This was key. They were overloading that side and we were holding a player in the middle so Byrnes was in a 2-on-1 under a dropping ball, a player in front and a player behind. He had to just stop the ball going through but didn’t do that enough. I think he needed more protection from midfield to be honest, especially on the breaking ball, although he could have done better on or two.
We didn’t completely follow because then they would have been able to hit their full-forward line from a puckout.
But it’s a serious gamble allowing an unmarked player about 30m from goal. If we lost the break (which we did countless times), they were through on goal.
No easy solution when there is that kind of wind. Personally, I would have just sat back completely and allowed the full-back line uncontested ball. We gambled in the first half and paid a price.