Please Mt. That’s your opinion and your opinion IMv is wrong. You didn’t mention pressure once, and in a final that’s crucial if you are failing in other areas.
45 tackles in the whole game.
Tonight’s teams. 15 mins into the third have already reached that. I haven’t even factored in the pressure acts.
We lost to Sydney and Geelong this year despite being +16 and +8 respectively in tackles. Sure Frankie I agree we need to do better in most games as far as tackling but IMV that's more to do with our tackling technique than gamestyle. IMV we are ordinary tacklers. We don't pin the arm, watch the hips, etc. Another category to file under failing to do the fundamentals of the game
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It's hard to apply pressure when Nank kept tapping the ball down Neale's throat gifting Brisbane 5 goals from centre clearances under the 6-6-6 rule
. It's also hard to apply pressure when we continually make unforced basic skill errors under no physical pressure that open us right up defensively on the turnover
. Then there's the U10s brainfades that also gift the opposition goals. Unforgivable for not one of 3 senior Tigers to thump the ball high into row Z for a rushed behind with a minute to go. Instead our Keystone Cops 'effort' makes that goofball Daniher who had done bugger all up until then their hero. What a shambles!
If we did the basics of the game at near enough AFL standard this year and not sub-Auskick level, we'd be on a 17 game winning streak and into a Prelim right now. Ticks me off how amateurish we've become at the basics. We lose because we're simple not good enough and are substandard even under no pressure
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Not having a go at you Frankie. Feel free to disagree. I'm just still peeved about Thursday night
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