I haven't done a single game focus for a while and even though I don't intend on actually doing them like I used to, some games just present more things to highlight then others and in this case the Gold Coast Suns caught my attention.
Along with a few other teams, the Suns have been one of the bigger disappointments this season for various reasons in that they've turned over a good 3rd of their team from last season, lost Whitford who was the most improved player in the league last season by a huge margin and they just don't have the depth to cover those sorts of outs.
On top of that they still don't really have a recognisable game style even in their 6th year in the comp, apart from "Rowbotton get the clearance" which to be fair is pretty good starting point?
Essendon came in just 3 years ago but are actually stacked with seasoned talent from other teams and are actually a very experienced team and the difference between the 2 teams was clearly evident over the weekend, especially in regards to work-rate which also ties in game intelligence ore than everyone thinks - Gold Coasts's GPS readings wre probably higher, as happens to most losing teams, but they're running to the wrong spots, their positioning to start with is poor, or both.
In these 5 clips I take a look at:
- Excellent Essendon game intelligence
- Gold Coast defender not being aggressive enough
- Suns with poor inside 50 numbers of a inside forward 50 ball up
- Gold Coast with poor numbers again in general play
- Suns not looking to go off the line an attack on offense
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