gadj1976 wrote:whufc wrote:You couldn't possibly trust Carlton but geez there list ticks a fair few boxes that you need in modern footy to win a flag.
1. Big bodied beast of a midfielder who can take a game away in a quarter (Cripps)
2. Rolls Royce midfielder (Walsh)
3. Big boy forward with a presence (McKay)
4. Speed in the backlines (Saad/Williams)
5. Real good Intercept mark in defence (Weitering)
6. Team defence.
7. Forward pressure.
They've been massive gaps in previous years. Opposition waltzed out of our forward line and through our backline like it was swiss cheese. No point having all of the top 5 without the bottom two.
I'm not getting carried away just yet.
Forward pressure comes from that defensive zone.
There's no doubt Voss has been involved in that at Port, our back half zone has been one of the best for 3 or 4 years and when that zone pushes up with the ball forward it makes it hard to slice through. You spend more time forward than the opposition and while it makes it harder to be clean inside 50 ( in the first 2 weeks Carlton have had lower disposal efficiency and lower I50 disposal efficiency and won both games ) with the congestion around the ball it means you're winning the territory game.