Boxcraft - Fremantle v Geelong | The Means Test with Adam Simpson! (14.09.26)
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What did Adam Simpson say about Fremantle’s game plan in the first quarter?
Want to have your say? Ring Gerard on 1300 736 736. Now, back to Waitley. We went to a call to try and keep the ball a little bit tighter and didn't want to muck around with it too much and tried to get deep entries and get the game played in our front half. We just couldn't get that in the third quarter. Any time we had the ball, we lacked a bit of dare and we kept on kicking at shallow entries. So it was more about getting some deep entries. Can't always plan for a couple of... free kicks at 450 stoppages but what we're able to do is just play the game in our front half and put some pressure on Geelong in that sense which they'd had the first 20 minutes doing that to us and you know we against Geelong this year when we've played front half footy we've been able to score and that was the case again tonight.
Boxcraft. Simmo loves nothing
more. We went to at.
How do coaches decide between deep entries and shallow entries to control momentum?
We went to at. Anchor. What was the rest of
that
sentence? Well, they've got a sign they hold up when they're under the pump or they want to close out a quarter and it's just an anchor sign. And clearly anchor is- Everyone, every coach has got a call around controlling the game. And how do you control a game, Gerard? What happens when you've lost momentum and you want to try and seal off a game or control a little bit differently? It's, um, it's deep entries versus shallow entries. So if you've got a choice, ignore that leading Tracy and go to the sliding, um, kicker. It's less handball. Um, it's less corridor.
What is the ‘anchor’ sign and how does it influence Geelong’s on‑field adjustments?
It's more down the line. If we get a stoppage, it's great. So you'll see, um. A down the line play where Tracy doesn't try and mark it, but he punches it over the boundary line. And you think, why is he doing that for? Well, they're in anchor. So he went, when we went there, then he explained what it was.
So
he did give up a little bit, JL, in that press conference. And yeah, so obviously that was one that they went to. Front half footy is spoken about a lot and that's what it is. What else did you find in Boxcraft? Boxcraft.
Why does Gerard claim Fremantle relies more on system than data‑driven boxcraft?
Well, the Brisbane game or the Fremantle game. Do Frio while we're on them. Yeah, well, you know, I thought the way that they handled everything from the start of the game with Fremantle's ability to start well in the middle in particular. They don't have a lot of boxcraft about them though, Gerard, because they just play system. So they've got the anchor sign and then they've got the way they play. So I don't think they live in data land in the box. Yeah. the way they execute. If they take on the corridor too much or not enough, they can explain that to the players pretty easy. But they didn't have a massive amount of issues, did they? They were 30 points up at quarter time. And the only time they had to pull a few levers is when the game got under the pump in the third quarter.
How effective is the Voss‑on‑Stewart tagging strategy against Geelong’s key forwards?
So pretty much The anchor is their main source of boxcraft situation. They've got a few tagging options, but they don't use that very often. So
you
had Voss on Stewart?
Voss
on Stewart is something they do every week, yeah. So it didn't work against Sicily last week, did it? It was just a bad, bad day for Voss. And I don't like the... The puffed out pony. What's an ugly donkey? I like the donkey, not the pony. Yeah.
What’s the story behind the ‘donkey vs pony’ analogy and its coaching lesson?
Yeah. So the donkey came out and did a really good job on Stuart. Started well early. When you tag as a forward and you're playing on these game readers like a Stuart or a Harris Andrew, you play them from behind if you can and you try and get them to go for a ball. You take a risk and just peel forward a little bit and then you might get one over the back and suddenly they've got to think – Do I have to go – I can't go for this ball all the time. This guy's getting me from out the back. So his first mark I think he took was just slightly out the back and then Stewart got rattled. I've never seen him as rattled as that. When you tag him, though, over the course of time, he doesn't like it, you know, and you go up to the wing and you do these things.
So – And Ken will say this more than anything.
Who will Geelong target next week and what does the coaching staff predict for the rebounders?
You've got to tag Stewart when you play Geelong.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What did Adam Simpson say about Fremantle’s game plan in the first quarter?
0:02–0:57
2
How do coaches decide between deep entries and shallow entries to control momentum?
0:57–1:29
3
What is the ‘anchor’ sign and how does it influence Geelong’s on‑field adjustments?
1:29–1:56
4
Why does Gerard claim Fremantle relies more on system than data‑driven boxcraft?
1:56–2:36
5
How effective is the Voss‑on‑Stewart tagging strategy against Geelong’s key forwards?
2:36–3:04
6
What’s the story behind the ‘donkey vs pony’ analogy and its coaching lesson?
3:04–3:44
7
Who will Geelong target next week and what does the coaching staff predict for the rebounders?
3:44–4:07
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