6 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Get rid of him

Richmond are applying more pressure than any of our losses and we would’ve EASILY beaten North/Dons if we played like this.

We’re playing well and so are they

Edited Thursday at 10:452 days by BoBo

3 minutes ago, BoBo said:

Richmond are applying more pressure than any of our losses and we would’ve EASILY beaten North/Dons if we played like this.

We’re playing well and so are they

Do they look to you like a couple of top 6 teams?

Both are bog ordinary, the least bad team wins tonight.

3 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Do they look to you like a couple of top 6 teams?

Both are bog ordinary, the least bad team wins tonight.

Doesn’t take away from my point.

Richmond’s pressure is really high. If Freo pressured us like this, we would have lost.

They are causing us to revert to bad habits (long dump kicks) because of it.

Just now, BoBo said:

Doesn’t take away from my point.

Richmond’s pressure is really high. If Freo pressured us like this, we would have lost.

They are causing us to revert to bad habits (long dump kicks) because of it.

Does this team need a sports psychologist?

2 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Does this team need a sports psychologist?

Mids getting smashed. We scored 5.2 (from memory) for clearances against Freo.

This is genuinely not a gloat, but we smashed them in that qtr for clearances. Stopped them scoring and scored 6 to 1. Our pressure went through the roof and theirs dropped.

It’s just a good game!

Edited Thursday at 11:372 days by BoBo

On 20/04/2025 at 14:34, Adam The God said:

Really?

Yes really. First few weeks I saw lots of zone defense being cut up and allowing Geelong uncontested marks all game.

Now I'm seeing increasing defensive pressure and utilising better disposers for inside 50 entries but still I am unclear what the major game plan change is.

Our 2021 side had intense defensive pressure and utilised good kicks for inside 50 entries.

Just now, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Yes really. First few weeks I saw lots of zone defense being cut up and allowing Geelong uncontested marks all game.

Now I'm seeing increasing defensive pressure and utilising better disposers for inside 50 entries but still I am unclear what the major game plan change is.

Our 2021 side had intense defensive pressure and utilised good kicks for inside 50 entries.

Did you see our first game against GWS?

9 minutes ago, Adam The God said:

Did you see our first game against GWS?

I did - but choosing the corridor rather than skirting around the outside to enter 50 doesn't seem like a profound change and didn't explain the zone defense and allowance of uncontested marks in other games.

3 minutes ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

I did - but choosing the corridor rather than skirting around the outside to enter 50 doesn't seem like a profound change and didn't explain the zone defense and allowance of uncontested marks in other games.

My point is what we are trying to do was clearly evident in Rounds 1, 6 and 7.

No one thinks what we delivered for the majority of rounds 2, 3, 4 and 5 were acceptable or what the coacheswant to happen.

Edited yesterday at 02:361 day by Adam The God

Ok so I went back and examined those games and the only major tweaks I could see was an increase to our uncontested possession game and a zone defense set up.

The rest - always playing on, blocking the corridors using max to intercept, pressing into forward 50 is the same as we have done for years.

Looks like they are trying to emulate more of Contemporary Geelong style of play.

If the coach didn't want the players to zone defense in the games we lost why did the players do it?

I think personally the difference isn't actually game style so much as having good field kickers like Koz and Spargo back and reasonable competitive forwards.

3 hours ago, Norm Smith's Curse said:

Ok so I went back and examined those games and the only major tweaks I could see was an increase to our uncontested possession game and a zone defense set up.

The rest - always playing on, blocking the corridors using max to intercept, pressing into forward 50 is the same as we have done for years.

Looks like they are trying to emulate more of Contemporary Geelong style of play.

If the coach didn't want the players to zone defense in the games we lost why did the players do it?

I think personally the difference isn't actually game style so much as having good field kickers like Koz and Spargo back and reasonable competitive forwards.

The major difference between Rounds 1, 6 and 7 as opposed to Rounds 2-5, is pressure. Look at the pressure ratings in those games. We didn't bring it and we didn't win contest, which is also a function of pressure.

Also, not really sure what you mean by always playing on being something we've done for years. Statistically, we're playing on faster and moving the ball quicker than we have.

We also generally lose inside 50s or are square with the opposition. That's not what we've done for years. It's what we started in the first half of last year.

The trend for the entire Goody era has been high inside 50 differentials, until 2024 and 2025. There's a clear shift there.

As for our handball game, it's far more aggressive than before, but we did try a bit of this during 2022.

But we're also using totally different angles from back to front than 2021-2023 and even 2024. So it's not just uncontested play at the back.

Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by Adam The God