Im a big Roly fan but I agree with Snoop et al.
Roly is being completely outcoached by Clarkson and his minions.
Segment on the Couch this week summed up what we have been saying on here before about how good the Hawks are at only sending one guy in to tackle, then when they tackle, they dont jump in, stacks on the mill to create a ball up. They send in a lone assassin who chicken wings the guy, the result is a scrappy strip of the ball, the inside mid then feeds to the outer ring who are not ball following but have maintained a perimeter and who have stayed out of the immediate contest, They then handball backwards to HodgeMitchellBurgoyne until one is clear, analyse which of the three leading forwards they will kick it to and who then kick about 30 m on an angle into space, 35 m out to a leading Breust or Gunston.
Freo God Bless em, talk about 110% effort, send 5 warriors in to the ball carrier and usually force a ball up or in Subans case, fall on someones back. On occasions Fyfe wins it, handballs 1 foot to Mundy who handballs 1 foot to Neale who then tumbles a ball forward under pressure from the one Hawk. On the odd occasion we break away, we always bomb it 50 m in a predictable direct line to goal where Tab/Pav/Clarke all fly for the ball which is now landing on top of their heads because they have learned it is pointless to lead. They get swamped by defenders, It then spills to the front where there are no crumbers because Walters is being used on the ball or Ballas is flying high for a mark OR it just goes over the back and dribbles through for a point because it landed in the goal square.
There is a dozen of these scenarios where it is obvious we are being outcoached. Yes we would win more games if we had all our players but unless Roly gets some of this really basic stuff right we will be having to play at 110% to beat opposition with superior game plans who are having an off day. Whens the last time we beat the Hawks?
Yeah a lot of it is coaching. I cant believe Guerra and Hale arent having an impact.