1. Collingwood enjoyed 3% better disposal than us. Most of that was fluffing around in their backline while we covered their exits. This was probably playing to their strengths for 3/4 of the game, to very little advantage, other than they missed a few easy shots.perfectionist wrote: ↑Mon 17 Apr 2023 11:05pm 1. Collingwood are more skillful than us. Both their kicking and handball under pressure was better. This can, and must be, worked on.
2. We looked like we were going at 90% for most of the game - except for the last 5 minutes. Dunno why.
3. We failed to make use of our ruck advantage. There was a seeming disconnect between RoMa and the rest of the onballers for too many ball-ups.
4. We made too many unforced errors. There were 10 really bad ones, but that's enough to lose a tight game.
5. There were a few holding the ball decisions that were hard to fathom.
6. It's hard to cover crucial loses due to injury forever.
The good news was that we lost by a goal, which might have been a draw if a hack kick in the last 30 seconds had gone to one of three Saints players rather than the single Collingwood player, none of whom had a chance to move. It's something that, no doubt, was not lost on either team.
2. I agree, we looked like we were pacing ourselves. Collingwood brought their defensive wall up the field and made us go around or over. We have been cutting through with pace and seemed to stall on this until the last quarter.
3. We won the hit outs by 6, we won the clearances by 6. We don't have a mid field advantage.
4. It was a high pressure game between two very good defensive units. Collingwood only enjoyed 3% more disposal efficiency. Largely attributed to N.Daicos who ran around the backline picking up uncontested possession and he only crept up the ground a kick behind the play.
5. The umpires were inconsistent but not overly present in the game.
6. I believe we tried to play the game on Collingwoods terms but neither team was willing to attack and then lose going the other way. Collingwood didn't want a race and guessed correctly that they can't out run us.
They sat back and tried to ricochet their way our of trouble.
It was a good contest. I'm sure that we learnt more about them they they thought they new about us.