is demons fan he feels the same way. I said to him that Roos brings structure and solid defense as the core, which any good team has, Hawks freo and even us under Lyon. Unusually he will step away before stage two of the development see them become an all round side. That will be the attacking flare that they only show glimpses of at the moment. They will be s good team and he has given them a fantastic defensive building block

[saintjake]

Bruce at times looked spent when he was running around in the ruck, and Roo hurt his leg in the last. But I'm with you, the last quarter was frustrating and stressful to say the least.
Bruce has been dropping marks over the past 3 or so weeks which doesn't help. I really hope we can sort out the ruck situation that means Bruce can just stay forward.
He's equal 5th (I think) in the Coleman, why don't we just let him dominate as a forward instead of risking him in the ruck.

[Bruce G McAbee]

Sometimes I think we take to long to kick into the forward line, that chaos kick works more times than you think. It won us the game. I do like Membrey, he reminds a bit of Hammil, and not the two weeks bit, but he crashes packs. Which really brings guys like Lonie etc into the game for crumbing goals.

[stkfc1]

Bruce at times looked spent when he was running around in the ruck, and Roo hurt his leg in the last. But I'm with you, the last quarter was frustrating and stressful to say the least.
Bruce has been dropping marks over the past 3 or so weeks which doesn't help. I really hope we can sort out the ruck situation that means Bruce can just stay forward.
He's equal 5th (I think) in the Coleman, why don't we just let him dominate as a forward instead of risking him in the ruck.

Reckon the break has come just in time for Bruce. Think he was starting to run out of petrol tickets over the last few weeks. We must remember hes just a kid in his first year as a key forward in the AFL. He'll come back better after the break ,have few more good games, and probably run out of puff again by Round 18. Another pre season or two will turn him into a monster that can run all day. Good times ahead!

[FQF]

It is a deliberate tactic to allow for crumbing goals and it has worked well for us many times this year. Richo did say in his presser (if my memory serves me) that we overplayed that tactic this week when it wasn't working.

But with guys like Lonie, Billings, Schneider, Sinclair, Mav, Minch etc. all providing both goal crumbing ability and the defensive lockdown, the tactic makes sense for the team we put on the park. It might not look pretty, but it is kicking us competitive (and sometimes winning) scores.

[spert]

Bruce at times looked spent when he was running around in the ruck, and Roo hurt his leg in the last. But I'm with you, the last quarter was frustrating and stressful to say the least.
Bruce has been dropping marks over the past 3 or so weeks which doesn't help. I really hope we can sort out the ruck situation that means Bruce can just stay forward.
He's equal 5th (I think) in the Coleman, why don't we just let him dominate as a forward instead of risking him in the ruck.

I think the opposition coaches have worked out that Bruce can be a handy goal kicker and are now playing him more attention- he is not getting as much space or as many clean possessions now as he was weeks back when he was kicking more goals. If I was coaching I would open up the forward line a lot more, as the other day it looked all too congested with Bruce, Roo and Membrey in there as targets.

[plugger66]

Bruce at times looked spent when he was running around in the ruck, and Roo hurt his leg in the last. But I'm with you, the last quarter was frustrating and stressful to say the least.
Bruce has been dropping marks over the past 3 or so weeks which doesn't help. I really hope we can sort out the ruck situation that means Bruce can just stay forward.
He's equal 5th (I think) in the Coleman, why don't we just let him dominate as a forward instead of risking him in the ruck.

I think the opposition coaches have worked out that Bruce can be a handy goal kicker and are now playing him more attention- he is not getting as much space or as many clean possessions now as he was weeks back when he was kicking more goals. If I was coaching I would open up the forward line a lot more, as the other day it looked all too congested with Bruce, Roo and Membrey in there as targets.

Unfortunately our coach has an opposition coach. I think what are saying has been thought about by an under 9's coach so I think our coaches would be on top of that.

[Teflon]

Uber flood correct and we plugged all the holes as well after hogan got away early with the good leads. They stopped our switch as well which really meant we had to bomb long. Need to work on a late switch or similar as doing it in the back line is predictable and gives to much time for opposition to adjust

Exactly. I thought Paul Roos' coaching was why it became such a close game. At the same time, I detest that style of game he enforces. It's an abomination on the game. A shame Melbourne got him as their coach. Their fans are in for plenty of watching the paint dry action.

Yes that Roos game style will never get success....!??
Get a clue

[Legendary]

When we are playing the style Richo likes, we are moving the ball into a relatively clear F50, with one-on-ones or crumbers running onto it.

We actually missed Sinclair, Schneider and Billings on the weekend - all 3 are half-forwards who use the ball very well, and we missed their clean disposal and good decision making in the front half.

[spert]

Bruce at times looked spent when he was running around in the ruck, and Roo hurt his leg in the last. But I'm with you, the last quarter was frustrating and stressful to say the least.
Bruce has been dropping marks over the past 3 or so weeks which doesn't help. I really hope we can sort out the ruck situation that means Bruce can just stay forward.
He's equal 5th (I think) in the Coleman, why don't we just let him dominate as a forward instead of risking him in the ruck.

I think the opposition coaches have worked out that Bruce can be a handy goal kicker and are now playing him more attention- he is not getting as much space or as many clean possessions now as he was weeks back when he was kicking more goals. If I was coaching I would open up the forward line a lot more, as the other day it looked all too congested with Bruce, Roo and Membrey in there as targets.

Unfortunately our coach has an opposition coach. I think what are saying has been thought about by an under 9's coach so I think our coaches would be on top of that.

Maybe we need an under 9s coach to help in that area?

[Sainternist]

Uber flood correct and we plugged all the holes as well after hogan got away early with the good leads. They stopped our switch as well which really meant we had to bomb long. Need to work on a late switch or similar as doing it in the back line is predictable and gives to much time for opposition to adjust

Exactly. I thought Paul Roos' coaching was why it became such a close game. At the same time, I detest that style of game he enforces. It's an abomination on the game. A shame Melbourne got him as their coach. Their fans are in for plenty of watching the paint dry action.

Yes that Roos game style will never get success....!??
Get a clue

I didn't say that, you nincompoop. He brought Sydney plenty of success. But boy, they were a boring team to watch, and still are, since Longmire is the same style of coach.

The Saints faithful complained endlessly over RL's coaching strategies and that took us to playing in grand finals. I remember one match where we were winning by 12 goals or more and in the last minutes, our players started playing keeping's off and the team was soundly booed by our own supporters. I'm so pleased Richo is resorting to that rubbish. Another era of RL brand footy would almost drive me away from attending matches.