Explain to me the game plan then.
I wait your advice
His main game plan is fairly simple and this entire season is about laying the foundations for it in the future.
Wallet had his troops confused as to what their roles were and his strategies changes constantly.
The first step is to iron that out. Not easy.
With Dimma right now it's the polar opposite of Terry. He knows the cattle at his disposal isn't there yet so it's back to K.I.S.S. theory for now.
The game plan is not complicated but it's fairly consistent that I can see despite appearing messy at times when we're being well beaten.
The crux of it is Dimma is looking to find skilled players who make good decisions off HB that can set up attack.
He's so far tried Connors & Edwards there with some success as well as Tambling, Newman, Cotchin, Cousins & Deledio.
IMO we are really starting to spread the ball well from defence and this has been the most marked improvement so far for me this year.
I have seen some clearance sequences from the back half this year that I haven't seen from a RFC side in some time.
Sure it hasn't gone entirely smoothly but I can see what he's trying to do. Can appear excruciating at times but he's rotating quite a few through there to see who fits best going forward. It won't happen overnight..
Smart move IMO to focus on this area first when you consider the run & carry from defence of the better sides in the comp such as:
Sydney (Malceski, Kennelly, Mattner, Shaw)
Bullies (Griffen, Hargrave, Gilbee, Harbrow)
St Kilda (Goddard, Gram, Gilbert, Fisher)
Pies (Shaw, OBrien, Johnson,
That's one part of it and a key one at that.
The midfield is taking shape too. We have been quite competitive against other sides this year at the clearances.
Martin is a revelation & Foley's return will help enormously.
Still need more quality in there and hopefully we pick up another tough skilled mid a pick 4 this year.
Cotchin is getting plenty of game time in there which will stand him in good stead but we need more depth of quality to improve.
We need more skill and we need more hurt factor from our mids. The likes of Tuck & Jackson will hopefully be squeezed out sooner rather than later.
Dimma's next focus will be on finding quality tall forwards.
Astbury and Griffiths are a big part of this plan but obviously neither are established as of yet.
Riewoldt is carrying a big load and doing well but needs help.
My opinion is we need to take another quality tall forward this year.
There's still a heap of holes across the paddock that need to be patched but that's expected.
Our biggest weakness that I can see currently is clearly the ruck and I'd expect the club will be thinking of going to market for an established one.
Who that might be I don't know but right now it's killing us not having a quality ruckman or two.
Happy with what I have seen from Dimma so far.
I'll mark him harder in two years.
