Small story. I got given tickets to every home game last year and was watching one where Barnett was returning from being out for a while with injury. The whole team was moving up and back as a line, defence was totally connected except for Mitch who was a metre behind the rest of the team which is why I noticed the rest of the teams cohesion.
Our horrific injury toll, SJs decline and AFBs disgruntled nature could be offered up as reasons to why the team struggled but to me, the lack of cohesion in the defensive line was the biggest difference from last year. I'm sure the boys were making the same amount of mistakes and the halves playmaking and kicking was roughly the same but the extra defence meant that they couldn't attack with the same energy.
Fix the defence first.
Our horrific injury toll, SJs decline and AFBs disgruntled nature could be offered up as reasons to why the team struggled but to me, the lack of cohesion in the defensive line was the biggest difference from last year. I'm sure the boys were making the same amount of mistakes and the halves playmaking and kicking was roughly the same but the extra defence meant that they couldn't attack with the same energy.
Fix the defence first.
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