davidmcculloch81 wrote:Send them down the outside - yes. But not to stop them passing back up top. It's to stop them beating you on the inside where they get a better shooting angle in front of the goal. Also, playing them down the outside allows the crease defender to know exactly where to slide to every time. If the dodger is quick enough to get by the middie before the slide comes then he has a bad shooting angle so his only outlet really is behind.
Good attacking units then quickly shift the ball to the opposite (weak) side where they can isolate a defender who is still trying to find a spare man after the slide.
I'm with
Coach Young_Trig on this one.
If you don't close the back door by staying topside you are vulnerable to
1.
Throwback - Pass back up top to middie who has either popped off the crease or followed the dodger if crease has faded to wing, depending on position of LSM. You want to attack the SSDM.
2.
The Roll Back - If you get in front of dodger, you have the defender and the Slider both going to the same spot. If the dodged stops and rolls to inside, he now has good angle and hands free as both defenders are to outside while he is inside.
Good attack units react to what you do.
If you don't force them to redirect through X with solid Team Defence they won't bother with it.
Dodge & Shoot or Dodge-Pass-Shoot beats
Dodge-Pass-Pass-Dodge everytime.
Attackman should take whatever the defence gives them.
If a defender falls over... Go to Goal!