Collingwood kicked 11 goals from outside 40m to Carlton's six and nine goals from marks to four. Big, strong former Swan Anthony Rocca kicked six goals from eight marks against a quality defence. Meanwhile, both teams managed only one goal between them inside 15m. THE big issue now, then, is where the ball is landed in the forward line. Goal squares are too crowded and the 50m line is usually a waste of time.
Soccer teams attack down the middle if there is a fast break.
But mostly they work the ball out of defence and into the midfield where it is knocked around laterally and held up until a chance comes to put it into definite scoring range. There is no point in setting up shots from 30m out. League teams also throw the ball around until they can create a gap within definite scoring range. And that goes double for Sydney if nobody can take a pack mark. A couple of weeks ago Collingwood gave dominant Essendon an awful scare even when Malthouse was faced with Kevin Sheedy's stultifying defensive zones.