Back line kudos
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quidnunc
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Back line kudos
Our percentage of 200 is tribute to a great team effort but kudos must also go to our backline and those getting back into it, for our points against total of 226 - this is a mammoth 45% less than any other side to date!
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saintsRrising
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The lack of points scored against is not just the backline though...it is the way that our entire teams set-ups and plays whenever the opposition gain the ball...
We give them our back-half and absolutely nothing in our forward half...and harry them with enormous pressure whenever they try and go forward.
The opposition are forced to chip it sideways till a turnover is forced and we rebound.
We give them our back-half and absolutely nothing in our forward half...and harry them with enormous pressure whenever they try and go forward.
The opposition are forced to chip it sideways till a turnover is forced and we rebound.
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bigred
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Great isnt itsaintsRrising wrote:The lack of points scored against is not just the backline though...it is the way that our entire teams set-ups and plays whenever the opposition gain the ball...
We give them our back-half and absolutely nothing in our forward half...and harry them with enormous pressure whenever they try and go forward.
The opposition are forced to chip it sideways till a turnover is forced and we rebound.
Dropped out intensity somewhat against the purple witches hats the other night...Need to lift it again against Port.
"Now the ball is loose, it gives St. Kilda a rough chance. Black. Good handpass. Voss. Schwarze now, the defender, can run and from a long way".....
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bigcarl
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rocksolid wrote:The recruiters have done agreat job getting defenders when you think we have a complete bachline out of the side.
Dempster Hudgtom Begley
X Clarke Maguire R Clarke
Great position to be in!
that's a pretty strong backline.
down the track we might have to re-deploy a few of those guys in different positions to get them into the side.
raph or x, for example, could go into the mids or forward.
Last edited by bigcarl on Mon 20 Apr 2009 10:37pm, edited 1 time in total.
True, but we have to keep them on the park.bigcarl wrote:rocksolid wrote:The recruiters have done agreat job getting defenders when you think we have a complete bachline out of the side.
Dempster Hudgtom Begley
X Clarke Maguire R Clarke
Great position to be in!
that's a pretty strong backline.
down the track we might have to re-deploy a few of those guys in differnet positions to get them into the side.
Of that "second back six", Begley is the only one that is possibly going to be consistently injury-free.