OnThePitch - One on One with a Spiritual Leader

Today OnThePitch talks to Dstrel, the short little mistro of the Heroes. So during the week I've taken sometime to sit down and question one of Heroes top athletes on both his and his teams Monday night BUML performance. DStrel very much obliged and this is a copy of how it all went down.

Carl: So what about that heroes game?
DStrel: Ok, yeah. How ABOUT that Heroes game? Bit of an anti-climactic start. Dyspnoeics showed nothing, early on. I thought Zoro would be all over them.
Carl: I think we expected Zoro to work well - just like last week and perhaps we don't really have it down pat. I think the Dyspnoeics had it beat fairly easily

DStrel: Well the lights came on for Dyspnoeics first, metaphorically, and if the physical lights had been on earlier, it would have been valuable to practice cutting in pairs.
did we score the first point?

Carl: Yea I scored of a loopy forehand from Starky - he said, wow thanks for making that look better than it was – lol. I think it would be valuable to post that horo offense ppt from firestorm so some of the others can read up on it. Do you think some of our skill errors cost the game? ie bad drops

DStrel: I know that some of my personal errors, such as cold dropping an uncontested swing pass, and a hand block caused turnovers in our back end
and my pass into Dave’s face was a big blunder

Carl: But funny!
DStrel: But I think we let ourselves down through a lack of aggression.
We allowed them to swing the disc to the break side far too often, and we didn't offer enough hard under cuts on O

Carl: Yea agreed, most times we looked to go long i think it came off
DStrel: The most satisfying plays were the ones where we marched the disc down to our end zone… Swinging between the handlers, with poppers coming in and pushing it wide.

Carl: Do you think a draw was a satisfiable outcome to the match?

DStrel: Yes and no. It was a very winnable match, and a great opportunity to put points on the board. Considering way we started the match, being 5-2 down, we did well to come away with an 8-8 draw. We showed that we have what it takes. If we can do that from the first pull and keep up the intensity, and also the patience throughout the match, we should come up with the goods most weeks.

What were the highlights, for you, Carl?

Carl: Personally I appreciated the commitment to the game to get it back to 8-8, from being down as you mentioned. It was nice to have long time serving players like George and Luke running hard and making their presence felt. But the commitment of Dave and his face block* (ouch) to stay in the point was very good, more than I can say about my personal injury

DStrel: Yes, you went down quicker than a $2 hooker!

Carl: Maybe $2 is a bit stiff, at least $10, it was my bad ankle.
DStrel: that's value for money

Carl: I would have liked to see more urgent cutting long in the latter stages of the game but hey, everyone’s tired. Things to work on?

DStrel: Dump passes
Carl: Agreed. Hard cutting?
DStrel: cutting sequences - both in Zoro and vert. To our credit, I think we played best when they chucked zone at us. So the practice is paying off.
Carl: Surprising?
DStrel: What would be surprising is if a few Monday night warriors turned up to skills practice on Sunday, 4pm, Sylvan Rd.
Carl: Haha - I thinks that’s a low blow. Actually I’ve been really excited to see the estrogen influences of Steph at the back
DStrel: Female aggression?
Carl: Yes that too...
DStrel: Hey you know what would be cool? If a few BUML Heroes members got down to support the men on Thursday night.. It’s always good to see the game at the highest level..
anyway, we could go on all day I’ve got washing to do

Carl: Yea a bit of well drummed up support would be nice for the men in green
We'll see everyone there at 7.30

It was great to have such an expert insight and really get inside the head of one of the games great thinkers. This has been me, you've been great and we'll see you next time - OnThePitch