The whole club is stale.
They are so bogged down in trying to follow the "game plan" they are like robots.
We want to be predictable to each other but it also makes us predictable to the opposition.
The club should have a "way" they want to play but to tell our players where they need to kick the footy every time they are in a particular position on the ground is ridiculous.
Teams have worked out what we do, at both levels, and it's so simple to play against.
I watched Hawthorn yesterday and they used the entire ground to move the footy, and Melbourne had no idea where they were going next. The difference is Hawthorn have "team rules" they abide by (pressure, work rate, overlap) instead on one particular game plan. They move the ball at will. Slowly at times, quick most of the time, backwards and sideways at times, but UNPREDICTABLE.
Some will say their skills allow them to play this way but it does because they practise it. The more they practice hitting targets under pressure the better they have become. We need to do this. It's not always going to work but again the more we practice it the better we will be at it under pressure too.
We have a game plan that try's to do things not under pressure. F$&king ridiculous!
