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Message: [QUOTE="bazza, post: 2777531, member: 8440"] Well a lot of Cronks game is manufactured, pre-planned and structured. There's nothing about reading a game in what he does. Yes, he has over the years learned to read a game better, but even still, Its all just him executing a game plan. Everything he does in a game, he has done countless times at training that week. He barely plays what he sees. The beauty in his game is that all his work is done outside the actual game. A large part of the credit deserves to go to the coaching staff at Melbourne as well as the players around him. The likes of Proctor and Harris have tremendously helped Cronks game, by being where they need to be when he hits them off a short ball. Hunt is a different type of play who doesn't do well in structure. He plays what he sees like a natural playmaker, but often his teammates don't put themselves in a position for Hunt to do anything. They all just stand flat footed without even trying to push up in support. If one of our players for once charges forward at speed on the inside or outside hip of Hunt, it provides him with options, and the opposition gets worried. That's when Hunt is dangerous. We don't need Hunt to pre plan a decision, we want the opposition to make the decision for him. We have seen many times, when the defence is in two minds, Hunt picks the right option, whether it be dummy and go himself, play the short side, or a cut out pass on the edge for a try. We just have to provide him those opportunities away from the try line as well. As for Thurston, its the same with him. The players around him give him options. When he has options, he makes the opposition make the decisions for him and its simple from there. Its why when teams targeted Thurston, they not only cut out his time, but they cut out the time of the players around him to get in position. By doing that, Thurston looks both ways and he has no one to pass it to, and becomes easy pickings for the defence. [/QUOTE]

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