Defence is still a work in progress

[Skin Deeamond 339]

Why? We went through the pain of defence at all costs with minimal scoring and Roos was making a lot of progress. Now we're all about attack and gave forgotten how to defend. Why can't MFC do both?

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[jnrmac 20,189]

Way too many young inexperienced players in there.

OMac is a lliability ATM. Wagner spoils his good work with brain fades for mine. The lack of body on Bruest and lack of urgency when Bruest was paddling the ball around the boundary in the last quarter was the game killer. Hunt works hard and takes the game on.

Thank the lord for Jetta who holds it together. 

[jumbo returns 6,741]

Nab an experienced, big defender in the draft and we will play finals next year.

I know, easier said than done, though....

[praha 11,240]

We do okay for long periods but the goals we give away tend to be from real amateur mistakes, and from the opposition running rings.

I really hate seeing one of our defenders go up to punch the ball and miss it completely, or for all of our defenders to go up while 2-3 of their players hang back and pounce when the ball falls out the back.

The major problem now is definitely inexperience. Our defence is our only liability at the moment and it will cost us a finals appearance. We are no where near finals-caliber with this backline. One more season and we should get there.

How depressing.

[Dee1987 277]

Hibberd/ Tomlinson/ N Brown?

[jackaub 1,402]

We appeared to play a different zone Saturday Our full back line defended closer to goals all day and we had periods of one on one.We actually contested which was good to see

I hope the coaches have learned something from last weeks debacle

[deanox 10,013]

Up until lady week we averaged about one goal a week against more than lay year.  One goal only. 

 

Yet suddenly or defence doesn't work? 

 

[ArtificialWisdom 4,045]

3 hours ago, jackaub said:

We appeared to play a different zone Saturday Our full back line defended closer to goals all day and we had periods of one on one.We actually contested which was good to see

I hope the coaches have learned something from last weeks debacle

I actually think we played the same zone, we just executed it better, they zoned off the same but they wernt as high ensuring their smalls couldnt get out the back as easily. If there was a stoppage just forward of center (for hawthorn) then they played much tighter than they had in the past and backed that support would come to help them rebound. We did leak alot more scores than I would have liked but playing deeper and tighter meant most of those scores were under pressure/touched/rushed. Rather than the countless joe the goose goals over the back. A defencive effort like that should get us over the line against any middle and low tier teams, but stilll improvement to come before it beats the best. 
 

[jackaub 1,402]

Argeed  Arti we never allowed them the same freedom as last week

[CityDee 738]

We need to be able to adjust , the zone went ok against hawks but not port - same thing happened to collingwood against port yesterday playing a zone . We shouldnt be pig headed about our journey and play a defence that actually works against certain teams . Winners are grinners . 

[Buzzy 992]

Other teams must lick their lips when the line up against our defence.  Excluding Jetta, it must be one of the easiest jobs in football to out think a Melbourne defender at the moment.  Wagner, O Mac, T Mac, Frost... Footy IQ is not their forte'.  Hunt looks the most likely at the moment of the youngsters to get there - his timing looks good.

Gunston did that hugely complicated and strategic 'duck back in the opposite direction to which he was originally going' and because of how stupid it made our defenders look it actually figured in 'PLAYS OF THE WEEK'.  Seriously.

Granted, we were a hell of a lot better than last week as a defensive unit - but with all of these guys in the team, a glaring game changing error is always just around the corner.

Just one assured tall defender would be nice!