Stop saying MAN UP; its old school

[Parma 28]

I was at the game today and I will post my thoughts on that in another post.

Today though I was near the cheer squad and got sick of Melbourne supporters telling our players to man up.

This is now the modern game of football and its about zones and presses. And if we get these right we produce turnovers.

STOP living in the past. If we were to man up we would open up the game and lose by an extra 10 goals a week.

That is all.

[stuie 7,374]

I was at the game today and I will post my thoughts on that in another post.

Today though I was near the cheer squad and got sick of Melbourne supporters telling our players to man up.

This is now the modern game of football and its about zones and presses. And if we get these right we produce turnovers.

STOP living in the past. If we were to man up we would open up the game and lose by an extra 10 goals a week.

That is all.

I think it's just a term to yell when they mean work harder, chase, tackle etc... Same as yelling "ball!" rather than "umpire I'm sure that was incorrect disposal by the opposition player and I think you should consider awarding us a free kick for said transgression"

[praha 11,240]

Yeah, "man up" to me is "stop allowing the opposition to get so many uncontested possessions". If each player is accountable, not necessarily "on" a player, then the opposition won't have as many more uncontested possesions as Richmond did today.

[daisycutter 29,616]

They just mean "zone up" which means don't give your opposition a 4 hectare empty paddock to work in

Of course when the ball gets to the pointy end they do mean "man up"

[Chook 15,013]

To me, "man up" means "act like a man," in which case it was perfectly warranted.

[Maldonboy38 6,403]

I fully understand and accept modern pressing and zoning, but when a dud like Grigg is left alone ALL DAY to run free and deliver into Richmond's hlaf forward line, I think old-fashioned things like "man up" are exactly what should happen. We often hear about the fat side of the ground or the skinny side of the ground. Surely, in a game that is based around contested possession, we have a player who could stand somewhere near Grigg or Houli or Foley and try and beat them one-on-one.

There is a time for man up, and we should have at least tried it at times today. Nothing else really worked.

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,602]

Agree Maldonboy and with most of the replies.

[dazzledavey36 54,944]

I was at the game today and I will post my thoughts on that in another post.

Today though I was near the cheer squad and got sick of Melbourne supporters telling our players to man up.

This is now the modern game of football and its about zones and presses. And if we get these right we produce turnovers.

STOP living in the past. If we were to man up we would open up the game and lose by an extra 10 goals a week.

That is all.

come off it mate seriously...

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,602]

That's the thing - its always evolving and structures only work with the cattle suit them. Adaption is the key and who knows, the future might bring back man on man footy.