SYDNEY SWANS PLAYER FORMATIONS

                              

I went to the Sydney/Saints game last weekend and while I was waiting for my mate t get there, I took a few snaps of how Sydney set up for different scenarios in the game.

The photos aren't of the greatest quality as I was also stuffing my face with an overly-expensive and underwhelming chicken and chips but it still gives a fair idea of what they do, much that has been highlighted in the game analysis videos but we get a slightly different and somewhat better look here then what we do on TV.

We start by looking at the Swans formation on St Kilda kick in and closed kicks in defensive 50 and then move to the opposite, with the Swans trying to kick out/rebound from defensive 50.

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ST KILDA v SYDNEY GAME ANALYSIS PART 2

                       

In part 2 today we look at:

• Sydney coming forward to defend to regain possession
• Saints out-working the Swans during transition offense
• Sydney feeling the St Kilda pressure and going against what they normally do
• Sydney setting up with multiple lines in front of the ball

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ST KILDA v SYDNEY GAME ANALYSIS

                       

My Swannies have trailed off in recent weeks but never fear, this is the worst time of the season for a team clear on top with plenty of games to go but not wanting to try and maintain finals-winning form the entire time so I think we'll be OK, especially with Parker and Mills to come back yet.

That being said our terrible goal kicking enabled the Saints to stick around long enough to then get the game on their terms and we couldn't wrestle back momentum which happens when you kick 5 behinds in the last quarter and 3.11 for the 2nd half!

The Saints pressure was immense which kept us from getting to the outside for the last 45mins of the match plus we only had 41 tackles v their 63 for an even-possession game (Sydney +15 which is nothing in today's football) but they played very smart as well, using a high marking game (126 - 97) to stop us applying pressure and also for them to stay connected so any rebound damage from any intercepts by us resulted in minimal damage.

This analysis spread over 2 videos shows a bit from both teams looking at:

- McInerney wing play

- Probably avoid losing touch with Warner at center square bounces!

- Full ground Rohan Marshall run

- Saints elite transition defense in fast play

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COLLINGWOOD v ESSENDON GAME ANALYSIS

                              

Well the Pies look close to cooked for season 2024 with new injuries on a weekly basis and my predicted ladder (which is changing almost every game at the moment) has them in 10th and missing finals.

It's looked like they've just been off the pace for most of the season and Fly has this to say in his post-game press conference Friday night which I'll paraphrase:

"...When you're unpredictable then you look out of energy which is from a disconnection on the ground...to bring the energy back into the group you need to go back to being predictable..."

I think this pretty much sums the Pies up for this season.

At the start of the year they were still using their surge off half back, but at times handballing into teammates' backs! 

At this point of the season the injuries and games missed by their top tiered players and teams putting a pretty hard tag on Nick Daicos has really stalled their cohesion.

I'm not saying they can't make finals but with currently being 9th and with games against an in-form Geelong, bogey team Hawthorn, Carlton, Sydney away, Brisbane and an I-don't-know-Melbourne, they'd have to turn their form around very quickly to get to 8th from here with that injury list.

Anywho - here's some things that peaked my interest from the Pies/Bombers game, with a bit from both teams.

- 2 videos highlighting De Goey pretty much playing corridor-only in an offensive manner which looks great in a win, but not so much in a loss 

- Collingwood trying surge through the corridor off a boundary throw in like they have done 100 times n the last 2 years

- Pies instantly looking corridor from the back half

- Essendon getting deep to become a forward 50 target and what allows him to do this with confidence

- Pendles in a picture perfect center bounce clearance and inside 50 entry 

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THE NICK DAICOS TRAINING ACTIVITY

                               

After THAT Nick Daicos goal from the weekend, highlighted in the game analysis earlier this week, here's a training activity that focuses on players getting ti multiple contests and staying in the play continuously.

You would have heard me say in many of the game analysis videos that the player who just disposes of the ball is usually then the most open player on the ground temporarily, as all eyes switch from them to who they gave the ball to.

So if you're the initial player in possession of the ball then once you pass it off, move to receive again a little further up the ground, or go even further up the ground to create a spare in your forward half while no one is marking you.

Here's the video...

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MATT ROWELL, TAKE A BOW!

                             

As impressed with the title of this post, I was even more impressed by the next-to-last play of the Gold Coast/Collingwood game and in particular, Matt Rowell.

Don't let his eating habits distract you, the kid is a beast!

As great as Daicos was just minutes earlier, having 3 possessions in a center bounce clearance chain to a goal from the man himself, his ability to link up repeatedly eventually got him in a position to score.

Rowell does the same but differently.

We already saw elite Suns pressure from a center bounce from earlier in the game and this is the how Rowell does it, repeated efforts defensively.

He attends the center bounce then once the ball is cleared, then he is the one who causes the stoppage about 30m away, 13secs after the center bounce. 

After the next ball up he tracks the ball in a support running role for about 40secs where he covers a further 115m or so - not gut running by any stretch at just 2.88 meters per second - probably the slowest speed he could run without walking, or close to. 

Once he sees his opening to really impact then he goes full tilt, covering about 25m and applying a game saving tackle in the next 4secs (6.25m/s ave, not top speed which would be in the high 8m/sec range I'd guess).

It's a monster effort a great lesson for young players showing that although the last 4secs where he chased hard and laid the tackle is what most of us really see, it's the 40secs of support running that really put him the position to make that impact. 

If he had laid of the support running mid-wing, then he would not have been close enough to even apply pressure, let alone impact, giving the Pies a free run through the corridor at top speed.

It would be a great learning tool if you showed your mids this play up until the point of the big tackle and ask them what they see.

Most will say the chase and tackle is the main thing but then have them watch it again and see how what Rowell does before that allows that to happen later...

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GOLD COAST v COLLINGWOOD GAME ANALYSIS PART 2

                       

Today we finish off analysing the Suns/Pies game where we look at:

• Maynard instantly looking to go corridor from right on the boundary line
• The extreme pressure from the Gold Coast midfield, giving the Pies a taste of their own surge mentality 
• Collingwood kick out going on the attack without hesitation
• Pendlebury's transitioning from defense to offense 
• Nick Daicos staying in the play continuously

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