What the stats show with midfield clearances etc are a bit deceiving. Yes you could mount an argument to say we've been "smashed" in the middle. I would tend to look at what's happening around the ground at 50/50 contests (ball ups / throw ins) and to the naked eye it seems that we're getting out muscled and are being out hunted for the ball.
I don't think it's an effort related problem. We did enough to get us to 7-0 albeit largely against sides lower down the ladder. But I think we're lacking a bit of attack on the ball which is what Dangerfield brings - and there's a noticeable lack of pace when we try and spread from a contest.
There's no magic fix - we've basically got the same playing group now that helped us get to 7-0. Guthrie and Rohan have come back into the team as well. Some of the in game moves are also counter intuitive I think to how C Scott wants to set up. We've had to try and use Blicavs more as an inside mid or permanent ruck in recent weeks - when his greatest value to the team is roaming the ground and only providing an occasional chop out in the ruck.
