“What a dicing this was.

Playing to variance is a good strategy against better coaches. But still, perhaps there is some things we did well we can learn from?

Also areas to improve for sure.

Learnings:


1. SPEED

All turns under 4min, and this game formed part of our successful goal of 5 consecutive games of less than 4min turns.

A small, but significant win for this coach.

But.. it was suggested that with such a strong numbers advantage our speed of play could be improved. I am cautious, and trying to eliminate the major mistakes. We have lost games with greater numbers advantage before...

So what to do? I think... it allows us to double mark players to generate more blocks. Or a luxury of certainly having players to protect ball.

I am not at the stage where I can afford luxury.


2. GO TIME

Turn 5 was go time, especially for slow dwarves. 3x Bloodseekers caught in wide zone, so we pivot as quickly as our little legs can.

I think this was correct taking advantage of numbers.


3. WIDE OPEN

A problem we have, too often. In T7 we see the ball as protected, and even take a move backwards to ensure it is so. However...

There is a 15% play (38% with RR) to reach our ball carrier with 2 dice sack. Odds of success are 8% (25% with RR) which is quite generous still.

So I must get better at seeing these opportunities.


4. DEFENCE

We spread too thin, and easily skinned on the outside.

I think... hold strong center.. BUT make sure we have at least two options as 'safety' which cannot be easily based, and are capable of moving into position to dfend a sideline.

Ponder on this.


5. 'QUICK' SCORE

We have 4 turns to score. Nuffle grants us favour with good kick off and lack of Khorne KO returns. So why did we fail?

What did I do wrong in my T7 of the 2nd half? What could be done better?

I'm actually not sure... there was a 18% ball sack (42% with RR) which came off. How to protect against it?

Tricky question, but I think 1x more GFI from troll slayer would have sealed it. The play would then have been 22% with RR, due to additional dodges. But a failed GFI (3% chance with RR) would leave wide open.

We threw a hell of a lot of RR into that turn, but I think one more would have been better option.


Summary:

Dwarves had great armour breaks and injury rolls, Khorne had poor KO returns. Java is a supreme master and it was great to watch the chain pushing, and vision to sack our ball... twice... haha. Lucky overtime win. ”