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No plan B?

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1 hour ago, Biffen said:

In the words of Mike Tyson ;

"Everybody has a plan until they get pushed in the face".

Nearly everybody.

Actually, I think it was: "Everybody has a plan until they get puthed in the fathe"  :)

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    1 hour ago, DeeZee said:

    Exactly, even Port, who had guys like Amon, Gray and Rozee who run and use the ball well on the outside once the ball is stripped from us on the inside.

    Amon.. 

    Killed us last night with his outside run.

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    7 hours ago, deanox said:

    I honestly don't think it's anything to do duty plans: it's all about execution. 

    We couldn't win the clearances, we didn't take marks, we didn't run into space for uncontested possessions. That's not plan.

    Agreed. The difference in the running between last night and the Whorethorn game was unbelievable....

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    5 hours ago, Demonland said:

    This is the way they want to play. This is the plan A that they probably train for. This does not happen often enough. 

    That's because Port's tackling and frontal pressure across their half forward completely breaks down here. And then the zone is too slow to roll back to protect the middle of the ground and leaves the defence wide open, and space in our forwardline.

    It does show that the modern game is very much one of percentages. Drop your guard for a few seconds and it can be up the other end for a score against you.

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    Doesn't matter if you have a plan A, B, C through to Z, if the players aren't executing dead basic skills the result will be the same. 48 points conceded through turnovers, basic kicks inside 50 completely butchered, even 1-2m handballs missed. These are things will kill teams no matter what plan you go in with.

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