GWS are a frustrating watch for me.
The positive is that their brand is clear with a high use of handball (3rd) and uncontested possession (3rd) while also being 4th for disposal efficiency and 2nd for bounces - all on the surface looking like a fast ball movement, high scoring outfit.
The negatives are that they are 16th for clearances (last for center clearances), 4th for clangers and 11th in inside 50's and now it becomes a bit more clearer.
Losing clearance means you're generating most of your offense from your defensive half which requires a lot of possessions to get the ball back to your own forward 50, and with that coming from a lot of handball an clangers, they rarely make it inside forward 50 and when they do it's usually to an outnumber or a vacant forward line resulting in equal 3rd last for scoring shots (with Richmond) but they're not the only one's with this problem (Essendon 2nd last and Gold Coast/Collingwood last).
The Saints were Jekyll again this week losing pretty much every stat except the most important one to now actually be in the 8 as we speak.
Gold Coast are just plain struggling but with a young team and 1st year head coach, that's to be expected but when can we expect something from them? Maybe there is a Daisy Pearce-like bump year next season as there is enough talent there already, and with the boom that is Queensland junior pathway coming through year-after-year, for that to be a possibility.
Brisbane are the interesting one's right now. The perennial powerhouse have 5 wins right now against Freo, Adelaide, Bulldogs, Richmond and Gold Coast with losses to Hawthorn, Carlton and North Melbourne so are they now just flat-track bullies?
For mine they've been the same for too long but they can easily tinker and bounce back as a force again next season.
Today we look at:
- GWS Not Using Their Numbers
- GWS Defender's Not Being Offensive Options
- GWS Play On Handball Fail
- North Melbourne Kick Out Zone Defense (image below video)
- GC Going Inside Forward 50
- GC Going Too Fast to an Outnumber Disadvantage
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